[Milsurplus] Naval Aviation Navigation

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Correcto.  Squitters are my favorite people.  And for those who want to know 
(someone always does), TACAN = TACtical Air Navigation, and DME = Distance 
MEasuring.  

I babysat an AN/URN-3A in 67/68 during a WestPac yachting trip I took.

In a message dated 3/12/2006 11:06:57 PM Central Standard Time, 
ezeran at ezeran.cnc.net writes: 
> At some point they had TACAN, but I think that was later than the time
> period
> you are talking about.  TACAN isn't a beacon, but responds to interrogation
> from
> the planes.
> 
> TACAN station ID and AZ info are a beacon but the range info, DME, requires
> response to interrogation from an aircraft.

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