RADIO RUNDUP: Our favorite programmable transmitters

For many years as new and innovative radio systems have become available, Model Airplane News has been here to review them all and have shared our findings with our readers. From 27 and 72MHz to the first 2.4GHz rigs, our editors and contributors have taken these RC radio systems and put them through real-world field and bench testing. The level of sophistication we have today is truly impressive and the radio programming features have reached levels that we couldn’t even dream of back in the day. So here, in no particular order, are our eight favorite editors’ picks for quality, price, and performance.

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Jeti DS-24

AT A GLANCE

RADIO DS-24

MANUFACTURER Jeti (jetiusa.com)

DISTRIBUTOR Chief Aircraft (chiefaircraft.com)

NUMBER OF CHANNELS 24 (plus 8 remote commands)

MODULATION Duplex 2.4GHz, frequency hopping

BAND Two 2.4GHz, one 900MHz

PROGRAMMING Airplane, helicopter, glider & multirotor

TRANSMITTER BATTERY 3.6V 5200mAh Li-ion

PRICE Starts at $2,195.00

HITS

+ Dual-band, triple redundancy with 5 antennas

+ Integrated vibration feedback

+ Voice commands

+ Included aluminum carrying case