I bought a plane, engine and Radio from another club member and I question weather this radio is legal?

I just got back into RC last year and I know ther was a change sometime in the 90's?? To narrow band??

How do I tell? It has no gold sticket if that means anything?
Its a Futaba Skyport 4 - T4VF - 72 MHz
FCC ID: AZPT4VF-72
s/n - 61102299

Didnt realy buy it for the radio but need to know if its safe to use?

Pop

72 mhz is an extremely common band for fm tx rx. here are a few sold everyday http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0093p?&C=JEJ

It's fine. The Skysport came out long after the narrow band change had taken place.

The date of the manual is 1998. Practically a new one!

http://manuals.hobbico.com/fut/4vf-manual.pdf

Thanks guys,
I thought it had to have a gold sticker? or is that what they would do to an upgraded older radio?

Now if I can get the muffler for the OS .46 LA, which was missing I'll be all set!

Pop

The gold sticker program sunsetted a long time ago. More than 10 years. It was intended to be an easy way, during the transition period, to know whether or not a radio was narrow-band. Older radios could be upgraded, and it was a way to show fellow club members that your equipment was in compliance.

A few years ago someone came out to our field with an old Gold-series Futaba that didn't have a sticker. It was sort of one of those scary moments, because you could tell that not only was the radio around twenty years old, but the rest of the equipment was, too. Batteries included... Anyways, I fly at a public field, and there's really no mechanism in place to tell someone they can't fly. We asked if he needed help. He hadn't flown since his gear was last used, and never flew enough to get much experience. He wasn't interested in any assistance. He didn't get too terribly far, as he blew a fuse in the TX before getting to taxi. I seem to remember that happening more than once.

Point is, it's only the very old pre-1991 gear that needs a sticker. Most manufacturers were in compliance well before the deadline, so it's 1980s gear for the most part that might not be kosher.

thanks for the info
I have two old Futabas from the late 80's would it be worth upgradeing them? If the even can be?

Steve

About all they do is change Tx Xtl. retune TX and sell you a new RX

Give Radio South a call and see if they still do that, if the radios aren't already narrow-band. I wouldn't bother, but everyone has different likes and dislikes.