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Old September 15th 04, 01:33 PM
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John P wrote:
: Is it a KT76 or a KT76A? I just took my KT76 in because it "received" but
: did not transmit.
: They put it on the bench and 260watts output but at the wrong freq(just
: adjustment). I believe the
: KT76A is more reliable than the KT76 for stability. Anyway, $175 later it's
: in the plane
: but not tested yet. It needed some service bulletins performed also....
: John

It's a 76, not a 76A. I just took it up the other day after getting back, and
the local Class-C was able to see me from 2000' AGL, 20 miles away in "mountainous"
(i.e. Appalachian) terrain. Whatever it is, it's either low power, intermittent
problem, or both. I suppose it could be a frequency tolerance issue and some
centers/approaches are more tolerant of that. Wouldn't an transponder cert check
that?

-Cory


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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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