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VORavionicsystemisashortrangenavigationalaidsanditstandsforVHFOmnidirectionalRange.VOR
ProvidesAircraftradialwithrespecttoagroundstation.Inotherwords,theVORsystemonlyinformsusofthe
aircraftlocationasanentityseenbyagroundVORtransmitter.However,wehavenoknowledgewhatsoever
ontheheadingoftheaircraft.Theradialoftheaircraftisobtainedbytakingthephasedifferenceoftwosignals
referencePhaseSignal(R)&VariablePhaseSignal(V)transmittedbythegroundstation.
FollowingareapplicationsofVOR:
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VAirway:Usedtoassignhighwaysinthesky.
Trackintercept:Tobeabletogetbacktothetrackduetocrosswind.Simplyflytowardtheneedleofthe
VORdisplayknownasthecoursedeviationindicatortoensurethattheaircraftisgoinginthedirectionofthe
VORgroundstation.
TriangulationPositionFix:Toknowwheretheaircraftislocated,tuneVORreceivertoatleasttwoVOR
groundstationsandobtainthe2Dpositionfix.

Figure1depicts,VORtransmitsystem.OnthegroundVORhasfollowingspecifications.
Frequencyofoperation:VHFfrom108to118MHz
ForApproachNAV:108to112MHz
ForShortRangeNAV:112to118MHz
NumberofChannels:100
Twosignalsareemittedatthesametimewithfollowingcharacteristics:
ReferencePhaseSignal:
Designatedassymbol'R'
Modulation:FM
Rate:30Hz
Type:Nondirectional
VariablePhaseSignal:
DesignatedasSymbol'V'
Modulation:AM
Rate:30revolutionspersecond(rps)equalto30Hz
Type:Rotational
TheVORtransmittersendsaMorseIDcodetotheaircraftVORreceiver.
VORtransmitterisalsousedfortwowayvoicecommunication.

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VORreceivesystemhasfollowingspecifications:
Frequencyofoperation:VHF
Thephasedifferencebetween'R'and'V'iscalculated.
AircraftCourseDeviationIndicator(CDI)showstheVORradialreading.IfCDIbecomesdefectivearedflag
willappear.

Advantages
VORismoreefficientthanADFsinceitsindicatorpointtothegroundVORtransmitsystem.WhereasADF
providesarelativebearingcorrespondingtotheoffsetbetweentheaircraftlongitudinalaxisandtheNDB,and
hencedoesnotpointtothegroundbasebeacon.

Disadvantages
Errorisapprox.about+/2Degree.
ItislimitedtoLOSduetoVHFbandoperation.
VORsignalsareeitherreflectedorblockedordistortedduetobuildings,Mountains,Fences,powerlinesetc.
Athigheraltitudeinterferencemayoccurbetweentwogroundstationsoperatedatthesamefrequency.
VORdoesnotprovidetheaircraftheading,itonlypointstothegroundstation.
ThoughGPSistakingplaceofVOR,VORisstillinuseasbackupnavigationalaidsystemincaseofsatellite
linkfailure.

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