A major benefit of learning from others through conversation is that experienced people are going to point out things you haven't thought of. I am a teacher, and this is my big beef with the trend toward online learning and also standardized testing. Students are being allowed the laziness of just finding the answer they want to find rather than learning to truly think through an issue and understand it from all angles. So don't complain that people bring up points you don't initially care about. Instead appreciate that someone took the time to respond with lessons learned from their experience.

That said, I'll offer a counterpoint to jetmech05's well-reasoned encouragement to buy more than a basic radio. People advance in this hobby at different speeds. Some of that has to do with your talent for learning to fly, a lot of it has to do with your budget, and a lot has to do with the time you have to devote to it. Your flying site is also a factor. I've seen guys start training in April and by the next February they are flying 30% scale IMAC type planes or scale warbirds. (We can fly year 'round in Texas) Others are still flying 4-5 channel basic sport and scale planes 5 years later. For the first type, a DX6 would have been a complete waste of money because 3 months after buying it they would have been buying something better to replace it. But the second type would get a lot of use out of that simple radio and likely would never have felt that it was inadequate to the task. Then when it wears out 4-5 years later, he can replace it with something better if he wants to. So radio choice does also hinge on your plans for the hobby. If you want to advance fast, take jetmech05's advice and look at 10 channel radios. But if you are a take it easy kind of guy, you'll do find with the choices you are asking about.