In article wVM5g.39847$C63.24161@trnddc06, Casey Wilson wrote:

your magnetic course. Ergo, 7500.

Just be very, very careful you understand what the controller
means when he says, "squawk altitude"

Pardon my confusion but what does a controller have to do with this?

It's an old joke. A controller telling you to squawk altitude means
you need to turn on the transponder's mode C, not use your current
altitude (7500') as the transponder code. Much hilarity ensues from
misunderstanding this point.

Morris (off to recalibrate my sense of humor)