Distance Measuring Equipment

Question 1

What is the frequency range of the Distance Measuring Equipment (DE) used to indicate an aircraft’s slant range distance to a selected ground-based navigation station?

Answer 1

962 MHz to 1213 MHz

Question 2

The Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) measures the distance from the aircraft to the DME ground station. This is referred to as:

Answer 2

The Slant Range

Question 3

The Distance Measuring Equipment (DE) ground station has a built-in delay between reception of an interrogation and transmission of the reply to allow:

Answer 3

Operation at close range.

Question 4

What is the main underlying operating principle of an aircraft’s Distance Measuring Equipment (DE)?

Answer 4

A measurable amount of time is required to send and receive a radio signal through the Earth’s atmosphere.

Question 5

What radio navigation aid determines the distance from an aircraft to a selected VORTAC station by measuring the length of time the radio signal takes to travel to and from the station?

Answer 5

Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)

Question 6

The majority of airborne Distance Measuring Equipment systems automatically tune their transmitter and receiver frequencies to the paired __/__
channel.

Answer 6

VOR/LOC.