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Old August 12th 13, 04:40 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Dan Marotta
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Default Compare MRX with PF Portable

Please describe your PCAS (especially the brand). My ZAON MRX does not
alert on my own transponder. And it does a good job of alerting to other
traffic, some of which I never see.

Is this possibly a configuration issue?

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On Saturday, August 10, 2013 12:40:32 AM UTC-4, Mike the Strike wrote:
Had a number of aircraft fly near me today - a military KC135 (I think), a
light twin, a Boeing 767 inbound for Tucson and a SWA 737. I saw all of
them pass by me within a couple of miles and PowerFlarm never made a peep
or displayed anything! This seems quite different form its performance on
gliders.



Mike


Mike, I flew today in a busy area and I would have to say the PCAS worked
Okay, not as good as MRX but I got all warnings I needed to get. If only the
thing could stop beeping on my own transponder I would be happy. It seems
the display constantly shows me my own transponder with +/- (0 to 50 feet or
so). I got used to that the only time it freaks me out is when it beeps
twice.