Well this is all great to hear. And yes, I should be (and am) spending much of my time doing school work. Don't really fly much once September rolls around, but I do want a new radio for next year. I was ready to go the JR route - I really like their radios, but I also like the intuitiveness of my Airtronics radio and the fact that I already have 3 FHSS receivers. I just wanted to hear other people in pattern world that had this radio and liked it. It's good to know there are at least a few of them now in my district for questions/solutions down the road. I wasn't sure how people would like the size and shape of the radio and the switch locations, but seems like all that is OK. I also remember the trim buttons feeling 'loose' during the brief time I held one of the radios, but sounds like it functions fine and is not worth passing the radio up over. The radio I have is nice for what it is but I've been having issues with the screen turning black, the antenna breaking, and the lack of programmability. Sounds like none of this is an issue on the SD10G.

I'll shoot for buying one of these in January =) Thanks for all the replies, and by all means keep the thoughts coming in for others to hear about.