Jay Honeck wrote:
Which led me to question why I ever read the code back in the first place?
Since the controller can obviously see the code on his screen, he certainly
knows that I have complied with his instructions.

My instrument instructor taught me to *not* readback the transponder code.
The act of dialing it in *is* your response. In a high volume area with a
lot of radio traffic, it saves radio bandwidth. That said, I often read
the squawk back as I'm dialing it in... especially when I'm about to
enter the Washington ADIZ.

--- Jay


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