by MichaelJ2K » Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:23 pm
Oz,
Usually retuning would be required. The "tech guy" you talked to was probably the janitor....[:0], because he's totally wrong. BTW, are you changing the transmitter module or just the crystal? You can change a module but by FCC rule you must be a licensed technician to alter a transmitter RF output, i.e., installing a crystal and retuning. You can tune the receiver yourself. Best bet is to have a backup matched module and receiver you can change at a regatta. Futaba, JR and Hitec produce radios on "low" and "high" band. That splits the channels into two groups, lowering the cost of producing receivers. In essence, Joe is right, it should have worked.