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Do you ever use standby on your transponder?
I don't. It stays on 24/7 (you know what I mean). 1200 unless given a
code. It effectively prevents "Maule, check your transponder" unless using the wrong code. I make no attempt to turn it off or go to standby while taxiing or anything else. I've never been asked to go to standby or otherwise questioned. This has been discussed before but I'd suggest the everyone can do this without causing a problem for anyone. |
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On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:15:14 GMT, Maule Driver
wrote in :: I don't. I was taught to switch from standby upon starting to roll down the runway for departure. The reasoning that was cited had to do with radar clutter on the airport surface. ADS-B may change this practice, however. |
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Maule Driver wrote:
I don't. It stays on 24/7 (you know what I mean). 1200 unless given a code. It effectively prevents "Maule, check your transponder" unless using the wrong code. I have the Garmin 330 with traffic uplink. I sometimes have to switch it to STBY just after landing to prevent hearing several traffic alerts caused by taxiing traffic. Granted this transponder does have an automatic STBY/ON and visa-versa switching ability, but upon landing it does not seem to switch quickly enough to prevent the erroneous traffic alerts. -- Peter ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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In article ,
Maule Driver wrote: I don't. It stays on 24/7 (you know what I mean). 1200 unless given a code. It effectively prevents "Maule, check your transponder" unless using the wrong code. I make no attempt to turn it off or go to standby while taxiing or anything else. I've never been asked to go to standby or otherwise questioned. This has been discussed before but I'd suggest the everyone can do this without causing a problem for anyone. I set to "Standby" on the ground, to prevent reflections that could damage the unit. I also set "Standby" if I am a wingman in a formation (Only Lead squawks). |
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I think that is a myth. I don't think the computer shows ATC your
signal if your altitude shows you at ground level. |
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Its useful when flying in a flight of two. ATC will ask you to turn it
to standby. -Robert |
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Orval Fairbairn wrote: [snip] I set to "Standby" on the ground, to prevent reflections that could damage the unit. A perhaps ignorant question: What reflects that could damage the unit and how could it damage the unit? John Solo Student |
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Maule,
On the ground and off the runway mine is on standby. BTW, our GTX330 now handles that automatically (mostly) in conjunction with groundspeed from the GPS. -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) |
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Peter,
Granted this transponder does have an automatic STBY/ON and visa-versa switching ability, but upon landing it does not seem to switch quickly enough to prevent the erroneous traffic alerts. You can adjust that. There is a timeout after which it will go to GND mode after the speed falls below the threshold speed (30 knots is default, I think). The default delay is 30 seconds, I think, giving you time to taxi off the runway. But you can set that to zero. Google for the 330 set-up manual if you don't have it. -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) |
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