I see that you are in Sunland. This means that you will most likely end up flying at the Basin. I strongly recommend that you go with a 2.4 Hz radio. I've seen plenty of shoot downs here. In Aug. at the Scale Masters Qualifier, even with a radio impound, a plane worth over 2 grand was lost as a result of someone who turned a radio on in the parking lot. They were planing on selling it as they were not into RC and turned it on to see if it would come on. This won't happen with a 2.4 Hz radio.

Scott