DME: Is it working?
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Hi,
What an excellent product, thank you. It’s great to be back using old school techniques.
My only question is probably down to user error, but I’m having some difficulty with the DME.
I have flown the BAe-100 into EIDL for the LOC/DME RW21 and EISG for the NDB/DME RW11.
Both times I had the DME tuned into the P1’s NAV1, and the aircraft was not configured for RNAV.
I couldn’t obtain a DME readout on the HSI or RMI, but in all likelihood I had made an error.
All help is gratefully received.
Fabio -
@fab10 There's a white knob at the bottom-left corner of the NAV1 panel, that is the DME mode selector. Make sure it is set to ON.
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Thanks, I appreciate your reply.
As per the manual, the DME was set ON, and the DME frequency was present in the window.
The DME frequencies that I used for these approaches were:
Sligo EISG 109.00 SLG
Donegal EIDL 110.30 IFN
Neither would ident, but that may have been a lack of familiarity with the comms panel.
Whilst I had the routes with destinations and approaches set in the UFMC, I wanted to fly both approaches old school following the needles, but that isn’t possible without DME.
The really odd thing is that I had earlier flown into Donegal and I’m nearly certain but not 100% positive that the DME then worked, but that was my first familiarisation flight (and somewhat flawed courtesy of operator error).
I’d be grateful if someone could confirm the operational status of the DME.
Thank you. -
So a cold and dark start brought my DME to life, I will try again.
Operator error, my bad, apologies to all. -
I confirm no DME for SLG at Sligo in the 146. Note, it's a DME only, no VOR. The ADF is (384) is working. So I parked my trusty A320 on this field and checked the frequencies. And I see the Airbus is receiving DME data.
So a cold and dark start brought my DME to life, I will try again.
"Mildly interesting" as I did try it just now with zero result
For Donegal I do not see a VOR/DME in the MSFS database with ID IFN. Only a NDB (and Navigraph charts do not mention a VOR/DME approach). (The TACAN is in Iran)
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Thank you Martin, I appreciate your reply.
The approaches consist of a NDB/DME at Sligo and a LOC/DME at Donegal, no VOR/DME at either location.
I perhaps should have mentioned that I can receive all navaids as well as perform both approaches in the EMB110.
I did, however, fly the ILS RW04 into LTBH Canakkale earlier, and the DME was definitely working OK.