Transponder requirement confusion

: ...which gives you plenty of reason to leave the thing on. In fact, it is
: reason enough that significant numbers of glider people are installing some of
: the new low-drain units, even though there is no FAA requirement.

My big beef was just the finite lifespan of the old cavity tube units. As long as it's solid
state like my new unit, there's really no reason NOT to turn it on. Maybe I was just ultra-sensitive
to the cavity thing since I had to replace two of them with low power.

The other beef is how vague the FAR is.

-Cory


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* Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA *
* Electrical Engineering *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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wrote:

The other beef is how vague the FAR is.

What's vague. If you're in controlled airspace and you've got
a transponder, it's supposed to be on.