Everything has been turned upside down in the last year or so. Tower/ Hobbico going bankrupt sold to Horizon, JR radios disappearing, lots of interesting new brand radios that have only been around the last few years. With new radios, receivers have to match brands. There are some cheap generics, but its all computer based. Transmits a computer code and receiver has to decode. No mixing TX and RX brands. With your budget I would be probably buying the 10 or 12 channel FHSS Futaba radios. Good middle ground radio. FASST radios are great; receivers can be expensive. Good receiver batteries is a big deal with new radios. They do not tolerate low voltage like old FM. It makes the receiver reboot which is not what you want in the air.