
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 | 
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- 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
 

