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Old Mac
24th Jan 2013, 09:12
Can anybody advise whether this procedure is undertaken by pilot when on the ground or ground maintenance, please?
The test briefly keys the transmitter and performs a few red light/green light serviceability checks.
Regards
Old Mac
This is a function I have no experience of - is it a new mod for the a/c or a specific customer option? Where is the 'Test' switch? The only one I know of simply removes squelch.
Old Mac
24th Jan 2013, 09:37
It's on Page 98.41 of the Maintenance Manual, so I suppose that I have answered my own question, thanks. The query came to me from a ground engineer who is brushing up on avionics, so I only got part of the story!
Old Mac
Sounds like E&E bay? I suppose it could be in the 'no-pilots-land' in the cubbyhole behind the P2 seat:) Certainly never used anything like that up to 2009.
Old Mac
24th Jan 2013, 11:41
Think I will dig around a little more. The idea of a test button which actually checks to see if the transmitter and aerial are still working sounds like a good idea to me if the R/T appears dead!
Nah! We just call Sparkie - keeps him in tea and biscuits.:)