Quote Originally Posted by m2xt
Agreed but the FRA has made it an absolute ban on 40MHz so should an EO decide to run 40MHz, then the FRA will no doubt play their insurance card again!

I do wonder at times at how the FRA reaches these decisions, come on let's see the reasoning behind it before I am forced to chuck 4 perfectly good radios, two of which have been modifed to suit the bots. Money that could have been spent on better things for the bot. I wonder if 2.4 gig hadn't been approved by ofcom in the UK, the FRA would have been so anxious to ban 40MHz?
As the rules have not been proposed or consulted on I think it's jumping to conclusions to decide that the FRA has made an absolute ban on 40MHz. It would not be appropriate to make a rule change without first consulting the membership and event organisers. Under normal circumstances the finer details would have been discussed at the next meeting prior to a consultation period.

The FRA is not here to force you to chuck away 4 perfectly good radios. However safety is an extremely important factor in any rule change that comes about. If the equipment is not up to the job, which lets face it is the reason at least 90% of the roboteers who go to events regularly use Spektrum or other 2.4GHz radios, then why continue to support it? Especially when the continued use is likely to lead to a accident.

Most (if not all) regularly attending events have already switched to 2.4GHz mainly for improved contol but also because it is much easier. For those only planning on attending events infrequently then there will likely be event organisers who will continue to allow 40MHz in white boards for some time. No one is asking you to throw away working equipment.

We would never have been in a position where 2.4GHz had not been approved by ofcom. Due to the way the frequency allocation is applied from the EU to the UK it was only a technicality that prevented the application of the licence free use of 2.4GHz to Radio Control. This was cleared up as a matter of course and was not something that required changes, only clarification within the ofcom rules.