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<DIV>Hi All,</DIV>
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<DIV><EM><FONT size=4>If</FONT></EM> I correctly understood what I was told at
this weekend's WRAM Show by the Futaba people (not by any stretch a guarantee),
their new 2.4ghz system does not just blindly frequency hop to any
ole` frequency. I was told that the transmitter "looks ahead" several steps
to insure that the next few frequencies in the "hop" are available. If the
next planned frequency in the "hop" is occupied, the transmitter <EM>does
not include</EM> that frequency in its hopping schedule. In short, I was
told that the transmitter will only switch to unused frequencies. </DIV>
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<DIV>BTW - I was also told that the transmitter uses a "coding system" with its
receiver, similar, I guess, to the Horizon system, combined with the
frequency changing.</DIV>
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<DIV>You radio experts will know much better than I how this "looking ahead"
would work or if it is even possible. Since I don't know, I asked a lot of
questions, always got the above answers, and have to believe what I was
told until I hear better here. </DIV>
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<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV>Frank Granelli</DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at <A title="http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1615326657x4311227241x4298082137/aol?redir=http://www.aol.com" href="http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1615326657x4311227241x4298082137/aol?redir=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eaol%2Ecom" target="_blank"><B>AOL.com</B></A>.</BODY></HTML>