Frequency conflict is a solvable problem.

Clock rates and chips are extremely fast today. Eight years ago you could often tell when the satellite was having trouble with the packet checksum because of the delay or apparent echo. I have not heard the telephone delay in years. Eight years ago our computers were running at 66 MHz and today some of out equipment is running at 2 GHz. A good hardware designer can do a lot with 30 times the horsepower. So can a good programmer.

The computer you are using would not begin to function if file reading/writing was not check summed. No network would function if packet interference and checking didn’t exist. Phones would not work if the packet to the satellite were not checked at the receiving satellite.

The pin box is a kluge, antiquated and ridiculous considering today’s technology. Old timers with the ‘I forgot syndrome’, park flyers, newbees, birthday present kids, and a few dumb sht’s along with many others are dangerous to airplanes. The airplane doesn’t discriminate.

At Joe Noll this year there were many, many ten thousand dollar airplanes. Consider for a moment a heavily attended contest or fly in that didn’t need a pin box or frequency control. Anyone could turn on at any time. It’s technically possible.

The insurance costs to AMA would surely be reduced. Now whether the savings would be passed along to us is a different story.

How do we collectively insist that the manufacturers use the technology to promote safer flying? Everyone has lost airplanes due to a turn on. Ten times that many have had damage for unknown reasons and many probably were some obscure but little known radio interference.

I have probably said too much. Thanks.