Ouch!
I was still operating with one of the old frequencies, so it looks like it will cost me $200 to have a new transmitter and an upgraded receiver...
Oh well. Still worth it considering the cost of rockets, motor hardware, altimeters, parachutes, etc...
Yep, and at least they're offering an upgrade of some sort -- it'd be much worse if they told you you had to buy a totally new receiver.
There are still some options you have, Just use creative thinking.... They still sell the 216-219 band transmitters out of country.
I had a Canadian friend order me one then ship it to me!
Falconry is a bigger hobby than HPR.
Actually there are about 2000 falconers in the US. So it's really not bigger than HPR but comparable, which is interesting by itself.
However, falconers have a higher flight success ratio.
I heard a radio interview with a falconer a couple months ago, and IIRC, he said that the bird would have about a 10% hunting success rate.
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