On 4/2/2010 2:59 PM, Eric Greenwell wrote:


It's not at all obvious, as Cindy points out, that ATC everywhere is now
expecting all transpondered gliders to be on 1201 instead of 1200. It
could be they have not been informed, nor had any training in what to
expect from a 1201 coded aircraft, or how to respond to a 1201 code
aircraft that contacts them on the radio. It may cause them grief if
their radar display software hasn't been upgraded to treat 1201 as VFR,
and starts issuing collision alerts.

I'm staying with 1200 until I hear ATC is ready for 1201!



A soaring pilot contacted an approach controller at the tower in our
area today, and he said NOT to use 1201 because their computer is not
programmed to handle it.