Transponder / Equipment Codes

[VERTICAL REF]

Anyone know what the equipment code is (for an ICAO flight plan) where you have an altitude encoding txpd that transmitts your specific a/c registration (believe it is called mode S txpd)?

 

Am away from the reference bookshelf at this paticular time and place.

[Skidz]

INSERT one or two of the following to describe the serviceable SSR equipment carried:

 

N Nil

A Transponder – Mode A (4 digits – 4096 codes)

C Transponder – Mode A (4 digits – 4096 codes) and ModeC

X Transponder – Mode S without both aircraft identification and pressure-altitude transmission

P Transponder – Mode S, including pressure-altitude transmission, but no aircraft identification transmission

I Transponder – Mode S, including aircraft identification transmission, but no pressure-altitude transmission

S Transponder – Mode S, including both pressure-altitude and aircraft identification transmission.

D ADS capability

[Rotorboy2]

Nicely done Skidz.

[transientorque2]

Whats a transponder?

 

Its not something that we use very often it at all in Northern Alta and BC.

[VERTICAL REF]

thanks!

[Skidz]

Not very difficult actually. It's all right there on the instructions sheet that comes with the downloadable flight plan from Nav Canada... Oops ! used to be downloadable from Nav Canada. here's a copy I modified so it can be completed online and printed :

[Skids Up]

Whats a transponder?

 

Its not something that we use very often it at all in Northern Alta and BC.

 

I hope this is a bit of tonge-in-cheek humour.

 

No days with the corporate aircraft that seems to be in so many places, it's a good idea to have it on all the time. A great many of them have the ability to "see" you which is nice when you both are doing a bit of scud running / approach in some of the "remote" areas.

 

Turn it on and watch how many times the light blinks, - someone has "seen" you.