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#1

"Dear All,

DCC is a wonderful option for some and we have made all of our trains DCC compatible for the past several years. The system that Stan is talking about is most suitable and will work well with our Elite power supply or batteries.

Aristo-Craft will soon be out again with it’s 27 mhz. system as trackside or onboard and will offer a plug and play stock car with battery and r/c intergrated to plug into any Aristo-Craft locomotive without modification to the loco. A few hundred feet of range is possible and of course you get a true 10 amp capability. Also, there is no slow down due to voltage loss when using batteries. The Stock Car can plug into any of our locos without opening the loco and doesn’t require the end user to purchase an r/c system for each loco or pay for the installation of the same. It’s ideal and working now. Marty Cozad is testing one for us now and is enthusiastic about the trailing car performance.

We will get the 75 MHz. back on the market soon after and we are working on a 2.4ghz version with 1,000 ft range for mid 2007. More on this for discussion next year, but it is in R&D design as we speak. It will have EMF back feed and a completely new transmitter look with even more functions. We will not obsolete the 55470 and we think that it will become even more popular for those that do not want the super sophistication now possbile, but at a steep learning curve.

All the best,
Lewis Polk

Posted in both forums for clarity."

Well what do yall make of this-seems Aristo is waking up…I wonder if others will follow…

#2

Cale, you left out the announcement that AC will also be going with 900 Mhz.

So, that makes 4 completely different systems planned on four completely different frequencies. 27 Mhz, 75 Mhz, 900 Mhz and 2.4 Ghz.

Seems like a very clever marketting strategy to me. Do everything for everyone.

I wish them good luck.

RCS uses only the one frequency band, 27 Mhz.
27 Mhz works just fine thank you.
All RCS systems are backwardly compatible.
All RCS systems are legal worldwide.

#3

As I read further I did see that reference. To each his own…I really like my ‘lil’ RCS set-up, actually bought some stufff from TOC this week to get my Annie ready for the Trail Car.

cale

#4

To be fair, I think Lewis said that the next gen stuff will be 900, it was up in the air 2.4 or 900 for the train stuff, and I think one of his last posts before going to China said that 900 won over 2.4.

So it’s only 3 :wink:

Regards, Greg

#5

I for one am very happy to hear the 27MHz system is coming back. I thought it was a big mistake for them to stop production with nothing available to take it’s place. Sure would be nice if they would be available soon, but probably not until spring.

Not to knock anyone else’s system - I started down the TE road and would like one or two more systems.

JR

#6
Jon Radder said:
I for one am very happy to hear the 27MHz system is coming back. I thought it was a big mistake for them to stop production with nothing available to take it's place. Sure would be nice if they would be available soon, but probably not until spring.

Not to knock anyone else’s system - I started down the TE road and would like one or two more systems.

JR


I agree, it would be nice for Aristo to continue making the 27 mhz units. I do not think it would be productive for Aristo to remove this unit from their product line.

#7

The actual difference in range betwen 900 and 2.4, in my experience, is about zilch.

My old 900 cordless has as much range if not more than my newer 2.4 GC unit.
Plus, the 900 is cleaner signal.

#8

I agree, my microwave, the 802.11 wireless network, and the bluetooth stuff all like to live there. I switched my cordless phones to 900 mhz when everyone first went to 2.4. The 2.4 stuff also seems to be a bit more power hungry, but maybe just the first electronics were not fine tuned.

Regards, Greg

#9

If my feable mind recalls properly, the problem that halted Aristo’s manufacture of the TE was caused by the chip manufacturer going belly up. No chip, no TE. The company that bought out the defunct company elected to NOT continue manufacture of that particular chip, leaving Lewis in a real bind.

Warren

#10

While the chip manufacturer issue may be true, the BIG deal is the international lead-free mandate.

ALL manufacturers are scurrying.

I know of at least two others, GR related, not r/c related, with lead-free issues and availability.

#11

The chip company was Daewoo … with a name like that “look daddy, at dey woo woo trains!” it would have been a natural.

Now all the chips are powering Korean cars, who’d a thunk it?

Regards, Greg