Well here I sit without a working tank, I ordered a receiver battery, switch harness and servo to test out my radio to make sure that is not the problem. The radio tested out okay and the servo worked in all channels. I fired off a email to Tamiya USA and their reply is:
Dear Tamiya Customer,
More than likely the radio system is the problem, we could not get our DMD tanks or semi trucks to work correctly with Spektrum radios. Furthermore, at the RCX trade show, we asked the Spektrum techs about the problems and they could not give us an answer. Now we're not radio techs at Tamiya America, but we suspect it's the digital controls and trims are the problem, the link below is the radio system (surface frequencies) we use in all our DMD control vehicles.
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...=LXEFJ4**&P=SM
Tamiya America
Customer Service
So I guess I'm out $290 and have to go out and but another radio. This is all rather frustrating and getting pretty expensive.