Well FYI, I am an IT consultant. So I WORK on that very same alter you pray at. I myself buy new technology all the time. That that doesn't mean I will throw away my old radios just because I get a new one. And that was the point of my message, that just because something new comes out you don't have to get rid of the old. If it really matters I'm probably going to be getting a DX7 too in order to evaluate it, but like I said I won't be throwing all of my old radios away. But if you want to get all of your old radios just to play with a new toy, then more power too you. Have fun. But knock people that don't want to get the same things you do.

I simply made my points about the 72 Mhz radios staying around for a long time because it's really the simple truth. Here in the Beginner's Forum we are very careful about not letting new rumors getting started. New people in this hobby only have a few sources for info and this forum is a big one of those sources. If we take this case for example, a new pilot hears that because of 2.4 Ghz radios the 72 Mhz radios won't be around for long. So now he thinks that he's got to buy a new radio before it's too late. This is how crazy rumor get started in the first place, by people speaking out without thinking about the ramifications of their statements.

Ken