RE: Where do electrics fit in ?
There are a few proposals floating around, some decent, some not so nice
A. Freq Share Ageement per AMA for conflicts
B. AMA dogma owns all channels, you are hosed, you have to move or join
C. FCC hopes you all just get along, dont interfere with a freq in use, 1st come 1st served
D. WallyToy & junk PFs get the 27band - good luck , real radios come w/ responsibility
E. Clubbers / LHS / AMA set aside voluntarily first 10 channels of FM for PFs / Conflict-Abatement
F. Do nothing, and continue to shoot each other down
I would say you & your heli would do best under A, C, or maybe E (which is actually a spinoff of A). A would be a nice clean friendly wayto fly at home, and C is a federal promiss that you have the same access to that freq as the club. Probably a nice letter explaining your desire to share the freq before escalating to Muncie Mandate gets better results than stopping by the field & getting some hothead to get all B on you, to which you will get all C back at him & win.
I do see the value of having Wallyworld sell 20,000 toys in a city... and they very well better not be on real freqs. If you want to buy a real radio, and convert your Wally-Toy to 72.xxx, then I dont see a problem with that- you learn a real radio has responibility. (not saying your heli is one of them, just general WallyToy talk) But I think E resolves many more issues, and could be a standing policy rather than making things up on the fly