ORIGINAL: KidEpoxy
there is an old trick to sharing:
You dived the thing as you see fair, and then I will pick which half I get.
Works for kids, works for RC.
What if we did this:
There are a ton on channels, you buy, or say you will buy, 2 or 3 or 10 channels, and we will use the rest. How many PFs are in Grafton, and how many Clubbers.... shouldnt the mass of available channels be split along that ratio? if there are 10 times as many clubbers they should get 10 times as many channels? If there is 1 in 8 RC guys that are a PF, then 1 in 8 channels should be reserved just for them, no Clubber should take one of the PF channels, keeping them clear for the PFs.
What if you pick your channels, and promiss to only use them, and we promiss not to use your channels. Some would call this a Freq Sharing agreement. All we ask is you stay on the channels you pick.
What is wrong with us promissing to stay off your channels?
I have no problem sharing channels. Nearest club is about 10 miles from me to the south/south east. I do all my flying north of town or west of town which puts me anywere from 12 to 15 miles from the club field at any given time. It is not a reqistered club anymore but the owner of the land is the chief and uses the field himself and he said it is ok for me to fly with them but he would perfer I atleast get AMA since the field is along the highway with traffic. But I described my models and he was real interested in seeing them and welcomed me to bring them by and do a little flying.
I use one channel for all my models as they are all setup to use my Hitec Flash TX.
I just do not think it is close to fair that someone should suggest hobbyshops hold certain things from people because they do nto belong to a certain club or oranization. It would be like me demanding that a bike shop only sell Huffy brand bikes to people because they do not ride their bike with me. Or like a motorcycle shop not selling a certain brand of motorcycle to someone because they do not belong to Bike club or the other AMA (American motorcycle Association). I could go on and on like say Snowmobiles. Don't belong to a club then you can't own a new Arctic Cat or Polaris etc. Or how about a 4x4 club???? Nope you can not have that new H1 Hummer because you do not belong to the club, but you can by that other (less capable)4x4 if you want.