Bendix King KN62A DME
The Bendix/King KN62A Distance Measurement Equipment (DME) allows you to get measurements to a tuned VOR station and displays distance, speed and estimated time to the station.
Operation
Power On/Off
The unit has two slider type switches and a frequency selection knob. After switching the unit on using the power switch (the lower one), the mode slider switch (the upper one) determines operation.
The unit is usually wired to an electrical avionics circuit of your plane.
RMT mode (NAV1 linked)
The DME features a primary mode (RMT) which is automatically slaved to NAV1. It uses a VOR-DMEs assigned frequency automatically from the tuned NAV1 frequency.
FREQ mode
Changing the mode to `FREQ` allows you to adjust the secondary frequency using the inner and outer frequency selection knobs (while in FREQ mode, the distance to the station is displayed, so you can see if you have reception.).
GS/T mode (secondary frequency display)
Finally, the GS/T mode locks the secondary frequency selection and displays distance, speed and estimated time to the secondary station.
This way, you can scan for stations and get information about a station without the need to retune NAV1.