On Wednesday, January 18, 2012 6:37:04 PM UTC-5, Andy wrote:
That seems to imply that you think pressing IDENT will cause the
transponder to transmit, or am I mistaken?

No, pressing IDENT does NOT cause the transponder to transmit.
It merely sets an attention flag for controllers
(which highlights you on their display).
If the controllers did not request an IDENT,
they will not be amused.

Please do not do that...

Thanks,
Best Regards, Dave "YO electric"