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Old 22nd Aug 2018, 06:57
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chevvron
 
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Originally Posted by India Four Two
Backpacker,

I'm confused. I've never seen a transponder with an altitude display.
Me neither.
The transponder always sends altitude information to the interrogator based on 1013.2 and the radar display on the ground is set with the current local pressure setting and this converts it to altitude; that's all I l know.
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