DME PRINCIPLES

Course Information

This course is an introduction to Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) and includes the following information; The components and modes of DME; the presentations of DME data; computing groundspeed using DME; DME ground components; and coverage/range of DME equipment.

Content of the Course

Slide 44 Duration 00:16:40 Exam No
  • COURSE START
  • INTRODUCTION
  • DME- COMPONENTS
    • Aircraft component (interrogator)
  • MODES OF OPERATION
    • Search mode
    • Signal controlled search
    • Tracking mode
    • Memory mode
  • PRESENTATION AND INTERPRETATION – SLANT RANGE AND GROUND DISTANCE
    • Over the station
    • Dme – line of position
    • Dme – groundspeed
    • Dme ground component (transponder)
    • Vor/dme
    • Tacan
    • Vortac
    • Ils/dme
    • Dme ground component (transponder)
    • Dme -identification
  • COVERAGE AND RANGE – DME -RANGE
    • Dme- echo protection
    • Dme – accuracy
  • COURSE END