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Question: What is the difference between AM and FM radio's?
Answer: FM is a narrow band (less interference) like an FM radio.
This makes the FM radio more desirable
Question: How many FM channels are there?
Answer: 30 in most over the counter systems.
Question: What is the difference between a regular channel chrystal
and a dual conversion chrystal?
Answer: A dual conversion, isolates the channel to a narrower band
(doesn't let other signals interupt it's own signal.
Question: Can these chrystal's be interchanged between radio's and
receiver's?
Answer: No
Question: Why is a 5 pack battery in a boat better than a 4 pack batter?
Answer: A 4 pack is 4.8 volts/a 5 pack is 6 volts (1.2 V per battery) more
power.
Question: Are all servos in sailboats 6 volts?
Answer: No, most drum winches will work fine on 4.8 volts, but
arm winches usually require a 6 volt battery, some will work on 7.2 volts.
Question: What happens when the voltage falls below 6 volts? Or the
required voltage for the servos?
Answer: Electronics slow down especially the sail winch.
Question: Are the new type radio systems like the Spekrum or Futaba
better than the normal AM or FM radios?
Answer: No better, but have more available channels, also can operate
more than one boat per transmitter, each boat must have its own receiver
tuned to that transmitter.
Question:How many channel can they receive:
Answer: Spekrum = 80 Futaba = 200 to 400
Question: Do larger sail servos need larger batteries?
Answer: Usually they draw more current, they will need more milliamps.