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Old September 15th 05, 06:17 PM
Peter R.
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Maule Driver wrote:

However, when asked to ident, I don't say anything. I just ident. Even
if asked "Maule 30KS, squawk 1234 and ident", I ack with a squawk and an
Ident. The ident representing a positive acknowledgement


That is true if you are guaranteed to be in positive radar coverage when
the instruction is given. However, there are a couple of airports in NY
State out of which I fly IFR where radar coverage doesn't begin until about
4,000 ft AGL or so. The controller will often issue a request similar to
"upon reaching 5,000, ident." Since this could be one to a few minutes
out, I always verbally acknowledge the request.

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