This is a transcript from a radio
communication between C-FEQC (identification of the Beechcraft Musketeer plane) and an air traffic
controller in the Montreal Area Control Center (which we will
identify as CZUL). The posted coordinates are those of
C-FEQC’s destination.
C-FEQC:
Montreal Center this is Musketeer Fox Echo Quebec
Charlie
CZUL:
Fox Echo Quebec Charlie, Montreal Center, go ahead
C-FEQC:
Montreal, Quebec Charlie, we’re very low level enroute
Carp to Gatineau and
we’ve just had a partial nav failure.
We’d like to know
our position
CZUL:
Quebec Charlie roger, Ottawa altimeter 30.02, is your
transponder still
serviceable ?
C-FEQC:
It looks like it
CZUL:
Quebec Charlie roger, squawk 1245
C-FEQC:
Roger, 1245, here’s the ident
CZUL:
Quebec Charlie, reset transponder and
squawk ident 1245 again
C-FEQC:
Quebec
Charlie squawking
ident 1245
again
CZUL:
Quebec Charlie, your transponder appears unserviceable,
I’m unable to
radar identify you.
What navaids do you still have ?
C-FEQC:
Montreal, we have DME 1, 2 and 3 left.
1 shows 11.127 DME from
Ottawa VORTAC
2 shows 12.200 DME from
Ottawa ILS/DME runway 07
3 shows 53.622 DME from
Massena VORTAC
CZUL:
Quebec Charlie roger, standby
Where
was Quebec Charlie ?
Obviously, right over the hiding place of this
“à la ve2ogh” cache !
For the sake of this scenario, assume that aircraft
altitude correction for ground distance is negligible, and that
yes, he does have 3 DMEs and they can pick up those three
stations.
As usual, please, don’t spoil the fun for other
geocachers.
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