I was going to go off on why nobody mentioned following the procedure in the radio's owner's manual. However, I wonder if this proceedure is discribed in them anymore? It's not shown in my Airtronics VG6000 manual. Do other manufacturers have this proceedure descibed? My old Airtronics Championship Series has it, as well as how to mount the entire airborne system in the aircraft. The VG6000 manual is mostly limited to programing! When did the more important aspects of the use and care of R/C equipment get dumped from the OWNER'S MANUALS?

To range check, the antenna must be fully collapsed. I like to see 100 feet of range and have easily gotten this with all my current FM radios. But, what ever you get you do not want to see range lessen by more then 10-12 feet with the engine running. Specifically my Championship Series states from 30 to 50 feet being adequate. However this manual is from the mid 1980s. A range check shouldn't take longer then 2-3 minutes so your not going to harm your radio. Because this information is no longer included in owner's manuals, how can we expect anything other then miss-information at the club field on this topic! In our litigeous society, how could this important information have been omitted?