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Old February 20th 10, 04:07 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Eric Greenwell
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Default Warning to users of Zaon PCAS MRX

Bruno wrote:
I have now had my unit fail twice without any indication of failure.
It still seemed to be working fine until I saw a jet whiz by real
close and realized that I hadn't had any alerts for a flight or two.
Again, the unit turned on and seemed to be acting fine. I sent it
back to Zaon and they were great and replaced the board to fix it the
first time.

Do you know if a failed unit like yours can still pick up the glider's
own transponder? If it cannot, that would give transponder equipped
gliders an easy way to test their MRX.

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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (netto to net to email me)

- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Feb/2010" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm http://tinyurl.com/yb3xywl

- "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation Mar/2004" Much of what you need to know tinyurl.com/yfs7tnz