[Milsurplus] Naval Aviation Navigation

[Peter Gottlieb]

I collected a couple or ARN-52's, a control head, antenna, and big monster TACAN 
test set (which is quite impressive) figuring some day I might like to have some 
fun playing with it all.  With glass cockpits, GPS, and ADS-B 
(http://adsb.tc.faa.gov/) these TACAN units seem so quaint...

Yet they did the job.  Anyone have experience with these particular units?



WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
> 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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