In TACAN receive mode, what information does the system provide?

In TACAN receive mode, what information does the system provide?

• A. Bearing and Range
• B. Bearing Only
• C. Bearing
• D. Power Status

Answer: (C)

In TACAN receive mode, you get the bearing to the station. Bearing is provided from the azimuth information the TACAN tap response continuously emits, which your receiver can decode without sending any interrogation. Range, or distance, requires a two-way exchange (the DME function) to measure the time delay between an interrogation and the reply, which isn’t available in receive-only mode. So the system can tell you which direction to fly toward the TACAN station, but not how far away you are unless you actively interrogate and read DME data. Power status isn't something you obtain from receive mode in this context.

In TACAN receive mode, you get the bearing to the station. Bearing is provided from the azimuth information the TACAN tap response continuously emits, which your receiver can decode without sending any interrogation. Range, or distance, requires a two-way exchange (the DME function) to measure the time delay between an interrogation and the reply, which isn’t available in receive-only mode. So the system can tell you which direction to fly toward the TACAN station, but not how far away you are unless you actively interrogate and read DME data. Power status isn't something you obtain from receive mode in this context.