Questions tagged [mode-c]
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Relationship between Altimeter and Transponder [duplicate]
I'm wondering if there's a relationship between Altimeter, Mode C and Transponder. I'm asking because I understand that the Mode C transmits pressure altitude and aircrafts identification code to ATC ...
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Can an aircraft transmit Mode C when Mode A is in STANDBY or OFF?
I am a software developer in the aviation industry, so I do apologize if my terminology is not correct. What I want to know is - are there any cases in which the aircraft's Mode A is switched to OFF ...
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Does ADS-B use its own antenna?
In the aircraft we have:
ADS-B out/in using 1090ES
A/C or Mode S transponder for SSR grounding interrogation.
Does the ADS-B out use the same antenna as Mode S or does it use its own antenna?
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Does the ATC not receiving Mode C and intermittently other transponder information imply that the Mode S transponder itself has an issue?
I had ATC report to me inflight today that they were not receiving my Mode C (altitude data). Intermittently, they also reported they were not seeing any other transponder information.
My transponder ...
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