Flight Inspection Manual for Radio Navigation Aids
Glossary of Terms or Abbreviations
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ADF Automatic Direction Finder
AFC Automatic Frequency Control
AFIS Automatic Flight Inspection System
AGC Automatic Gain Control
AIP Aeronautical Information Publication
AM Amplitude Modulation
ANSP Air Navigation Service Provider
ATC Air Traffic Control
ATIS Automatic Terminal Information Service
CATV Cable Television
CVOR Conventional VOR
CMN Control Motion Noise
CW Continuous Wave
DDM Difference in Depth of Modulation
DGNSS Differential Global Navigation Satellite System
DME Distance Measuring Equipment
DVOR Doppler VOR
EIRP Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power
EMI/EMC Electromagnetic Interference/Compatibility
FM Frequency Modulation
FMS Flight Management System
GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System
GP Glide Path
IF Intermediate Frequency
IFR Instrument Flight Rules
ILS Instrument Landing System
IM/MM/OM Inner/Middle/Outer Marker
INS Inertial Navigation System
ISM Industrial Scientific Medical
ITE Information Technology Equipment
ITU International Telecommunication Union
LF/MF/HF Low/Medium/High Frequency
LOC Localizer
MDS Minimum Discernible Signal
MHA Minimum Holding Altitude
MSL Mean Sea Level