ORIGINAL: capt1597
ORIGINAL: Dave
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH OBERST
i also totally agree with oberst! what he is trying to discuss is dead on! how do i know? had a nice talk with my little brother. he is an electrical engineer at JPL. he is a inter-planetary comunication specialist at JPL (talk about radio control toys). the nice thing is he dose not have any thing to sell and he is ''the man'' with the tech knowledge. in laymans terms, that are grossly symplified, 2.4, which is also cell phones, has disconect problems, and fm has ''stepped on'' issuses. if one flys in areas where there are no interference fm wins hands down. all the rest of these arguments seem to fall in the area of ''follow the money''. personally i still am flying my fm-pcm radios because i have never been shot down where i fly (that falls in the ''don't fix what ain't broke'' group.
I worked for AT&T for 4 years. At the time I worked at the office we were getting sued because we had the saying that we had the least dropped calls. (That was about the time we bought out Cingular and just before we had the monopoly over the first I-phone) Yes the 2.4 is used by wireless- cordless phones wireless headsets and BlueTooth. Another reason why the 2.4 will be replaced is because the AMA is worried that the FCC will crack down on the hobby using the 2.4 besides the other issues pertaining to radio failures.
So yes, I know Cell, TDMA, G 1-5.
Verizon was about to hire me but I refused to pay union dues, and was refused hire. When I worked for AT&T belonging to the union wasn't required. (Off Subject)
The reason is what I was told is the phone companies owns the rites of the 2.4 band and when they start to complain it could be a major issue with the AMA and the FCC. Don't know how true it is, but it does makes sense because the phone companies were the first to use the 2.4GHz.
Now I really know why clubs are posting new signs stating to turn off all wireless phones! The water is becoming a little less murky now.
Pete