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D M E DME: Istance Easuring Quipment

DME (Distance Measuring Equipment) is a navigation system that measures the distance of an aircraft from a ground station through pulse techniques, providing the pilot with real-time distance readings. It consists of antennas and transceivers on the aircraft and ground that send and receive paired radio pulses to calculate the slant range distance. DME is accurate and can handle many aircraft simultaneously, but errors can occur at low altitudes below line of sight transmission ranges.

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D M E DME: Istance Easuring Quipment

DME (Distance Measuring Equipment) is a navigation system that measures the distance of an aircraft from a ground station through pulse techniques, providing the pilot with real-time distance readings. It consists of antennas and transceivers on the aircraft and ground that send and receive paired radio pulses to calculate the slant range distance. DME is accurate and can handle many aircraft simultaneously, but errors can occur at low altitudes below line of sight transmission ranges.

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Lecture 8:

Distance
Measuring
Equipment (DME)
Outlines

Home
• Introduction
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• The uses of a DME
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• DME Equipment
Help • How DME work?
• Advantages of DME
• Disadvantages of DME
Definition

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• DME is stand for Distance Measuring
Previous Equipment.
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• DME is a type of en-route navigation system
for aircraft.
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• DME often installed near VOR stations so as to


provide combined bearing and distance.
• When DME is installed with the VOR, it is
referred to as a VOR/DME.
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Previous

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Help
The uses of DME

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• DME provides the physical distance from the
Previous aircraft to the ground DME transponder
expressed in Nautical Miles (NM).
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• DME also calculates ground speed and the time


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needed to reach the station if the aircraft is
fitted with appropriate computer.
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Next

Help
DME System Components:

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The DME system consists of three basic
Previous components which are:
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• DME antenna on the aircraft body
• DME navigation display unit in aircraft cockpit
• DME transmitter/receiver in the ground
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Previous

Next

Help

DME INDICATOR IN THE


COCKPIT
DME Indicator

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• DME enables aircraft to establish its range to the ground
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station: Distance in nautical miles, Ground speed in
knots, Flying time to the station in minutes
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Help
Home

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Next

Help

DME PRINCIPLE
How DME works?
Home • DME provides distance (slant range) from the aircraft to the
ground DME.
Previous
• DME operates on Ultra High Frequency (UHF) which is
Next between 962 to 1213 MHz.
• DME works based on pulse techniques, where pulse means a
Help
single vibration of electric current.
• The aircraft’s antenna sends out paired pulses at specific
spacing.
• The ground DME station receives the pulses and then
responds with paired pulses at the same spacing but a
different frequency.
How DME works?
Home • The aircraft receiver measures the time taken to
Previous
transmit and receive the signal which is transmitted
into distance.
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• Beside that, the distance formula is also used by the
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DME receiver to calculate the distance from DME
station in Nautical Miles.
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Next

Help
Advantages of DME

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• DME is extremely accurate: Provide continuous
Previous and accurate indication of the slant range
distance.
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• Aircraft Handling Capability: The transponder


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equipment should be capable of handling 100
to 200 aircrafts.
• Large coverage: DME facility provides coverage
up to 200 NM.
Disadvantages of DME

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• As VOR the DME is also restricted to line-of-
Previous sight transmission. For example, the aircraft at
altitude below 10’000 ft is unable to detect the
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DME signal.
Help
Disadvantages of DME

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• Errors and abnormal indications:
Previous – Slant range
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– Speed and time calculation
– Ground system saturation – 100 aircraft
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– System error
Exercise

Home • What is DME? Give two 2 uses of DME? (3 M)


Previous • How DME works? (10 M)

Next
• What the advantages of DME ( 2 M)
• What are the disadvantages of DME (1 M)
Help

• What are 2 differences between VOR and DME? (2 M)


• An aircraft flying at altitude about 3 N.M (18’000ft).
The ground distance is about 4 N.M. What is the
distance (slant range) of the aircraft in N.M calculate
by DME? (2 M)

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