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Old 04-30-2003, 07:46 PM
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Default R/C newbie looking for opinions-cheap radio!

Originally posted by amcross
..You could use 27MHz, 49MHz, or 50MHz but don't for reasons I wont get into here....
I guess I will then. Jason appears to not know alot about radios (not intended as a put down) and therefore I don't think he has a HAM license which is required for 50MHz. 27MHz and 49Mhz have very low transmitter power restrictions (much lower than normal RC gear therefore limited range and easy to interfear with) and are subject to significant interfearance from other transmiters since these bands have little regulation and are used for many things other than RC. This would make the use of these bands (27Mhz and 49Mhz) dangerous for anything that is much more that a small, slow toy. As has been pointed out in other posts anything with a gas engine is well beyond toy status.

Hal
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