well here is my story - after singing the praises of the ar-9000 modules and receivers. we have run into a problem. the ar9000 since it only works in ppm mode you will only get the amount of channels that your radio supports in ppm and that is not always the same as a 10 channel pcm for example . on older 10 channels and 8 channel model radio's you will only get to use 8 and 6 channels respectfully. myself and joe rafalowski alerted chris huhn of spectrum about this and he has confirmed our findings.
now here is the twist- i bought 4 receivers and 2 modules for my radio's expecting to get 9 channels as i needed but will only get 8. so now i need 3 more matchboxs to set up my models correctly which is another expense over and abnove the original cost for the new rec and module and since the spectrum manual and sales catalog said they work and now don't ,and since i alerted them of this AND found they didnt test it but only guessed it would work, it would sure be nice if they would help out the buyers of this new product that does not work as advertised and give us free or reduced cost matchboxes if we need them.-[ 1 matchbox per receiver bought]
ok my rant is over - by the way the spectrum system still works great. it is just costing more than advertised!
and joe raf was a great help as my jr rep . in working with me on this! thanks joe!