ORIGINAL: jaav
A few weeks ago I found the range of my Futaba 37Mhz, It was about 110 meters..I was flying my 91 size P47. Saw the wings rocking and pitching, looked down at the TX and saw my antenna down...Yes I had been flying 2.4 all mornning untill then..I said to myself that Id never let that happen to me!!!
So easy to let it happen..My usual spotter was away....
As wilh all my radios,except the cheap parkies I loose sight before range.
I can see that would be very easy to happen!..
I only fly 2.4 now, and when a friend handed me his FM TX, it just felt WRONG having that long antenna!.. (even though its what I used for 30 years previously!)