There used to be a LHS/catalog house in the Atlanta area that took the Skysport transmitters out of the box and sold the rest as a flight pack. They had a big pile of Skysport transmitters that they sold for $5-$10 with no rcvr. I went through the pile and found one in my freq. Good basic unit. If you are willing to spend the money to get it to work, go for it. My 2 cents would be to take the same money and get the latest basic 2.4( if money is tight). The dollar difference isn't great. and you will have more features for the money spent. Or get a used higher grade 72mhz w\receiver from someone you trust and convert it later. For the average club atmosphere it will all work.