X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:59:42 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [198.64.152.110] (HELO sdc.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.0) with ESMTP id 5059042 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:36:08 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=198.64.152.110; envelope-from=ronald@sdc.com Received: from [192.168.129.107] [66.220.104.170] by sdc.com with ESMTP (SMTPD-11.5) id 62ea00031e18f8d4; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:25:14 -0400 User-Agent: Microsoft-MacOutlook/14.2.0.101115 X-Original-Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 06:35:31 -0700 Subject: Re: [LML] mode s and ads-b compliance and upgrading transponders From: RONALD STEVENS X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List X-Original-Message-ID: Thread-Topic: [LML] mode s and ads-b compliance and upgrading transponders In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit The GTX327 sounds like a good idea to me, I actually love this transponder as it is easy, switches on on take off, standby after landing, easy to reach the buttons etc. But as you already have TCAS you do not need TIS, that is wasting money as it is not possible (as far as I know) just to switch from TCAS to TIS in the air by a simple switch lol A remote transponder, most likely mounted in the tail would only increase your tail heavy plane ;)~ The Garmins are pretty reliable, just make sure the little belly antenna doesn't get greased over (funny but it actually was an issue on my and many other cirrus), so antenna placement is very important. Just my humble opinion, not an expert, just a user :) == Ronald On 7/21/11 4:50 AM, "Dr. Weinsweig" wrote: >gtx327