Very interesting comments on whats going on. I have to say from my own experience the Lenz Maxi is a very good decoder. Altho my small railway is in doors, in the garage as I have no garden here, I don't clean the track very often, in fact I hav'nt cleaned the track since last spring( September down here in Roo Land).
As regards Radio Trans. I use the Lenz DCC system with a couple of their XPAs which enable me to use spair home portable phones for wireless radio controllers. for me it works out a cheap and very effective means of control of locos and full sound functions easily. I can even sit on the loo indoors and still make the whistle blow! hehehe
At the time I opted for DCC, but I figured it was right for what I wanted. It's not all plain sailing and it's good to hear all arguments in favor of the different control systems. I think it's good that we go with what we know and it at least gives us the opertunity to compare notes.
As regards Radio Trans. I use the Lenz DCC system with a couple of their XPAs which enable me to use spair home portable phones for wireless radio controllers. for me it works out a cheap and very effective means of control of locos and full sound functions easily. I can even sit on the loo indoors and still make the whistle blow! hehehe
At the time I opted for DCC, but I figured it was right for what I wanted. It's not all plain sailing and it's good to hear all arguments in favor of the different control systems. I think it's good that we go with what we know and it at least gives us the opertunity to compare notes.