Who still uses AM/FM radios?

[mzanzirc]

As the titles says, who still uses them?

I think the last time I used one was at our local race track yonks ago in my TT01.

They still seem popular.

Who prefers the AM/FM over 2.4ghz and why?

 

[WoodiE]

They still seem popular.

What gives you that impression?

 

[mzanzirc]

What gives you that impression?

I see a lot of people selling RC's with them.

Maybe they never got around to changing to 2.4ghz. lol

 

[Chubaka]

What gives you that impression?

I've seen a few people saying they still run them on this site.

 

[RET4RD]

I used to listen to AM 760 while I lived in San Diego. And FM 105.7 is a good SoCal classic rock station.

 

[Chubaka]

I see a lot of people selling RC's with them.

Maybe they never got around to changing to 2.4ghz. lol

If they are selling it, I'm sure its a "I'm not spending money on this" or its "vintage"

If I'm selling a car, I may include a bottom drawer special 2.4 I'm not gonna spend money on it for someone to change it out.

I used to listen to AM 760 while I lived in San Diego. And FM 105.7 is a good SoCal classic rock station.

I used to be an fm guy. I hardly listen to xm nowadays. Reminds me of the am fm days too much.

The AM/FM being discussed is the old rc radios with the long stainless antennas. You had a 3 foot lightning rod in your finger tips.

Wait the rapper hiphopper is reccomending rock stations?

 

[RET4RD]

If they are selling it, I'm sure its a "I'm not spending money on this" or its "vintage"

If I'm selling a car, I may include a bottom drawer special 2.4 I'm not gonna spend money on it for someone to change it out.

I used to be an fm guy. I hardly listen to xm nowadays. Reminds me of the am fm days too much.

The AM/FM being discussed is the old rc radios with the long stainless antennas. You had a 3 foot lightning rod in your finger tips.

Wait the rapper hiphopper is reccomending rock stations?

FM is from my nerd days but not AM 760 Dennis Prager for life baby lets gooooooooooooooooooo

 

[cbaker65]

I use to when I drove a company truck all day!..
Today's car audio's are very annoying an sound like crap!..

 

[ahr43]

Have two Futaba systems in the stash. One AM. One FM. Hanging onto to them for the day when I finally get around to a resto on my RC drag cars. They will make for a nice vintage touch. The FM actually saw competition use in one of the drag cars back '07-'08. It will make an authentic period resto.

They get taken out and bench tested once or twice yearly.

 

[BuZzLigHtyEAR]

I run 1 fm radio 20 bucks from a goodwill. rock and roll all day.

 

[N. Mango]

I use a little am/fm radio when I'm fishing.

 

[Chubaka]

I use to when I drove a company truck all day!..
Today's car audio's are very annoying an sound like crap!..

I think its the radio station and not so much the radio.

 

[cbaker65]

I think its the radio station and not so much the radio.

When at work ,I listen to classic rock with Bob & Tom show in the mornings ,an would also
listen to another alternative rock station along with another station that played more heavy stuff ,
so I had 3 great stations to tune too!..

 

[RET4RD]

When at work ,I listen to classic rock with Bob & Tom show in the mornings ,an would also
listen to another alternative rock station along with another station that played more heavy stuff ,
so I had 3 great stations to tune too!..

I do a YouTube playlist nowadays. Why bother listening to the DJ's playlist when I have literally every song ever created at my fingertips, with no 15-minute ad break at the end of every hour?

 

[cbaker65]

I do a YouTube playlist nowadays. Why bother listening to the DJ's playlist when I have literally every song ever created at my fingertips, with no 15-minute ad break at the end of every hour?

I dont listen to too much music ,I dont really care about death metal or hardcore metal ,rap ,an I am burned out on listening
to classic rock as I been listening to it for 45 years an it brings back to many memories!
The music that I post is the music that I enjoy listening to when I wrench & record ,I can use that music when I do wrench
video's because there is no infringement rights on the music!
The only group that I will listen to other than the music that I use in my vids is Tool!..

 

[mzanzirc]

 

[Maximum_Quake_Pro.com]

i will only use FM in my older nitros

 

[cbaker65]

i will only use FM in my older nitros

Lol...I caught on to that earlier an was thinking that maybe the thread was about the Freq. on radios ,
I even went back an reread the post!..

 

[Maximum_Quake_Pro.com]

Lol...I caught on to that earlier an was thinking that maybe the thread was about the Freq. on radios ,
I even went back an reread the post!..

pm

 

[Penguin Fart Racing]

As the titles says, who still uses them?

I think the last time I used one was at our local race track yonks ago in my TT01.

They still seem popular.

Who prefers the AM/FM over 2.4ghz and why?

All radios have a purpose. Just like why some people golf ( at say St Andrews ) with wooden clubs. Back in the day, RC clubs had spring clothes clip boards to control, who used what frequencies, airplanes, boats and UGVS were simpler. ESC ? A servo dedicated to speed control had an insulated arm that swiped across the bare wire windings of a wire wound ceramic resistor. Talk about current drain !! Attached are some PIX of AM and FM radios I STILL USE ! The challenge is to RC FLY the way they did SIXTY YEARS AGO or more [ Nikola Tesla's RC Noay 1889 ] ! One of my pictured transmitters is a simple pulse, one button, not digital proportional. The white transmitters are on 72 MHz propo and built by CANON RC. Radios back then we're EXPENSIVE ! A high-end FM rig 4 channel with 4 servos cost as much as a 72 inch plasma TV TODAY ! PIX with the SPITFIRE ? Not sure which vintage radio will go in it. Sort of what I do and feel like when I photograph with my DEARDORFF 8" x 10" plate camera.