ORIGINAL: Hydro Junkie
And then there are those of us that can afford the latest and greatest and don't due to not being able to see a reason to spend the cash when there is no real need. I, like Charlie P, have a Futaba 9C that I run on 72MHz and 75MHz. Since I already use that one radio for everything, why spend the cash on a unneeded radio just to have the latest and greatest when I don't have to. I'm one that drives a car until it pretty much dies, repair my tools rather than buy new and use what I have on hand for parts whenever I can rather than spending just to keep up with the other guys along the flightline.
It's to bad there aren't more people that think that way, but NO , if it's not new or I have to fix it, get something else and dump the 2 day old stuff.
Sorry about the rant but look at what's really happening in the world today and MAYBE you can see why us old farts don't like what we see . ENJOY !!! RED