Good point and good tip! My incident occurred before the advent of
transponders; but not
sure I would have thought to use it and must admit, before your
email, I'm not sure I remembered
which one was which.
Dan C
On Aug 16, 2009, at 4:02 PM, bbartsey wrote:
Here's an even better soulution to lost comm if you have a
transponder and can receive but not transmit on the radio.
Squawk 7600 (lost comm) and listen for a response from the
contolling agency. They may ask, "Aircraft squawking 7600 if you
receive this transmission, squawk ident (flash). If you do, you
have established communications that will get you in the pattern
safely and on the ground. (Most towers now have a radar repeater
that shows what the local approach control is seeing).
Rest of conversation might go like this:
"Squawking 7600 if you wish to land at Tampa, squawk ident"
"Roger your ident, enter a left downwind for runway 35 left"
"Squawking 7600, Tampa tower has you in sight, cleared to land
runway 35 left".
Easy, no?
But don't squawk 7500 by mistake or you will be met by a welcoming
party.
