2.4Ghz radio technology will prevent about 1 in 100 crashes when they are due to two pilots turning on the same channel at the same time. The other 99 out of 100 crashes will still be in play. What's ironic is that between low voltage lock-outs, zero transmitter ID numbers, and all of the other learning curve problems pilots have had while rolling out the new spread-spectrum technology, 2.4Ghz radios have probably caused more radio-related crashes than they've prevented so far.

The 2.4Ghz radio technology is going to be terrific as it continues to be adopted. It was the early adopters who paid the price for working the kinks out of the new radio systems, however, and hopefully we won't all be discovering more "gotchas" down the road.