SSR
May 20, 2025•428 words
Notes on SSR
Aircraft are assigned Mode3/A codes by Air traffic Control. It's part of the Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) System. The aircrew enter this in their transponder before takeoff.
During flight when an ATC radar interrogates that aircraft it will respond with its 4 digit code.
There aren't enough Mode 3/A codes for each aircraft to have one so they are assigned regionally and reused in different regions.
When the aircraft in this scenario is in Europe it has whatever Mode3/A co...
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