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Old December 19th, 2007, 12:41   #8
Velocipede
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Default Re: TRANSPONDER - STBY or AUTO?

Sounds like your Chief Pilot is from the "olden days" before solid state radios. Back then, you went to STBY to lift the points off the radio crystals so you wouldn't damage them. Solid state avionics changed all that...in the 60's.
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