wrote:
On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:23:44 +0000 (UTC),
(Paul Tomblin) wrote:


In a previous article, said:

How does the system know which are the outer dme "targets"? Is it
just the weaker dme transmissions that are received by the ground
station that are dropped? Stan

By response time. It sends out a signal, and the first N to respond are
tracked.

I thought you were referring to DME navaids. Now I understand. I
presume DME navaids must have a limiting number of units they can
respond to too? Stan

I believe he was commenting about DME. I believe the high volumne
facilities can handle 200 aircraft at a time.