Taking from the minutes of the 21st meeting of the Governing Body (25/07/09)
5. 40Mhz Phase out
Further research may be required and the kind offer of Mr Paul Cooper would be accepted for
the Portsmouth event to test the 40Mhz frequency with a scanner. Hence a proposal was put
forward to phase out 40Mhz over the next 18 months firstly in Heavyweights from Jan 2010
and featherweights from Jan 2011. This is now open to further discussion by the membership.
It was generally viewed that in the Governing body€™s opinion that 2.4Ghz was the safer
technology for fighting robots.
Was the 40MHz band tested with a scanner at the Portsmouth event? If so, any word on the outcome yet?

While I still think outlawing a complete RC system is unnecessary, I do understand that safety is of paramount importance. Therefore should the phase-out go ahead I think the above timeline is an improvement as most heavyweights already run on 2.4GHz and it gives feather builders/operators over a year's notice. The lowest 2.4GHz system doing the rounds at the moment is coming in at just under £40, which makes upgrading a slightly less expensive option.

I still like my 40MHz systems but both my featherweights are, or will be, capable of running inverted from 2010 so not having protruding aerials would be a benefit.

This is now open to further discussion by the membership.
Who's next?