Lee,

I don't know why Spektrum came out with it first. Perhaps Futaba's approach of true frequency hopping took longer to perfect and test? I was going to jump on the Spektrum bandwagon and get a Futaba module on order, but I've decided to order one of these new Futaba radios to check it out and then wait for the higher channel unit from Futaba.

Spektrum has the lead right now, but if Futaba is the first to come out with a unit that has more than 9 channels, I think that traditional Futaba flyers will switch back and even some JR users will move over - especially if Futaba comes out with a module for the MZ and JR doesn't come out with a unit over 9 channels soon there after...

Bob