Saito_56

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Trying to get a idea of designs for a new pin board. Anyone have pictures of theirs? Ours is on its last leg. Thanks

Dr1Driver

No pics, but an easy method.

A flat board with AMA card-size channel numbers listed an a couple of columns.
A small clip above or beside each number.
When you take the frequency, clip your AMA or club membership card over the channel number.
If you don't see your number, your channel is being used and you don't turn on your TX.
Easy, quick, fool proof. No channel pins to lose or be accidentally carried home.

Dr.1

KW_Counter

Saito_56,
The opposite of what DR1 suggested.
A board with a pin/nail/hook for each channel, marked as such.
When you want to fly you attach your clothes pin with your name on it to the hook.
Some people get very creative when making up their pins.
I print out a picture of my plane on a credit card sized piece of paper with my name, channel and AMA number on it.
I then laminate it to an old credit card/hotel key and glue the clothes pin to it.
Easy to do and inexpensive for the club.
KW_Counter

crasharama

Hi Saito 56,

This is the standard Aussie freq control board made by Silvertone.

Everybody uses the standard 2" key that blocks out the frequency on each side of the 1 that is currently used.

In the future when all recievers are dual conversion, the key size will be reduced to the smaller 1 inch key, that will allow odd & even freqs to be used at the same time.

Tony.

Deadeye

We use a board with all the channels on it. We clip clothspins with the channel numbers onto the board. When you wnat to fly, go get your pin. If your pin isn't there, you don't fly.

BasinBum

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Maybe easy and quick, but no system is fool proof.

I think a lot depends on the size of the field where you fly. The Aussie system of reserving three channels at our busy field would never work and fortunately we have enough spacing between frequencies that it is not needed.

A double system where you take a pin and leave a card may be harder to maintain but I think it can cut down on human error which can never be fully eleminated.

Cyclic Hardover

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Here's one

Red Scholefield

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Here is one design that is popular all over North Central Florida. Place your personalized club membership card, AMA card (reduced size on clothspin) to hold up frequency indicator.

Saito_56

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Hmmm thanks, some good ideas there. I am looking to come up with something permanent, that way we won't have to carry out the board every day. Lots of older members in the club, and they don't need to be hauling a heavy piece of wood around.
Thanks again, Bob