New Nationwide Squawk Code

On Apr 5, 8:32*am, soarski wrote:
On Apr 3, 8:58*am, Fred wrote:

Dave asks a good question here. He and I discussed this in the hangar
before he posted it, and I didn't have a good answer then. *After
giving it more thought I tend to lean in favor of 1200 because he is
flying in airspace where gliders are not a common experience (into and
out of San Jose's busy airspace) and he can maneuver differently than
I am able to do in a Duo Discus -- which I wouldn't fly into San Jose
or the Bay Area in any case.

But I'd be interested in other thoughts on this question.

Fred LaSor
SoaringNV
Minden, NV

Did I not just read in the FAA rules Code 1201 if not in contact with
ATC, which would mean in many cases that
we stay with 1200 as long as we take off at controlled airports or
similar. Leaving the area we might report switching to
1201??? *......Awaiting a possible question about that *code? *This
would apply to many motorgliders.

Dieter, Stemme S10V

This may be confusing the matter more than it needs to be. Putting
aside the question about motorgliders, "in contact with ATC" in this
case implies a facility with/providing radar services, i.e. situations
in which you were on a flight plan or flight following and would be
assigned a discrete squawk code, if you are just taking off say from a
typical Class D airport you are not receiving radar services.

Darryl