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Old 1st May 2006, 09:50
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The TCAS system is never going to be particularly accurate in azimuth due to the design of the antenna's. The TCAS antenna is in fact four in one, one antenna per quadrant, the TCAS computer sees which quadrant the signal is received in most strongly, then compares this with the strength of the signal received in an adjacent quadrant and "guesstimates" the bearing of the other aircraft.
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