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John H Murphy

Joined: 03 Jan 2007
Posts: 78
Location: Henderson, NV

Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:36 pm Post subject: Recommended Transponder

I'm in the process of getting my Firestar registered. I will need a transponder to use one of the airports I may be flying into. Any recommendations as to what transponder I should purchase? I notice a Garmin 327? on ebay for about $1,600. Is this overkill for what I need?

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dhkey(at)msn.com
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:33 am Post subject: Recommended Transponder

John, I have the Garmin 327 in my Kolb, I like it. Yes it's overkill but it 

looks good. I fly out of class D under B in the mode C veil.

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Subject: Recommended Transponder

Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:36:41 -0800

I'm in the process of getting my Firestar registered. I will need a 

transponder to use one of the airports I may be flying into. Any 

recommendations as to what transponder I should purchase? I notice a Garmin 

327? on ebay for about $1,600. Is this overkill for what I need?

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Russ Kinne

Joined: 27 Jan 2006
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:00 am Post subject: Recommended Transponder

Check Trade-A-Plane too!

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On Feb 27, 2007, at 1:36 AM, John H Murphy wrote:



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 I'm in the process of getting my Firestar registered. I will need a  

 transponder to use one of the airports I may be flying into. Any  

 recommendations as to what transponder I should purchase? I notice  

 a Garmin 327? on ebay for about $1,600. Is this overkill for what I  

 need?





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 http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=97569#97569

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by0ung(at)brigham.net
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:26 am Post subject: Recommended Transponder

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 I'm in the process of getting my Firestar registered. I will need a  

 transponder to use one of the airports I may be flying into. Any  

 recommendations as to what transponder I should purchase? I notice  

 a Garmin 327? on ebay for about $1,600. Is this overkill for what I  

 need?




	




You may want to try some of the FBO's  in your area...  sometimes they will

have something that they have removed for an upgrade in a ga aircraft and

will have a good unit for 1/2 price.   I am working on getting one and the

previous owner is sending it to the factory for a full checkout.  He wants

only 500 for it.   I will have to spend a bit more for the encoder but he

thinks it will come to about 700 total.



Boyd

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jim

Joined: 03 Nov 2006
Posts: 107
Location: N. Idaho

Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:40 am Post subject: Recommended Transponder

Is this airport in Class B or C airspace?  How often will you be flying

into it?  If it's Class C and you're only flying into it occasionally, I

would probably skip the transponder and encoder.  Instead I would call

your local RAPCON on the phone and ask them if it is a problem getting

clearance into the airspace on short notice.  If you have no Xpdr

installed the regs say you need 1 hr advance notice, but I suspect they

will say no problem in which case I would just call by radio when you want

to go in.



If it's class B and/or you plan to go into this airport often, I'd find

the cheapest Xpdr & encoder I could find.  Theoretically/legally this also

means a transponder check every 2 years.



In case you didn't know, the blind encoder is a separate device that

determines your altitude referenced to 29.92 and inserts that altitude

into the return echo so the radar operator can get an altitude readout. 

The cheapest (new) is about $179.  You will also need an antenna, cable,

and it should have a circuit breaker.  It's called "blind" because it

doesn't know what your altimiter's altitude is.  Non-blind encoders are

internal to the altimiter.



Jim

N. Idaho



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 I'm in the process of getting my Firestar registered. I will need a

 transponder to use one of the airports I may be flying into. Any

 recommendations as to what transponder I should purchase? I notice a

 Garmin 327? on ebay for about $1,600. Is this overkill for what I need?





 Read this topic online here:



 http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=97569#97569

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planecrazzzy
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 3:30 pm Post subject: Re: Recommended Transponder

Wentworth has alot of stuff....

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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:14 pm Post subject: Recommended Transponder

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I'm          in the process of getting my Firestar registered. I will need a          transponder to use one of the airports I may be flying into. Any          recommendations as to what transponder I should purchase? I notice a          Garmin 327? on ebay for about $1,600. Is this overkill for what I need?





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If          money is no object get the smallest one you can find. There is an          Australian one http://www.microair.com.au/ however they are all          otherwise the same. I would buy a used one at around $600 You will          also need an encoder for altitude reporting those are under $200.

Get          a radio shop for the installation it will save you some potential             

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Thom Riddle

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 1597
Location: Buffalo, NY, USA (9G0)

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:18 am Post subject: Re: Recommended Transponder

I found a King refurbished by an avionics shop and yellow-tagged (which means it is certified and good enough for standard category aircraft) on eBay for about $630 not including the Mode C encoder or antenna. I bid on several until I finally got the price I wanted. I had a local avionics shop install it including the Mode C and antenna for about $550 and he certified the altimeter in the process. It has been working full time without a hitch for over a year now and am glad to have it. 



Thom in Buffalo

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