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Old January 4th 06, 01:42 AM posted to rec.aviation.ifr,rec.aviation.military
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Stubby wrote:

Keith W wrote:

There's a nice writeup at

http://www.radarpages.co.uk/mob/nava...can/tacan1.htm

That's a fine reference. I saved a bookmark there. It looks as if the
UK TACAN is the same as the USAF TACAN, but I'm still not clear as to
the differences from a VOR. Maybe it's just the frequencies. Or, I
believe all TACANs are supposed to have DME built in.


There's a VOR reference at
http://www.navfltsm.addr.com/vor-nav.htm.

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