Paul, At the Glos strut last night the EC rep said that the CAA are having
serious second thoughts about the mode S introduction rules, and that there
is the likelihood that those with existing mode C will be allowed to carry
on flying outside high grade airspace for some years to come. There was also
thought to be the possibility of similar 'grandfather rights ' being
extended to those builders who have already bought a mode C transponder. The
downside is that you might not be able to fly to a number of European
countries. When I got my Garmin 328 mode S, I was told it could simply use
my existing aerial.
Regards, David Joyce, G-XSDJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Stewart" <europa@pstewart.f2s.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 5:05 PM
Subject: Europa-List: next antenna problem
>
> As I understand it, the CAA is making my Microair mode a/c
> transponder redundant before it's had chance to fly. Can anyone tell
> me if a mode S transponder antenna would be the same - we have the
> microair stub antenna mounted on a silvered 'CD size' ground pane.
>
> Regards
>
> Paul
>
> G-GIDY (dipole now mended)
>
>
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