BXT6500 Transponder Series
High Performance, Light-Weight Part 25 Transponder
Save weight, size & costs – Ideal for business jets and helicopters.
The BXT6500 transponder series is robust, cost-effective, and ADS-B compliant. It offers reduced size and weight, durable housing with no ventilation slots or forced cooling, antenna diversity or single antenna configurations, digital interfaces, and TCAS compatibility.
Your Benefits
- Easy installation: Backshell and mounting tray included
- Easy replacement: External memory module for configuration data
- Smooth design: No ventilation slots or forced convection; lightweight (≤ 1.6 kg)
- Future-ready: Standard interfaces (e.g., ARINC 429)
- Quick and easy configuration
- Field Loadable Software (FLS): Fast system upgrades
- On-wiring maintenance: Via USB
- TCAS II compliant
- Supports Mode A/C, Mode S, and ADS-B
- Deployed in: Honeywell, Collins, and CMF systems
- Antenna setup: Diversity or single antenna configurations
- Complete kit: Transponder, backshell, tray, configuration set, memory module
- Certified: EASA, FCC (ETSO-C112e, ETSO-C166B)
- Remote Control Unit RCU6513 available
Associated Devices
| Manufacturer | Device | Function |
|---|---|---|
| Becker Avionics | RCU6513 | Remote Control Unit |
| BendixKing | KFS 578A, CTA-81A | Control Device |
| Gables | G7614, G7490-23 | Control Device |
| Universal Avionics | RCU | Control Device |
| CMC | CMA3024, 5024 | GPS |
| Freeflight | 1201 | GPS |
| Freeflight | 1203C | GPS |
| Garmin | GTN750 | GPS |
| Genesys | GPS-WAAS Rx | GPS |
| ACSS | RT-950, RT-951 (TCAS 2000) | TCAS II Device |
| BendixKing | TPA-81A (CAS-81A) | TCAS II Device |
| Honeywell | TPU-67A/B (CAS-67A/B) | TCAS II Device |
| Rockwell Collins | TTR-920, TTR-921 | TCAS II Device |
| Universal Avionics | UNS-1Fw | Flight Management System |
Scope of Functionality by Version:
BXT6513-(0XX)
- Operates on radar frequencies (1090 MHz), responds to ACAS and radar interrogations
- SPI (Special Position Identification) mode
- Meets Mode S Enhanced Surveillance (EHS) requirements
BXT6513-(000)
- Supports 2 antennas (top and bottom)
- Installation & operation manual
BXT6513-(010)
- Supports single antenna (bottom)
- Installation & operation manual
BXT6513-(020)
- Dual antennas (top and bottom)
- Can switch to Mode A/C only (no Mode S replies)
BXT6513-(030)
- Single bottom antenna
- Can switch to Mode A/C only
BXT6513-(230)
- Designed for flight inspection aircraft (not ETSO certified)
- Separate RX/TX ports and adjustable TX power
BXT6553-(000)
- Extended temperature range
- DAL B-compliant software and hardware
BXT6553-(020)
- Extended temperature range
- Dual antennas (top and bottom)
- Switchable to Mode A/C only
Fixed and Non-Volatile Data
Configuration is stored in non-volatile memory:
- Internal memory
- External memory module EM6100
Selection via hardware (Installation & operation manual)
Cloak Mode Function
For law enforcement and government use: suppresses ID transmission while remaining visible to ATC and TCAS.
Contact: insidesales@becker-avonics.com