RE: FM Radios?
I am still flying all of my planes on channel 35. My daughter's plane is channel 26, and she is the only one in our club on that channel. There used to be 2-3 guys on my channel, but they have all switched to 2.4 gHz. I do not expect to make the switch any time soon.
Our club has always had excellent frequency control. I have not seen anybody get shot down.