| I still would like some kind of population data of problem occurrences with | Ham. I have the personal data I need with the regular RC bands already.
Do you have a scanner? Set it to scan the 50 mhz ham channels allocated to model control, and leave it scanning all the time, as you drive around town. Keep track of how often you hear something.
Don't forget that your transmitter is 1 watt, but you may be stomped on by somebody transmitting voice at 1500 watts. 20 miles away.
The ARRL band plan allocates those frequencies only to R/C model use, but people do occasionally violate the band plans.
| Yes, interference is possible. Overlap is less likely on Ham.
Interference is ALWAYS possible.
| Any range change? | | Any change in interference rejection? | | Any additional alternate interference sources?
Probably not. And you are away from the 72 mhz pager channels ... | More important any sources experience causing a model loss?
About 90% of crashes are due to interference -- or at least that's what it seems to be. `I was hit!' I doubt this is any different on the ham band :)
| Are these type of sources more or less common that public RC? | | Why do shops ordering RC radios seem to get the same 10 randomly spaced | channels, without special order?
I haven't seen that ...
| I lost well over $1,000 and weeks of work on the last probable interference | loss. Some of the next models efforts is going into planning and probably a | Ham license and retuning a radio or two.
I'm not sure that it's a simple matter of retuning. I think there's a bit more to that -- at least you'll need to replace some components.
The ham license itself is easy.
| This hobby is a lousy in some aspects; but something about RC is extreemly | addictive. It's probably the fumes.
I doubt it -- gliders and electrics are addictive too. Perhaps it's the glue fumes :)