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Javier Henderson wrote:

> Ron Natalie writes:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Avid Flyer wrote:
> >
> > > I am going to replace my KT76A (which uses rotary switches) by a KT76C
> > > (which features a keypad and a read-back display).
> > >
> > So the buttons can fail rather than the knobs?
>
> Yeah, but at least he has visual confirmation of what hes sending,
> instead of trusting that the code sent by the transponder matches the
> digits on the little windows.
>
> I had that problem once or twice, on rental (ie, poorly maintained)
> aircraft in the past, what I dialed wasnt what the xpndr was
> sending. Moving the switches back and forth cured the problem though.
>

Having seens hundreds of thousands of transponder replies on the radar over
the years, worrying about the transponder sending the wrong code is assinine.
Any transponder is fine.

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