Question for the ATC's among us...
when we leave a frequecy, particularly FIS frequencies like Farnborough, ATC say words to the effect of "call next station, squawk standby" where apon I duly turn the knob to standy and dial in 7000 on the transponder until I have a new squawk.
so my question is
1) can you still see me if I am on standby ( from the posts so far I assume not )
and
2) If I set the transponder to 7000 and turn it to 'alt', because its a local flight or I am passing along the edge of you cover ( not talking about MATZ's here), am I making myself more visible and being a help or am I cluttering up your screen and being a pain in the @ss.
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