In article , Ray Bengen
wrote:

There he was, holding for takeoff, ready to go, transponder alive, and he
gets bitched at by the tower for "causing problems with the airliner's nav
on final, switch transponder to standby."

Makes sense to anyone ???

Makes sense, but it's incorrect. At least with the TCAS system I use,
when below about 1500' AGL, the confict resolution mode is disabled for
exactly that reason. The other transponders will paint on the screen,
but that's about all the ones on the ground will do.

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Garner R. Miller
ATP/CFII/MEI
Manchester, CT =USA=