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Old 11-26-2015 | 10:51 PM
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Ratshooter, you're preaching to the choir in this case. I am one that believes in using what you have rather than going out and buying the latest and greatest if it's not really any better than what you already have. I bought a Futaba 9CAP roughly ten years ago to use with boats and planes since I couldn't afford to buy two radios at the time. Now that finances have gotten better, I bought a 4PLS for the boats and will be ordering a Kadet MkII in the morning with motor, spinner and prop. I can't see the reason to buy a new radio set when the one I have works fine, just need to retune the module and receiver to 72MHz from 75MHZ. That will save me a considerable amount of money over buying a complete new radio or module and receiver set. If I had been able to afford it at the time, I would have had my AM Futaba Conquest 4 narrow banded and would be using it instead since it still works fine, 30 years after I purchased it.