Can anybody tell me what battery life you get in practice, when
running a transponder from a dedicated lead-acid battery, and what
size battery that is? And what model of transponder is it?

Has anybody measured the actual current drawn during operation, if so
what is it?

I am particularly interested in flights which include some high
altitude, cold ambient operation such as in parts of North America.

I am only interested in modern, solid state transponder operation, not
the older Mode C with a heater for the height encoder.

I have been given figures which suggest that a 7-amp-hour battery
would run one for 12 hours at surface ambient conditions, and I wonder
if anything like that is achievable in practice.

Thansk - Chris N.


Chris N. (In UK, but collecting data from anywhere that has it!)