27mhz or 75mhz?

[Aman]

I'm getting a Airtronics M8 and was wondering if I should get a 27mhz or a 75mhz version. I posed this question in the live chat and got contradicting answers. So if possible, I would appreciate the reasoning your thoughts. I've always thought that 75 mhz is better because it meant more racers could participate at once, but I'm not really sure. Thanks in advance.

Aman

[Nairb]

The only thing that matters is that you have a different channel than those you want to race against. If you didn't know, 27mhz and 75mhz can both be used at the same time. Whether a person has a 27mhz radio or a 75mhz radio doesn't matter, as long as he has a different individual channel than everybody else. Whatever you get, I'd get an extra pair of crystals if you plan on racing with a lot of other people. But Am and FM are a different story, there is a difference...

[SWATteam2]

27 band only has 6 different frequencies while 75 band has a lot more. If you're gonna run at a track, you'd probably want to go with 75. There's lots of people who run 27 so those 6 frequencies are used a lot. If you use 27, you'll probably be having to buy extra crystals and taking turns and stuff which isn't a lot of fun. If you get a 75, the chances your freq will be taken are a lot smaller. Of course, if you aren't planning on running at any crowded tracks, it won't really matter much. Oh, also some people say that 27 is less susceptible to interference than 75, but I haven't seen any differnce myself. Hope this helps,
-Mike http://www.angelfire.com/mi/mikem/index.html

[JP]

I would go with 75, even though there is more space inbetween 27mhz which means less glitches, 27mhz used used all too often. Besides, you may not have a choise if you are next to the next nuber frequency i.e: 5 and 6 both racing which means easier to glitch. In 75mhz you can have at least a 2 number difference i.e: 73 and 75 inbetween with no problem. Just something to think about.