ORIGINAL: jester_s1
Second on replacing the batteries. It's doubtful they are still good enough to give full reliability.
Hey Oberst, which cell phones operate on 72mhz? I've never seen one of heard of one, nor are there any in development. You might need to check the facts on your conspiracy theories a little closer.
2.4ghz was developed because the market wanted interference free radios that didn't require frequency control. It hasn't been a perfect transition like everyone hoped, but the bugs are pretty much worked out now. Side benefits are shorter antennas, quicker response times, lighter and more durable electronics, telemetry ability, and (beginning just recently) cheaper systems. There is nothing ''wrong'' with the old technology as long as the equipment is in good condition. But the market is moving to the new 2.4ghz because it does solve the problems that it was developed to solve and it works.
I don't just spout off to amuse.
I worked for Cingular, then AT&T as a Sales Rep/ Team Lead for 8 years in Syracuse, NY including during the time when the first IPhones were being released. I saw the phones transition to TDMA devices to 3G. I know a little something about the underhand dealings with the FCC. Expanding the airwaves, expand the development of new products that might need other or more bandwaves.
Not conspiracy but common sense. More bandwave access + new tech development= more money.
If 2.4 is so dependable, explain to me why hundreds have had problems with them and some haven't? They have had issues where as the "Binding" would decide to fail during flight. How about all those recalls from Spectrum?
Again it's common sense. There is always a reason why things happen. 72mHz is tried and true where as the 2.4 still has not proven its self. I like many refuse to move out of something that works because a market or powers that be, tell me I have too.
I didn't say they're mobile device that uses the 72mHz, those are your words. I said that the mobile phone industry including my own asked for more room and the FCC worked hand-in-hand in the development of the 2.4 to grant that request. Because of guys like me, the AMA has protected my right to keep the 72mHz. It's the markets that are now trying to push the 2.4 down our throats because they can make more of them at a faster rate and it's cheaper to make and all the while- it pleases the FCC.
We are going off topic because of someone not liking my choice. There's always someone who want's to push a product, and there's always someone who doesn't like the product. People will decide on there own. Correct?
Chew on that for a while.
Pete