(b.) Insertion of geographic TACAN
station data:
NOTE
Prior to pressing INSERT/ADVANCE
pushbutton, any incorrectly loaded data
can be corrected by pressing CLEAR
pushbutton and loading correct data.
1.
Data selector - L/L WY PT.
NOTE
If number of station to be loaded is same
as number of TACAN station currently
being used, number in FROM-TO dis-
play will be set to 0 when TACAN data
is loaded.
2. Keys 7 and 9 - Press
simultaneously. Observe that
number of TACAN station
being used for navigation
flashes on
and
off
in
FROM-TO display. Data
displays indicate coordinates
of station selected via thum-
bwheel.
3. Thumbwheel - Set to num-
ber of station being loaded.
(Insure thumbwheel is in
detent.)
NOTE
Station 0 cannot be loaded.
4.
To load latitude - Press keys
in sequence,
starting with
N or S to indicate north
or south. Example: 42° 54.0
North = 4 2 5 4 0. Observe
that
INSERT/ADVANCE
pushbutton light illuminates
when first key is pressed.
5. INSERT/ADVANCE push-
button - Press Observe push-
button light extinguishes.
6. To load longitude - Press
keys in sequence, starting
with W or ,E indicating
west or east. Example: 87°
54.9West = W 8 7 5 4 9.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
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Observe
that
INSERT/
ADVANCE pushbutton light
illuminates when first key is
pressed,
and
longitude
appears in data display as
keys are pressed.
INSERT/ADVANCE push-
button - Press. Observe
pushbutton
light
extin-
guishes.
INSERT/ADVANCE push-
button - Press. Observe that
the arc-seconds related to
loaded latitude and longi-
tude, to nearest tenth of a
second, appear in left and
right data display, respec-
tively.
If extra precision coordinate
data is to be inserted -Press
keys in sequence, starting
with N, to load related
arc-second values for lati-
tude. Example: 35.8 North
= N 358.
INSERT/ADVANCE push-
button - Press. Observe
pushbutton
light
extin-
guishes.
To load related arc-second
values for longitude - Press
keys in sequence, starting
with E. Example: 20.1
East - E 201.
INSERT/ADVANCE push-
button - Press. Observe
pushbutton
light
extin-
guishes.
NOTE
In
above
e x a m p l e , if
INSERT/
ADVANCE pushbutton were pressed, the
following normal display would appear:
42° 54.5 N and 87° 54.3 W. The extra
precision values are added to normal val-
ues and normal displays are not rounded
off.
NOTE
The normal geographic coordinates must
always be loaded prior to extra precision
values.
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