wrote:
I hope you meant Virginia City

Has anyone found a cheap transponder that doesnt draw 2 or 3 amps? I
find it hard to justify paying half the money i spent on my glider for
a transponder. of course I see the advantages of having one and
certainly dont want to end up a splintered hole in the ground.

Microair is the cheapest, but I personally would spend the few hundred
bucks extra and get the 175W Becker at just under $2000US. You'd still
need an encoder, antenna, etc.

Marc