Originally Posted by
billdelong
What I would like to see is someone clone the older RC4.4 version of the decoder that wasn't patented and sell that to tracks instead... there was a thread on here by someone working on an open source decoder but I've lost track of it

You may be thinking of my thread:
https://www.rctech.net/forum/radio-e...g-decoder.html
Another gentleman, RCTech user mv4wd, has used my design as a stepping stone for his own, which is an improvement in nearly every way:
https://www.rctech.net/forum/radio-e...o-revised.html
The RCHourglass design is far easier to build than mine, and the chances are good that even a small club will have someone with the skills necessary to build it.