Govert! You been on RCtech just as long as I have. I've been in the hobby that all manufactures weren't there yet, they were all like pan cars. Going through AM, FM & to your ghz radios. I know FCC Freq cuz I'm a HAM operator.
Your opinion is yours and I'll listen. But I read also, manual says necessary to bind. It all in black & white understand what was read. That's why Sanwa and Futaba are proprietary, they're different in way they not compatible.