Glider specific transponder codes

Frank Whiteley wrote:
5Z wrote:
On Dec 27, 8:34 pm, Bob Caldwell
Also any other XPDR equipped pilots here in the Rocky Mountain area
please weigh in on the subject.
You may want to get a month's worth of OLC flight logs and plot them
all together to show where we fly and why it would be beneficial for
them to see us.

-Tom

Good suggestions all.

Right now Phil Ecklund is point person on this. Like to keep it that
way unless he defers to someone else.

A quick search of the RAS postings WRT Reno over the years seems to
indicate that 0440 is only applicable within 25 miles of Reno, or has
it been extended in cooperation with Oakland ARTCC? Someone comment on
the boundaries?

That poses an interesting problem.

I cannot change transponder codes in flight in my ship. So when it's
based at Truckee, Air Sailing, or Minden I set it on the ground to 0440
and don't change it back to 1200 until I bring it "home" to Hollister.

If I fly a significant distance from the Reno area (which I get a little
better at each season), does that cause a problem?

In a sense, 0440 is my "assigned" code, though not explicitly assigned
(and not discretely to me). But what if I'm 300 miles away? If an
authority doesn't try to assign a new one to me (I'd have to say
"unable" if they did), is that legit?

Hmm.

Personally, I'd rather have the transponder powered on and using a
reasonable code than powered off because I left the Reno area and
couldn't change it in flight.

Jeremy

Jeremy