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mode c intermittent
Especially for new. A second one is a negligible cost increase. To have
a transponder fail enroute, is a real problem these days. When mine was giving me grief it really messed up my trip. I would put a second one in my seneca but I will soon be ordering a new plane and it will have dual transponders. I don't fly vfr when on lnog trips. John Morgans wrote: "The Visitor" wrote Now for new aircraft, dual transponders are the way to go. Perhaps I am missing something obvious, but why would you need (or want) two transponders for new aircraft? |
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mode c intermittent
skyav8r wrote:
Howdy, I have an Aeromech 8140B20 encoding altimeter with a KT76 transponder. Mode C is intermittent with ATC. Is it more than likely this is an altimeter problem or transponder problem? Sometimes when it is not reporting, i cycle the transponder off then back on and it starts reporting again. Thanks in advance, Brian Also, sould an aeromech and aerosonic encoding transponder interchange as far as the connections are concerned? Old encoders do go intermittent. I finally replaced mine to cure the problem. But mine would not always come back alive upon a recycle, or it would report all sorts of weird altitudes to ATC. I bought another transponder on e-bay to try a "swap test". When swapped the problem persisted. You might try swapping with an airport buddy who has the same unit to try to cheaply isolate the problem. Since these units slide out of their trays, the swap is usually easy. If it is the encoder, you of course have to replace or overhaul the altimeter, which I believe may be a bit more costly. Good Luck, Mike |
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