ORIGINAL: Sport_Pilot
ORIGINAL: TimBle
ORIGINAL: Sport_Pilot
ORIGINAL: TimBle
the beauty of progress is that it takes care of itself. No fear mongering necessary
Sorry this is about politics. You don't get a frequency allocation by siting on your ass and hoping for progress. There is a lot of competition for radio frequencies.
Rc getting its own frequency allocation? Highly doubt it. Simply not a user group large enough or important enough from a security, economic or social point of view. Thats reality,
When you consider the toy's and toy manufactures we have a lot more clout than you seem to think. We already have done this before. Many functions have moved up the frequency ladder vacating the lower frequencies. Not many asking for those. I have even heard that broadcast TV would like to do this, if so then that would vacate a lot of area in the 70 to 75 Mhz area.
We have clout as a user group. Thats it.
Moving back to MHz range transmissions is going to create a hug e problem for people who have bi directional systems. Say bye bye to telemetry.
The beauty of operating in the 2.4 GHz band is that for the same time more data can be transfered. Same reason why mil coms uses a wide range of frequencies depending on the environment the information that needs to be transfered. sure the higher the frequncy the more range becomes a problem but range is not a problem for RC because we are short range users <1km, some gliders exceed that yes...
The RC industry has a lot invested in 2.4GHz technology currently so Ihighly doubt they will want to move back to an archaic frequency. I can see 700MHz to 900MHz being attractive but doesn;t TV transmissions use that currently..?
So depsite more and more users being cramed into the 2.4GHz band I can't see RC moving on in a hurry,not unless the rcplitos wnats to pay even more for their new radio's that will now need to be re-engineered for new frequency range and SS and FH techniques adapted for the band. The cheaper solution for RC is keep finding solutions to remain viable within the 2.4GHz band and avoid conflict with other users.
We'll be staying on 2.4GHz for some years to come. Of that I am sure. Fifteen years ago a RF engineering colleague who also flies RC mentioned that RC should nbe operating in the higher frequency ranges because of the possibilities it would open. He was right. Now it seems factions within the community what us to go back to the days before fire...