Mode S to become requirement?

Where are these $500 transponders? I have a machine shop in my basement. I
could make a faceplate, although I doubt that the FAA would approve. Are
these things yellow tagged?

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)

I don't have to like Bush and Cheney (Or Kerry, for that matter) to love
America

"Brian Sponcil" wrote in message
...

Well you CAN get a kt-70 mode S from JA Air for $500. Of course it'll be
missing its faceplate which you'll either have to have custom made by a
plastic millwork shop or you can pony up the eyeball exploding $1300 to
have
king do it. Either way you're WELL below the $5,000 new units. Of course
you won't get traffic or weather but still....


-Brian
N33431


"Bob Chilcoat" wrote in message
...
Jeeze,

I just checked on the prices of the Garmin GTX 330, and the King
equivalents, and either make is in the $5,000 range. We can get a
pin-for-pin compatable Narco that slides into our existing AT50 tray for
just over $1,000. On that basis alone, I doubt that a Mode S
requirement
is
coming anytime soon. Sorry I asked.

Bob Chilcoat wrote:
Where are these $500 transponders? I have a machine shop in my basement. I
could make a faceplate, although I doubt that the FAA would approve. Are
these things yellow tagged?

I doubt the FAA would even care about a faceplate. The electronics aren't
changing, and the basic structural mounting of the radio isn't changing.



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I got mine via JA Deals on eBay for $499. It comes with an aluminum
facepate that you have to "fix up" to make look nice. If you end up going
that route let me know and I'll tell you what I did with mine.

As mentioned previously the avionics shop and the FAA didn't seem to care a
lick about the lack of a decent faceplate. The 337 went through fine and
the transponder works great. Just looks ugly. BTW - I ended up paying more
for the install than the stupid transponder (new tray, antenna, labor, etc
ended up $800)


-Brian
N33431


"Bob Chilcoat" wrote in message
...
Where are these $500 transponders? I have a machine shop in my basement.
I
could make a faceplate, although I doubt that the FAA would approve. Are
these things yellow tagged?

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)

I don't have to like Bush and Cheney (Or Kerry, for that matter) to love
America

"Brian Sponcil" wrote in message
...

Well you CAN get a kt-70 mode S from JA Air for $500. Of course it'll
be
missing its faceplate which you'll either have to have custom made by a
plastic millwork shop or you can pony up the eyeball exploding $1300 to
have
king do it. Either way you're WELL below the $5,000 new units. Of
course
you won't get traffic or weather but still....


-Brian
N33431


"Bob Chilcoat" wrote in message
...
Jeeze,

I just checked on the prices of the Garmin GTX 330, and the King
equivalents, and either make is in the $5,000 range. We can get a
pin-for-pin compatable Narco that slides into our existing AT50 tray
for
just over $1,000. On that basis alone, I doubt that a Mode S
requirement
is
coming anytime soon. Sorry I asked.