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Tranmitter for both USA air and surface bands?

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Charles P Lamb - 13 Sep 2006 04:31 GMT
Are there any transmitters available which may be readily switched for use
between the USA air and surface R/C bands?

Charles P. Lamb
Frank Schwartz - 13 Sep 2006 04:49 GMT
>Are there any transmitters available which may be readily switched for use
>between the USA air and surface R/C bands?
>
>Charles P. Lamb

Not as such...you probably can get a Futaba or Hitec with plug in
modules so you can use the basic transmitter on the 72 mhz (air) and
the 75 (sufrace) bands by changing modules...you will need receivers
to match as wel.    Probably cheaper to buy one radio for air and one
system for surface..
Frank
Doug McLaren - 13 Sep 2006 05:24 GMT
| >Are there any transmitters available which may be readily switched for use
| >between the USA air and surface R/C bands?
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
| to match as wel.  Probably cheaper to buy one radio for air and one
| system for surface..

Modules are indeed a fine option.

Additional options :

27 MHz is legal for both land and air vehicles.

Ditto goes for 50 MHz and 53 MHz (but you have to be a ham radio
  operator to use this band, of course.)

49 MHz is also similarly legal for ground and air use (but the gear is
generally very low end, as you generally pull it out of toys.)

Devices that use 900 MHz and 2.4 GHz are also legal for both land and
air.  The Spektrum DX6 is probably the most obvious and useful example
of something that uses these bands.

Also, if you can find a Sombra Shadow RX, it can be synthesized for
both the 72 MHz and 75 MHz bands.  (I realize that you asked about TXs
rather than RXs, but ...)  This is the only RX I'm aware of with this
option.

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