"Newps" wrote in message
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Wow, lots of misunderstanding out there. Recycle transponder means to
turn it off and then back on again. "Check your transponder on" means you
have taken off and we are not receiving it when we expect to. "Check mode
C on" means we are getting the transponder but no altitude information.
If we are getting the transponder return and an altitude but you didn't
tag up properly it is because the code is wrong. 75% of the time it is
because you entered it wrong, the other 25% of the time is because you are
hangaing on to that piece of **** and even though you entered the code
right it decided to transmit a different code. Banging on it usually
clears it up.

Here's one that's maybe a bit different...

Tucson, AZ Clearance Delivery gives me a squawk of YYYY for departure from
the Class C airspace.

When I get handed off to ZAB Center, I check in with them for flight
follwing and the controller says "Recycle Transponder, Squawk XXXX."

They only mean to enter the new code, right? They aren't really asking me
to go to STBY, enter the new squawk, then go back to ALT, are they?

Is this correct phrasiology on their part?

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
AZ Cloudbusters
Chandler, AZ