Could be, but I have never had ATC say that I am identing when I transmit that is why I am hoping that it simply is lighting the button and not actually identing. But then I have not asked them to check either. Next time I am up, I intend to do that. I was going to do it today but they were way too busy to ask for favors like testing equipment.
Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI Visit my web site: www.flykr2s.com E-mail: flyk...@wi.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 1:54 PM Subject: Re: KR> Transceiver Electrical > Mark Jones wrote: > >> The way they are, I feel the transponder coax is >> picking up the transmit signal of the radio tricking it into lighting up > the >> ident button. > > You probably meant to say that transmitting on the radio sends out enough > spurious signals so that it tricks the transponder into sending an ident > signal, rather than just turning on the light. I have one coax on one > side > of the fuselage and one on the other, for that very reason, and it works. > I > should mention that my tranponder turned up dead one day, and an avionics > buddy says it could be due to the fact that I faired the little antenna in > with foam and glass, then painted it. He said even a coat of paint could > change the characteristics, but foam and fiberglass could conceivable > cause > real problems, which may be why my transponder croaked. I now have a > Bendix > blade antenna that I'll put in place when I get the transponder back. > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama > see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
