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Nav DME BW
Nav DME BW
• Frequency Band:
– Airborne: 1025 MHz – 1150 MHz
– Ground : 63 MHz below Tx frequency 1025 – 1087 MHz
63 MHz above Tx frequency 1088 – 1150 MHz
– This gives 126 channels but two codings are used (X and Y)
which doubles the capacity
DME
• Frequency Band:
– Airborne: 1025 MHz – 1150 MHz (L band)
– Ground : 63 MHz below Tx frequency 1025 – 1087 MHz
63 MHz above Tx frequency 1088 – 1150 MHz
– This gives 126 channels but two codings are used (X and Y)
which doubles the capacity
DME
• General Principle:
– Airborne transceiver transmits a pair of pulses
– (spaced at 12μs for mode X and 30μs for mode Y)
– Ground transmitter receives the pulses, waits 50μs and then transmits
another pair of pulses back to the aircraft
– Airborne transceiver measures the time between transmission and
reception, subtracts the 50μs, multiplies by the speed of light and
divides by 2.
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Ground Range
DME Ground Station
The ground station simply receives a pulse pair,
inserts the 50 μs delay and retransmits it.
Integrity
DME ground stations are equipped with monitors which
can detect erroneous delays and out-of-tolerance power
output levels. These shut the system down if and error is
detected
DME as a Navaid
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