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Old 5th March 2005 | 19:47
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From: Quite near 'An aerodrome somewhere in England'
TACAN transmissions take place on 252 frequency channels:

126 channels in X mode, called "X channels", numbered 1X to 126X

126 channels in Y mode, called "Y channels", numbered 1Y to 126Y (0.05 MHz offset from the "X channels".

Channel separation is 1 MHz.

Each channel consists of a beacon transmit frequency between 962 MHz and 1213 MHz and a beacon receive frequency, between 1025 MHz and 1150 MHz.

TACAN bearing informaton is more accurate than VOR bearing information; this is a function of the transmitted characteristic, not the receiver selectivity.
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