Get anything used from airtronics, KO or Futaba. I personally hate Futaba but that's a personal thing, they are still five million times better than any of the el-cheapo crapfest radios out there. I'd rather have an FM M8 than one of those things.

I'm not a fan of anything Spektrum either but they are better than most at that price. Still, I would go used with the three I mentioned above.