TWIN JET CHARTER FLC HDG TRACK POS DEV ON SID DEP PROC IN A NIGHT OP.

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COMING OUT OF BWI WE WERE ISSUED RWY 28 AND THE PALEO DEP. AFTER TKOF WE CONTACTED DEP TELLING THE CTLR WE WERE ON RWY HDG AND CLBING TO 2000 FT. THE CTLR ASKED IF WE WERE GIVEN A HDG AND WE REPLIED NO. HE ASKED TWICE BEFORE; GIVING US A NEW HDG. LATER INTO THE FLT WE HAD A CHANCE TO GET ANOTHER LOOK AT THE DEP PROFILE AND NOTICED THAT WE MISREAD THE AFTER TKOF INSTRUCTIONS. IT STARTS OUT WITH RWY HDG BUT AT THE 3 DME WE WERE TO TURN L TO A HDG OF 150 DEGS. TFC WAS VERY LIGHT AND ALL THIS DID NOT SEEM TO CAUSE ANY PROBS; BUT THERE IS A CHANCE WE MAY HAVE GONE BEYOND THE 3 DME LIMIT BEFORE THE CTLR GAVE US THE TURN. AT THAT TIME BWI ARPT WAS HAVING XMITTER PROBS WHICH ADDED TO THE CONFUSION. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE CTLR COOPERATION WITH PLTS TO QUICKLY GET US BACK ON COURSE AND DISCUSS IT LATER. THE SIDS AND STARS ARE BECOMING TOO COMPLICATED AND ARE DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO STUDY ONE AT LENGTH; THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE YOU MAY MISINTERPRET SOMETHING. AS WE ALL KNOW; A PLT IN THE COCKPIT IS ALWAYS DOING MORE THAN ONE THING AT ANY GIVEN TIME; WHICH LEAVES LITTLE TIME FOR STUDYING A SID OR STAR.