Airtronics also have very user friendly radios the RD6000 and RD8000 are on par with the Hitec Optic 6 or Eclipse 7 (older) and the Futabas 7C or 6C
Hitecs can have the synthesizer module ...don't know JR but they are good radios...

A little known gem is the tower hobbies 6XM tower's radios are rebadged Futabas this ones costs 150 dollars with receiver and servos and can handle 6 planes in memory.. best deal for the money!!!