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How many channels does the VOR have?
VORs are assigned radio channels between 108.0 MHz and 117.95 MHz. How many channels are in-between? I guess that each decimal value represents 1 channel? for instance (108.1)(108.2)(108.3)(108.4)........
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How do VOR beacons detect?
I assume that any military aircraft can find the position to any VOR ground station. Is the VOR invisible to the military aircraft?
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Is QDM displayed wrong for the VOR in the aircraft?
Clearly, the VOR signals follow a great circle track. Since, they follow great circle tracks, the track to the station, measured at the aircraft (either, true or magnetic), would be different due to ...
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Are there two navaids on the same frequency close enough to be confused?
Several RTCA DO standards require checks for bad navaid tuning including, "In lieu of using ground-based navigation aid designated operational coverage (DOC), the system should provide, checks ...
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How to figure unusable sectors if the VOR is not colocated at/near an airport?
Stemming from Why am I not getting the "TO" VOR flag as I think I should?
If a VOR is not colocated at an airport (i.e. not in that airport's chart supplement page), how does one figure out ...
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Why am I not getting the "TO" VOR flag as I think I should?
I would appreciate some insight as to what I’m doing wrong or missing.
I just completed a XC flight practicing VOR/GPS Navigation. I was inbound to KLOL from KRNO with the lovelock VOR frequency (116....
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When I use a plotter to identify a direction from a VOR, what heading or course is it exactly?
When I use my ASA IFR plotter and I'm working off a VOR, what direction am I getting? True course, true heading, magnetic heading, magnetic course?
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What are the units for the bearing to center of an airport from radio aids to navigation in chart supplement?
Is the bearing to the center of airport for a radio aid to navigation in the chart supplement, true course, magnetic course, is it based on the VOR's radials, or is it something else?
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Do we need to know the true track to a VOR?
An aircraft can lock onto the location of a VOR and we can see the QDM (magnetic bearing to the station) to the VOR. If this is the case, do we still need to know the true track of that route? And if ...
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Having trouble reading some charts (SBMG-SBLO)
I'm a flight sim user practicing instrument navigation with a short and apparently simple flight, SBMG to SBLO (South America). The distance between the two airports is 49.5 nautical miles (the ...
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Just how inaccurate are (Las Vegas) VOR radials?
I was discussing VOR-based navigation with a pilot, and he mentioned that VOR doesn't provide a very high level of integrity and safety (at least, compared to GPS or DME). He explained that the FAA ...
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What's the difference between a Sole Means Navigation System and a Primary Means Navigation System? [closed]
For bonus points, how you define a supplemental means navigation system?
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How do I do these VOR time and distance calculations?
I'm trying to figure out the calculation to these questions:
A pilot tracking a VOR turns 90 degrees from current heading. The
pilot notes that it takes 3.0 minutes for the plane to intercept the
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Are NDBs and VORs dying as a navigational method?
I am new to aviation, so bear with me on this question:
I have read in multiple places that the VOR/NDB navigational aids are dying out to GPS. Is this true? Are more modern aircraft being built with ...
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How do I determine which radial intercept angle to use?
I'm studying for the (EASA) Instrument Rating exam and I found several questions about radial intercept angles in sample exams but nothing in the books I've studied and my flight instructor doesn't ...
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