I have a lot of old trans. and rec. that were my dads and he has pased on i do not know a lot about then . they are very old 30 years to 10 or 12 years old the newer is a pcm 9 and some jr stuf and alot more! me and my 2 boyes are getting in to flying but i donot know what to do or how to use alot of it is this stuf is it worth trying to use or is it better to get new so i know what i have and how to use it ? We have bought park flyers to get in to it for now. But if we stay with it well move up to bigger and better planes.

i amstill using 1975 kraft transmitter and 1982 futaba gold transmitters with new narrowband recievers because they are non computerized and easy to setup and the kraft 7z transmitter is setup for easy trim adjustment and has great pots on the sticks .i use it for test flying.just keep them maintained and serviced reqularly and you should be ok check with either the radio manufacturer or pete at kraft midwest for service.pribably have to change batteries but that should be done about every 5 years anyway.i sell off my used batteries that are older than 5 years or on used radios i buy as long as they have no dead cells then use that money to buy new packs also eliminates disposal problems.most all transmitters can be gold stickered with a tuning and no other modifications,you may have to buy narrow band recievers to bring the flight packs upto date.you can find used on ebay and rcu.let me know in a private message what the manufacturere is and model numbers of the components and i can help tell you what they are.

Restoring old wideband radios is almost never financially advantagous to you and what you end up with is an old radio that works but far less capable than newer equipment at a greater cost.

Yes if there is a compelling reason such as a treasured old radio, then fine go ahead but if your goal is to learn to fly then don,t waste your time or money.

If the radio you mentioned (PCM 9) is in fact an Airtronics Spectra PCM 7 or 9. Then this radio is probably narrow band and this one may be worth messing with. The older stuff save yourself the trouble.

John