[Milsurplus] Naval Aviation Navigation

[D C (Mac) Macdonald]

TACAN = TACtical Aid to Navigation

To the best of my remembering, TACAN
IS  DME (Distance Measuring Equipment).

VORTACs all over the place, a primary
enroute navaid for mil and civ alike.


Mac - K2GKK/5
Oklahoma City



-- C Whitaker <whitaker at pa.net> wrote:

Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:54:17 -0500
From: C Whitaker <whitaker at pa.net>
To: nerd at verizon.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Naval Aviation Navigation

de WB2CPN

TACAN is a beacon.  It provides headings without interrogation.
Even though the distance indicator couldn't get a lock, and just
keep spinning, the heading indicator worked.  The rule was to
not trust any station that wouldn't lock in.   The same DME
ground equipment could be added to a VOR and called a VORTAC.
There's a lot of them around, I think.   I'm not going to the
wall on this one.   Too many years ago.

73  Clete





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