By: Robert Whitton - 2nd January 2008 at 11:10
I have not seen any Transponder specifically designed to be hand held. The power out put of current panel devices is such that you would not wish them to be near to your vital parts. Also you need power take off from the engine unless you wish to carry a hugh battery. There really needs to be designed a device as smalll as a hand held radio but also one that has be proven to be safe.
By: Rod1 - 27th December 2007 at 17:04
This is your best option. If you look at the accessories you will see it can be made “hand held” to a limited extent.
http://www.lxavionics.co.uk/transponders.htm
Rod1
By: Moggy C - 27th December 2007 at 08:53
I’m not aware of any, and I understand there are two issues both related to the required power output (Remember, unlike a transceiver a transponder has to broadcast continually and at quite high power).
1) Power consumption is an issue, it really needs a power source, batteries won’t hack it.
2) Output also is a problem. Having something that powerful broadcasting close to your body could generate health problems.
Hope you find a workaround – it sounds an exciting project.
Moggy
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December 26, 2007 at 10:15 pm