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peter walker - 19 May 2004 01:34 GMT

I have finally been able to save some money up and am looking at buying a
Radio and ARF kit. Looking at Radios on www.towerhobbies.com I see that they
have FM and PCM radios. I want to get at least a 7 channel radio. What would
be the best radio for the price in that area and which would be the best
overall radio?

Peter

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Howard - 19 May 2004 04:06 GMT

Go to www.horizonhobby.com or your local hobby shop and buy a JR6102. The
most bang for the buck today. This a radio you'll grow with over the years
and not be sorry you didn't think ahead.
But, your likely to get many different opinions on this. Opinions are like
a**holes, everyones got one.
Howard

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Olivier tx2tx - 19 May 2004 09:59 GMT

Hi,

> I have finally been able to save some money up and am looking at buying a
> Radio and ARF kit. Looking at Radios on www.towerhobbies.com I see that they
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> Peter

If you're going to join a club to learn with a buddy, I strongly advice you
first to take some advice from the person who is going to teach you. He will
tell you what brand of transmitter to buy (in relation to the brand of
master-transmitter).
If you buy another brand than adviced, big chance that you cannot connect
your transmitter as slave to the master transmitter. And then you're
alone...

If you are trying to learn on your own, well....good luck. The best would be
then to buy a PC-flight simulator (not the most expensive) and to practice a
lot. If learning on your own, then of course the brand of transmitter is not
of any importance. Every brand has good transmitters. Just be sure to take
at least a programmable basic transmitter. With a non-programmable
transmiter you will very soon be limited and will have to buy a second more
evoluated transmitter.

Perhaps buying and reading some RC-magazines would help too.

good luck AND a lot of patience.
Happy landings,
Olivier

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Lyman Slack - 19 May 2004 12:38 GMT

Peter --

There is no such thing as "the best". Assuming you are just starting
out, look around your field and see what the regular flyers use the most and
what's used by the club instructors. Ask questions. Ask not only what they
recommend, but what they DON'T -- and why.

While asking, also inquire as to what frequencies are the least
common at your field and order your new radio on one of those channels.

My personal thoughts would be to stick to a known big brand (JR,
Futaba) I have used Futaba FM & PCM for many years -- no problems
whatsoever.

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> I have finally been able to save some money up and am looking at buying a
> Radio and ARF kit. Looking at Radios on www.towerhobbies.com I see that they
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