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TACAN showing range info for VOR/DME stations


Tholozor

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When entering TACAN, the HSI is providing DME information to VOR/DME stations of the paired frequency.

Examples in tracks attached:
- TACAN 73X on Syria will show range info to the VOR/DME station at Beirut (112.6 MHz).
- TACAN 83X on Persian Gulf will show range info to the VOR/DME station at Ras al Khaimah (113.6 MHz).

TACAN_VORDME_73X_Syria.trk TACAN_VORDME_83X_PG.trk


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Mainly asking as this is new behavior, and wasn't present in previous builds.

Looking back though, looks like this was a previously reported issue, so I guess no bug if this was an undocumented change: 

 


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VFA-136 (c.2007): https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3305981/
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Yeah, as pointed out by Ahmed, this is not a bug, rather it is expected behavior that has (finally) been implemented after it was missing for so long.

The DME component of a TACAN beacon is functionally the same as the DME component of a VOR/DME.

@BIGNEWY I think we can close this as "correct as is".

Everybody said: "That's impossible!" Then someone came along who didn't know that and just did it.

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On 11/2/2023 at 2:44 AM, Tholozor said:

- TACAN 83X on Persian Gulf will show range info to the VOR/DME station at Ras al Khaimah (113.8 MHz).

Should be 113.60MHz.

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57 minutes ago, draconus said:

Should be 113.60MHz.

Yea, (gotta love fat-fingering the keypad) and the identifier is also wrong, but ultimately not related to this.

PG has a number of NAVAIDs that need corrected according to some IRL navigation charts.


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