On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, David Megginson wrote:

> It's more complicated than that.  DME receivers (which are UHF) can
> use TACANs to get distance information -- usually, you do that by
> tuning in a fake paired VOR frequency.  For example, if I tune my DME
> to 108.8, or slave it to a NAV radio tuned to 108.8, I get distance
> readings from the UPP TACAN at CYOW, even though there's no VOR.  Can
> the paired frequency be deduced from the channel?

ISTR there being a lookup table for this in the back of the british
isles/north atlantic en route supplement - I'll have a look when I get
home.

-- 
Jon Stockill
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