"Spectrum DX9"

[jarndice]

I just saw a USED "Spectrum DX9" Transmitter on E-Bay which sold in the UK for £237,
Wow, I have never spent more than £150 for a NEW Transmitter,
I wonder if the buyer would be interested in a fine lifting bridge centrally located in London with fine views of the Tower of London and I can even come to a very good arrangement for that fine building if I am made a decent offer.
Shaun.

[ausf]

That's a $500 Tx with telemetry and 250 model memory. Probably one of the best you can buy, I'm pretty sure it was over $800 before Horizon had a big price drop years back. Dx6is used to be $200 and now they're around $120.

If you ask a guy who is flying some serious aircraft if they'd use a a radio from Hobby King, they'd laugh in you face. Don't get me wrong, a cheap Tx is fine for tanks, etc, but if you're flying gliders that are a mile away or fuel helis or large scale planes that would have serious consequences if they lost signal, the Tx/Rx has to be bulletproof.

I use Dx6is with the cheap orange box receivers, but my tanks or boats won't hurt anyone if they brown out.

[Rad_Schuhart]

That's a $500 Tx with telemetry and 250 model memory. Probably one of the best you can buy, I'm pretty sure it was over $800 before Horizon had a big price drop years back. Dx6is used to be $200 and now they're around $120.

If you ask a guy who is flying some serious aircraft if they'd use a a radio from Hobby King, they'd laugh in you face. Don't get me wrong, a cheap Tx is fine for tanks, etc, but if you're flying gliders that are a mile away or fuel helis or large scale planes that would have serious consequences if they lost signal, the Tx/Rx has to be bulletproof.

I use Dx6is with the cheap orange box receivers, but my tanks or boats won't hurt anyone if they brown out.

Well, there are cheap mods that you can do to cheap radios. I installed a multiprotocol module in my radio for about 30 bucks and now I have 24 channels and I can use it with hobbyking receivers, frsky (which are even better than the spectrum) the original spectrum and many many more.

In my opinion spectrum is way overpriced.