jbDC9
Well Known Member
To the RV and ADS-B brain trust...
Question; does a transponder antenna mounted on an experimental aircraft need to be TSO?d to operate with the ADS-B system?
Here?s our scenario; we (owner group) have a Experimental Exhibition category T-28D. Current transponder is a KT-76A with a ratty old King blade antenna that needs replacing; my inclination is to get a DeltaPop antenna for $70 to immediately replace the antenna, but sometime within the next year we?ll being doing the ADS-B upgrade, most likely a Garmin 335/345 transponder. Will a GTX345 be legal to use a non-TSO transponder antenna? Our avionics guy just did a VFR xpdr check and says to skip the DeltaPop antenna and get a Comant or Rami instead. What say youse guys?
Question; does a transponder antenna mounted on an experimental aircraft need to be TSO?d to operate with the ADS-B system?
Here?s our scenario; we (owner group) have a Experimental Exhibition category T-28D. Current transponder is a KT-76A with a ratty old King blade antenna that needs replacing; my inclination is to get a DeltaPop antenna for $70 to immediately replace the antenna, but sometime within the next year we?ll being doing the ADS-B upgrade, most likely a Garmin 335/345 transponder. Will a GTX345 be legal to use a non-TSO transponder antenna? Our avionics guy just did a VFR xpdr check and says to skip the DeltaPop antenna and get a Comant or Rami instead. What say youse guys?