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pscraig · April 8th, 2002, 19:29

I believe your answer lies in the nature of a digital signal. A 4096-code transponder would likely reply to ATC with a 4-byte packet, consisting of 32 bits. The easiest way to encode this with analog knobs would be four knobs, each with eight possible positions-zero through seven.

April 8th, 2002, 19:29	#2
pscraig Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,021	Re: Transponder in octal I believe your answer lies in the nature of a digital signal. A 4096-code transponder would likely reply to ATC with a 4-byte packet, consisting of 32 bits. The easiest way to encode this with analog knobs would be four knobs, each with eight possible positions-zero through seven.