The squawk was an IFR squawk. There's a difference. A VFR one won't
give controllers a low altitude alert, an IFR squawk will.



Dave Butler wrote:
Wizard of Draws wrote:

Craft is not exactly correct since I got the transponder code first.
It was
a monkey wrench that I didn't really expect since I normally get
clearance
on the ground in CRAFT order. It's been quite a while since I opened a
plan
in the air and 3 months since I've flown at all. A lot of rust to work
off.


I think you didn't get the information in CRAFT order because you were
not being issued a clearance, just a VFR squawk.