...another 58 bucks out the door....

Just renewed my AMA for the umpteenth time because I have to. I can't think
of the last time I, anyone I know, or any club I've been in has been helped in
any way by this group. I'm sure there are some out there someplace, but I've been in the hobby a
long time and don't personally know of a single one.

It's "only" 58 bucks to be sure, but it's starting to bug me now. It amounts to an expense for little tangible
benefit aside from a magazine I'd gladly trade for a subscription to MAN or R/C REPORT.

Kind of a forced subscription don't you think? And ad revenues are presumably generated
by MODEL AVIATION based on it's (captive) readership. "Readers" who aren't permitted to fly unless
they buy.

Before anyone reminds me of "all" the new frequencies we got in 1991...bear in mind we simply took the
same slice of RF spectrum and divided it into smaller slices....at the modelers expense. In fact, we lost ground on
that deal with the transfer of 75mhz frequencies to surface-use only models.

Perhaps it's the "Safety Code" that makes the difference? I do try my best not to fly my models on the final
approach path at Charlotte-Douglas Airport. <G>


Hmmmm......AMA. It used to be "tradition". Now it's just another unwelcome expense.

My $.02

'race