That's what I thought.Â* Had I been in the same situation (untested
transponder), I would have turned it on, asked Reno if they saw me, and
what was my reported altitude.

On 10/2/2017 11:35 AM, Ramy wrote:
Dan, the only risk would have been if the transponder was reporting wrong altitude. Of course in this case it would have been better to turn it on, and make a simple radio call to Reno approach for a transponder check.

Ramy

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Dan, 5J