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Had this happen on a couple legs of my recent coast to coast trip in the Baron.
I have a Collins TDR-950. Did 4 legs westbound to San Diego and 5 coming back to Virginia. On one leg (FTW-ELP) after taking off, Approach tells me to reset xpdr because apparently I was squawking a different code than assigned or selected on the unit. For most of that leg, the xpdr the 2nd and 3rd digits of the xpdr kept switching back and forth on what number they were actually transmitting. Eventually it settled out and Center issued a new squawk to coincide with what my box was actually transmitting.
The next few flights had no issues, but then out of the blue on my third leg yesterday (Springfield, MO to Huntsville, WV) the problem shows up again (this time only affecting the third digit). The final leg home last night, the xpdr again was back to normal.
Anyone experienced this kind of intermittent issue? I am wondering if it is something as simple as dirty connections in the box, or if it is something that will be more cost effective to buy a new xpdr. At some point, I will need to go Mode S/ADS-B. Wonder if that time is now?
I have a Collins TDR-950. Did 4 legs westbound to San Diego and 5 coming back to Virginia. On one leg (FTW-ELP) after taking off, Approach tells me to reset xpdr because apparently I was squawking a different code than assigned or selected on the unit. For most of that leg, the xpdr the 2nd and 3rd digits of the xpdr kept switching back and forth on what number they were actually transmitting. Eventually it settled out and Center issued a new squawk to coincide with what my box was actually transmitting.
The next few flights had no issues, but then out of the blue on my third leg yesterday (Springfield, MO to Huntsville, WV) the problem shows up again (this time only affecting the third digit). The final leg home last night, the xpdr again was back to normal.
Anyone experienced this kind of intermittent issue? I am wondering if it is something as simple as dirty connections in the box, or if it is something that will be more cost effective to buy a new xpdr. At some point, I will need to go Mode S/ADS-B. Wonder if that time is now?