Hi again! Here's what's on the FAQ:


Is my receiver safe to use?
You might assume that if your transmitter was narrow band at time of production, so is your receiver. This assumption seems logical, but is incorrect -- all FM transmitters were built to narrow band standards from the beginning of Futaba FM transmitter generation; however, at that time there was no need or standard to narrow band the receivers, so many receivers were NOT narrow band. Wide band receivers are not illegal, but are potentially dangerous as they may pick up adjacent signals from pagers, cell phones, other channel transmitters, etc. Below is a list of narrow band receivers produced by Futaba up to 1/1/00. Any new receivers introduced in 1991 or later were all narrow band, so any new receiver not yet listed here is still legal for use:


Futaba Narrow Band Receivers
AM FM PCM1024 PCM512
R102JE R103F R1131P R128DP
R112JE R113F R1131PW R1051P*
R122JE R123F R127DP
R114H R127DF R148DP
MCR4A R128DF R129DP
R117H R148DF R149DP
R309DPS
R124DP R124DP
R127DP R127DP
R138DP
*(This RX worked only with the 5NLP TX.)
(R124DP & R127DP were switchable between 512 and 1024)

My receiver is not listed. Does that mean it is wide band? Is it legal to use? Is it bad to use?
If your Futaba receiver is not listed and is not made after 1991, then it is not narrow band. Because it is wide band, while it is legal, it is far more likely to receive interference and so it is definitely preferable to replace it.





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