Tactical Air Navigation TACAN

VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) beacon

and Tactical Air Navigation System (TACAN)
VORTAC

Cezar, Sean G.
Pearedonda, Rose Anne V.
Tacderan, Jomar F.
Tambong, Davis U.
Ubalde, Joanna Marie Kristine

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Tactical Air Navigation TACAN

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 Polar coordinate system

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 Directly over the station TACAN

measures height above ground

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TACAN
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TACAN operates in the UHF

frequencies range(A-G)

frequencies range(G-A)

line-of-sight range

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Distance between two station

TACAN ground equipment is compact

and relatively easy to transport.

Cannot be used to transmit and receive

voice

Transmitted one time for each 3 or 4

times that a VOR signal is transmitted
when identifying a VORTAC

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one degree error

Capable of indicating true distance

from the ground station within about
600 feet.
TACAN ground equipment consists of
either a fixed or mobile transmitting
unit

Does not operate through conventional

VOR equipment

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TACAN Pulse Pair

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TACAN Pulse Pair

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Bearing Function

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Bearing Function

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Beacon-Transponder Identification
Code

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Beacon-Transponder Identification
Code

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Instrument Panel

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Bearing Distance Heading

Indicator(BDHI)

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Horizontal Situation
Indicator(HSI)

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TACAN RADIAL

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Bearing From Station

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Bearing To Station

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DME decreases to
minimum

Needle rotates 180

CDI oscillates from side

to side

TO/FORM indicator
switches from FROM/TO

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Limitations

DME equipment is an integral part in

providing slant range up to 399.9 NM

An accuracy of 2 miles or 3% of the

distance, whichever is greater

Cone of confusion

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Cone of Confusion

Exists where TACAN azimuth

information is not available

40 off bearing TACAN pointer lock-on

error

Although narrow at low altitudes, this

"cone" expands to about 18 NM across
at 30,000'

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Limitations

Failure to lock on

Co-channel interference

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NAVAID Identifier Removal

During Maintenance

Coded identification (or code and voice,

where applicable)

VHF ranges may radiate a TEST

code [- (dot) (dot-dot-dot) -]

Removal of identification

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Tactical Air Navigation TACAN

VORTAC is a navigational aid for aircraft
pilots consisting of a co-located VHF
omnidirectional range (VOR) beacon and a
tactical air navigation system (TACAN)
beacon

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Used for Civilian Aircraft

VORTAC provides both the bearing and

distance information of the Aircraft

Instead of having two separate VOR

and TACAN ground stations

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TACAN VS. VORTAC

VOR operates in the VHF band from 108

to 118 MHz range

TACAN integrated with DME operates in

the UHF band from 960 to 1215 MHz
range.

Civilian Aircraft uses VOR as Rx system

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Advantages

The VORTAC system takes benefits of

both the VOR and TACAN systems

Combining ground stations of different

systems will be benefited in terms of
cost, maintenance as well as
operations.

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