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Old 23rd Mar 2015, 13:54
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ChickenHouse
 
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I apologize for being slow today.

Instead of the standard "greetings conversation" one now just says "hello standing by"? Something like a heavyweight RMZ? Why not simply the same used regularly on certain FISesseses: "<CALLSIGN> now on <FREQ>"? or is this too far from ICAO bureaucracy?

Further question, does Maastricht see our Mode-S? Why the call in that case, wouldn't a proactive squawk 7001 (or other) with Mode-S not also give the same "here I am, this is my name and I am listening" without even one call? This would even promote Mode-S further and would give us who spent a fortune for the S.XPDR a tiny feeling of it was some small kind of worth.
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