JR will be dropping the DSM2 protocol soon, as too many problems cropped up at Joe Nall with DSM2. Multi level flying sites, and DSM2's inability to reject inteference. If your field is DSM2 friendly, then stick with it. My field is DSM2 friendly, albeit some strange crashes on 9503's, and 12x's, but overall not too bad. I sold my DX7 and 5 receivers and went with the Hitec A9. BIG Touch screen, Telemetry. built in power bus, and a ton of other advanced features at a great price. You'll be seeing more of them around as they were backordered for months.

JR and Spektrum will apparantly support DSM2 in the future but for how long. Cheap knock-off DSM2 receivers are on the market as well. One thread mentioned a guy in New Zealand, you might check it out. The Hitec Adaptive Frequency Hopping Scheme tested as one of the best against interference. Check out www.rcmodelreviews.com an interesting site. He will be doing a shootout withe the Spektrum DX8, Futaba 8 or 10 channel, and the Hitec Aurora 9. It should be a good review.

Be advised if a 2.4 video camera fires up, and is closer to your transmitter than your plane is, good luck with DSM2, get a trash bag ready. The Futaba scheme is very solid, and the Hitec has modified that somewhat. The site explains alot..good luck...!!!