>At 10m even challenge/response with an active tag is interesting. Is there >a guarantee that the targets appear one by one ? Is there clutter in the >area (equipment, lights, other people, moving machinery) ? How is it done on those things that are supposed to be able to read a trolley load of groceries that have a transponder in every packet? I have seen items on TV where these are demonstrated, but do not know of it being used commercially yet. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics