>Correct me if I am wrong but I believe the general modeler believed
that with 2.4 all concerns for freq control were over....Millions could
all be on at once... (Gordy)
Err, no, I distinctly remember posting more than once that there would
be limits on the number of models in the air at one time. More
importantly, I'd expect over a dozen models or so that the maximum range
of the transmitters would be reduced. The other models didn't just
vanish, you see, they became background noise. If there's a few other
transmitters then the noise is minimal, if there's a lot -- well, adding
noise is like reducing your transmitter's power.
But, seriously, are you expecting over 40 sailplanes to be in the air at
one time at a typical club field? Maybe a handlaunch MoM contest, but I
can't see it happening with typical TD ships. This is what the designers
worked with when they designed the radios -- there are always going to
be imperfections and compromises in any design, the skill is making
choices so the limitations aren't a problem to your expected user base.
(Even the 72MHz stuff has problems, but if you work it as the makers
intended then you don't normally come across them.) This, incidentally,
has been the reservation that I've had with 2.4GHz kit -- so far the
field has been dominated by the Marketing types and as far as they're
concerned the kit is perfect (and the Moon is indeed made of green
cheese); this information is useless so we have to wait for enough of us
to be using the kit to get a user base of experience.
Martin Usher
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