Questions tagged [tacan]
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When was TACAN (or DME?) Y mode introduced?
If I understand correctly, originally DME and the equivalent distance measurement aspect of TACAN had only the "X" channels where the pulse pairs are 12 μs apart, and later the "Y" ...
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Can an IFR civilian aircraft use a TACAN for DME distances? [duplicate]
Flying the KRDR LOC RWY 35 approach. How do I get my DME distance to HONNE or CANLI? can we pick up DME distance from a TACAN? Just used GPS Overlay but can we get distance from the TACAN?
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Why do IFR charts show TACAN paired frequencies when there is no collocated VOR?
The image below shows a low IFR chart with a VORTAC on the right and a TACAN on the left. I understand the VORTAC is labelled with both VOR frequency and TACAN channel so that a civilian user could ...
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If the VOR works and the TACAN works, why doesn’t the VORTAC work?
Here https://www.tailstrike.com/270680.htm is the transcript of the CVR of the Itavia Flight 870 (Ustica Massacre), but some communications have been omitted; I’ll use this site: http://www....
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How does a TACAN signal change with bearing from the station?
In the TACAN system , how does a change in bearing , would translate to a change in the time (or frequency) domain.
I'll try to elaborate:
I'm aware , of the TACAN operation in general.
let's say ...
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