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re: Chilling story regarding dissapearance of Malaysia flight 370
Posted on 6/20/19 at 2:18 pm to 777Tiger
Posted on 6/20/19 at 2:18 pm to 777Tiger
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of course you can turn off the transponder
Why wouldn't it be on all the time? I feel dumb, but at first blush it seems to me like something that shouldn't be open to being disabled by the operator.
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Posted on 6/20/19 at 2:21 pm to Slagathor
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Why wouldn't it be on all the time?
it would clutter up the radar, think of all planes parked at the gate, the hangar, anywhere, leaving there transponders on, the radar is constantly interrogating and the transponders constantly reporting their positions
This post was edited on 6/20/19 at 2:23 pm
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