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I just wanted to do a short post on how to get a nice 75 MHZ radio to use for minimum investment. Basically I am going to tell you how I just acquired a transmitter recently.
At the Carmel Subrun last month there was a old Futaba transmitter on the swap table.
It is a 7 channel unit on 75MHZ but AM.
What made the radio interesting to me was the fact it had a replaceable RF module in the back.
That meant as long as a modern module could physically be adapted to the radio I could equip it with any Futaba compatible RF module I would like.
My intent was to make this into a bench radio I could use while testing my RC setups.
As it turned out the older modules were larger than the newer ones so they were not physically compatible.
But I lucked out and was still able to plug one of my Hitec Spectra synthesized modules on 75MHZ into the module receptacle.
I made sure the pin out on the connectors were electrically compatible with some web surfing.
I just used a small piece of double sided tape on the back to hold the module in place.
When tested the transmitter worked perfectly.
The transmitter was in exceptional shape. It also had all the bells and whistles available at the time like end point adjustments, dual rates, servo reversing, exponential rate, and mixing.
It only did one model as it had no model memories. (Non computer radio)
But still a very desirable radio.
My point being there are a lot of transmitters for sale out there that are going for cheap that can be easily adapted to our use.
I would stick with the brand names though. Futaba, JR, Airtronics, Multiplex, Hitec.
If you want PlugNplay the best bang for the buck is a Futaba CAP-9.
You can add as many model memories you would like with the Campac feature, and RF modules for 75-72-50-40-35-and 2.4.
You just have to get over the transmitter looking like a Cylon. "By your command"
Lol. BD.
Here is the transmitter I acquired.
At the Carmel Subrun last month there was a old Futaba transmitter on the swap table.
It is a 7 channel unit on 75MHZ but AM.
What made the radio interesting to me was the fact it had a replaceable RF module in the back.
That meant as long as a modern module could physically be adapted to the radio I could equip it with any Futaba compatible RF module I would like.
My intent was to make this into a bench radio I could use while testing my RC setups.
As it turned out the older modules were larger than the newer ones so they were not physically compatible.
But I lucked out and was still able to plug one of my Hitec Spectra synthesized modules on 75MHZ into the module receptacle.
I made sure the pin out on the connectors were electrically compatible with some web surfing.
I just used a small piece of double sided tape on the back to hold the module in place.
When tested the transmitter worked perfectly.
The transmitter was in exceptional shape. It also had all the bells and whistles available at the time like end point adjustments, dual rates, servo reversing, exponential rate, and mixing.
It only did one model as it had no model memories. (Non computer radio)
But still a very desirable radio.
My point being there are a lot of transmitters for sale out there that are going for cheap that can be easily adapted to our use.
I would stick with the brand names though. Futaba, JR, Airtronics, Multiplex, Hitec.
If you want PlugNplay the best bang for the buck is a Futaba CAP-9.
You can add as many model memories you would like with the Campac feature, and RF modules for 75-72-50-40-35-and 2.4.
You just have to get over the transmitter looking like a Cylon. "By your command"
Lol. BD.
Here is the transmitter I acquired.
notice also that his business hours are listed... i talked to him on the phone... i got my stuff back from him as quickly as he was able to get parts. price was very reasonable as well.
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