whifof100ll
Well Known Member
I'm wiring up my panel in my garage at home. It includes an SL-30, ICOM A210, and Garmin GTX320A. I'm about ready to fire that baby up. Before I do, I wondering about dummy antenna loads to keep from overloading amplifiers.
I expect it is possible that the transponder could get a ping and try to reply.
Since my antennas are mounted in the airplane at the airport and I do not want to remove them, I suppose I can just use rubber duckies for the comm radios, which would allow me to test comm radio functionality. I expect that I can use a 50 ohm bnc style terminating resistor on the xponder.
Anybody see a problem with this plan?
I expect it is possible that the transponder could get a ping and try to reply.
Since my antennas are mounted in the airplane at the airport and I do not want to remove them, I suppose I can just use rubber duckies for the comm radios, which would allow me to test comm radio functionality. I expect that I can use a 50 ohm bnc style terminating resistor on the xponder.
Anybody see a problem with this plan?