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Tactical Air Navigation – TACAN
VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) beacon and Tactical Air
Navigation System (TACAN)
– VORTAC
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Tactical Air Navigation – TACAN
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•
#olar coordinate system
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• &irectly over t*e station TACANmeas+res *eig*t above
gro+nd
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• TACAN o,erates in t*e 'HF
• -re.+encies range(A/!)
• -re.+encies range(!/A)
T A C A N
O # 0 R A
T 1 O N
S
• line/o-/sig*t range
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• &istance bet2een t2o station
• TACAN gro+nd e.+i,ment is com,actand relatively easy to
trans,ort"
• Cannot be +sed to transmit and receive
voice• Transmitted one time -or eac* 3 or 4
times t*at a VOR signal is transmitted2*en identi-ying a
VORTAC
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• one degree error
• Ca,able o- indicating tr+e distance-rom t*e gro+nd station
2it*in abo+t566 -eet"
• TACAN gro+nd e.+i,ment consists o-eit*er a 78ed or mobile
transmitting+nit
• &oes not o,erate t*ro+g* conventionalVOR e.+i,ment
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1 n t e r r o g a t i o n
R e , l y 1 n
t e r r
o g a t i o
n
R e , l
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TACAN #+lse #air
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TACAN #+lse #air
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9earing F+nction
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9earing F+nction
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9eacon/Trans,onder 1denti7cationCode
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9eacon/Trans,onder 1denti7cationCode
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1nstr+ment #anel
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9earing – &istance – Heading
1ndicator(9&H1)
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Horizontal Sit+ation
1ndicator(HS1)
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TACAN RA&1A:
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9earing From Station
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9earing To Station
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• & 0 decreases tominim+m
• Needle rotates ;FOR indicators2itc*es -rom FRO >TO
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:imitations• & 0 e.+i,ment is an integral ,art in
,roviding slant range +, to 3??"? N
• An acc+racy o- @ miles or 3 o- t*edistance 2*ic*ever is
greater
• Cone o- con-+sion
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Cone o- Con-+sion• 08ists 2*ere TACAN azim+t*
in-ormation is not available
• 46= oB bearing TACAN ,ointer loc /onerror
• Alt*o+g* narro2 at lo2 altit+des t*isDconeD e8,ands to abo+t
;< N acrossat 36 666E
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:imitations
• Fail+re to loc on
• Co/c*annel inter-erence
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NAVA1& 1denti7er Removal&+ring aintenance
• Coded identi7cation (or code and voice2*ere a,,licable)
• VHF ranges may radiate a T 0 S Tcode G/ (dot) (dot/dot/dot)
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• Removal o- identi7cation
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Tactical Air Navigation – TACAN
VORTAC is a navigational aid -or aircra-t,ilots consisting o- a
co/located VHF
omnidirectional range (VOR) beacon and atactical air navigation
system (TACAN)beacon
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• 'sed -or Civilian Aircra-t
• VORTAC ,rovides bot* t*e bearing anddistance in-ormation o-
t*e Aircra-t
• 1nstead o- *aving t2o se,arate VORand TACAN gro+nd
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TACAN VS" VORTAC
• VOR o,erates in t*e VHF band -rom ;6<to ;;< Hz range
• TACAN integrated 2it* & 0 o,erates in
t*e 'HF band -rom ?56 to ;@;I Hzrange"
• Civilian Aircra-t +ses VOR as R8 system
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Advantages
• T*e VORTAC system ta es bene7ts o-bot* t*e VOR and TACAN
systems
• Combining gro+nd stations o- diBerentsystems 2ill be bene7ted
in terms o-cost maintenance as 2ell aso,erations"
