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08-09-2013, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by aeajr

This year at the International Radio Control Heli Assoc. there were 1100 registered pilots at the AMA site. As I understand it there was no frequency/band control. Should we be concerned? Should we consider capping these events over concern for RF band saturation? I don’t know.

A unique opportunity existed this year at the AMA home site during the IRCHA festival. There could have been hundreds of radios on at one time. Did AMA or one of the manufacturers monitor the 2.4 band? I would be interested to know. When we get this big we may, again, have to go back to some kind of frequency control, or more appropriately, RF band control.

I appreciate your concern...but shouldn't you ask this question to the AMA or one of the major manufacturers? Or do we expect them to monitor this thread?

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