Ponderosa,

You are right, the 9C has a feeble timer alarm and beep. Works great if you are flying a glider alone, but at my field with 4 or 5 noisy fixed wing aircraft and a heli or two flying, it's doubtful that I would hear it reliably. I just gave up on the timer because it was hard to hear, and several years later, I don't care anymore.

Others have 1) replaced the original little "speaker" (sound generator unit) with another louder unit (canabalized it from one of their kid's toys) or 2) soldered a pair of wires to the "speaker", ran the wires to the OUTSIDE of the case, and mounted that other sound generator unit to the front of the 9C case.

No doubt both of these "enhancements" may void you warranty. But on the bright side, Futaba 9C tranmitters are very reliable. Of course, since my 9C is long past its 12 month warranty, maybe I'll add that second sound generator...

Hope this helps.