I had a Futaba radio 7UAP (20 years) which is still legal. What channel are  you using? I upgraded to a newer 6AX just to have some additional features operating on channel 52. Haven't gone 2.4  yet. I'm one of the few members at my club who still has to pin a channel. The only other person is out at the field one day on 72mhz and we're both on the same channel.

Jim