DrZoos Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 Recently we flew to evans head and i had a mate in with me. We flew thru coffs Class C and where squarking our unique code . At one point we whipped out he ipad to get an updated whether that the ATC told us existed. I turned on the ipad 3g and had trouble getting reception so my mate pulled out his samsung phone and tried to get the weather update. Soon the ATC said, they had lost us . We turned both off and bang they had us again. Anyone else experienced this???? I have a garmin transponder less then a year old...
rgmwa Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 You didn't listen to the hostess and switch to flight mode, did you? rgmwa 1 2
Chocolate Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 Curious. About how far from ipad to transponder?
robinsm Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 Nope, Xair doesn't have a transponder so no worries...
DrZoos Posted February 21, 2014 Author Posted February 21, 2014 Distance 50cm or so on my lap and transponder is middle of dash. Transponder Aerial is under my feet.
Camel Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 What ! Has something changed ? Coffs is class D and does not require a transponder or required to issue a squark code other than the usual squark 3000 in Class D if equipped. Coffs does not have radar to pick up transponders, or does it ? 1
Camel Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 Class C is 4500 and is Brisbane Centre and I believe most transponder coverage in this area is around that height and below this height is very unreliable.
Gnarly Gnu Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 Transponder Aerial is under my feet. Ah, roast nuts! 1
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