[greggold]

Good write-up Greg.

I have only used the single antenna Matek R24-P6, and have not had an issue in the 5 planes I have it installed in (I have a 6th receiver somewhere, but I've misplaced it, whoops!)

I can also do the soldering if anyone isn't comfortable. I have the appropriate equipment at home and at work.

I have had lots of experience with the r24-p6 rx, and it is excellent. I was attracted to it as I thought it would provide 5 full resolution channels. By the time I got started with it, I had become used to using 4 ch on my 3d planes (one aileron ch, with a Y-lead to wing servos). Apparently you can get 5 full-res channels out of the r24-p6 and almost any elrs rx, but I find there is a good case for use of a y-lead for aileron wing servos, and I tend to use the y-lead rather than adjust the rx settings to 5 hi-res channels.

Occasionally I find an elrs rx can stop working without explanation, and this has happened to me twice: with a RM elrs rx, and a r24-p6 (both failed not in flight, but after a period of storage). With both these, repeated re-flashing and fiddling does not restore function and allow a bind. A friend has a betafpv rx that has failed. Bardwell has commented on experiences like this as a hardware quality issue for elrs. I have used frsky and spectrum gear in the past and still use some frsky, and I do not find RM or elrs to be lower in quality than these brands.     

Your offer to solder pwm pins is amazing and is likely to get noticed!

Greg