Ah! The leader of "Bash Electrosneeze" is back.....
I have never "bashed" Electronize products on this forum - or any other forum. I had one a long time ago (pre-ACTion) and it never gave me any trouble at all. You can see at least one example of them at any model boat club on any given Sunday.
There's really no need to 5lag-off other manufacturers' units - especially one with such a fine and long-standing reputation as Electronize. It's not clever and it's not productive - modellers are not complete idiots, even if they don't understand the stuff you write.
Andy - if you need a new ZN409 chip then I still have a few in stock.
FLJ