NDB/DME Question?

[Guest desmondw]

Hi All, another teaser, I see from Randy's excelent tutorial on Databases that by adding the types of comms you can make combinations, & I have come across some of these NDB/DME's but am at a loss as to how to put in a Freq. to be able to read the DME as there is only one freq. line in Voledit & the NDB Freq's do not connect to either of the Nav's. I have tried making some using 24 as the type value & the NDB portion works perfect but no distance. Is there a way of doing this or does a person just have to make a stand alone DME. Not a big problem but would like to know if there is a way of achieving this.Thanks for any help on this.Desmond

[RandallR 444]

Desmond,This is one of those items that just doesn't "combine". Just make each item separately and place them in the NAV database as existing at the same location - then each can have their own frequency.I am currently preparing some NAV and approach updates for some of Wayne's new Canadian airports. There are some stand-alone DMEs in Canada, so I'm placing them in the NAV database. They work just fine - you tune the DME into one of the NAV radios.

[Guest desmondw]

Hi Randy, Thankyou for your quick & informative reply. I look forward to your updates.Thanks Desmond