<<One of the rewards... is the right to use a restricted frequency.>>

I hear you. I know exactly how you feel, because I feel the same way about all these duffers who can buy a plug'n'play park flier and use it without going through the "rites of passage" most of us had to endure when we began the hobby; IOW, learning the dos and don'ts of the hobby. I don't begrudge them the ease of progress in technology, but I begrudge the hell out of their being able to cause me grief, frequency conflict-wise, whether it be through ignorance or lack of concern.

The one glimmer of hope in all of this is that the park flyer fad is just that; a temporary phenomenon that will go away after a few years. You know the industry is going to keep pushing these damn things, since they've invested so much in them if the advertisements are any indicator. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you....

And those of you who think that these hundred-dollar wonders are all on the CB freqs need to look again. Most of them come with 72 mHz radios these days.

I think I understand now why golf is so popular. Its just you and that little white ball. There are few worries about some fast-buck entrepreneur coming up with a variation of the sport that has potentially disastrous effects on some.