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> krackula wrote:
> > On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 18:52:37 -0600, "Dave Bethke"
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >"krackula >" < wrote
> > >
> > >> ................they kinda look like an inverted
> > >> ice cream cone ( but huge ) with a buncha little antennas around
the
> > >> base of the thing ( a kind of directional or locator beacon
> > >> aircraft stuff ) on top of a small white building .........
> > >
> > >That sounds like a VOR (VHF Omni Range) station. Not to many around
the
> > >ranges, at least civilian ones. There's one at LAS on the field, right
near
> > >the intersection of the two sets of double runways. No doubt the AF
uses
> > >portable temporary ones for training.
> > >
> >
> > yep that's the ones ok ! typed " VHF Omni Range " into Google
> > and they popped up.
> >
> > would a person be able to use an icom ic-a2 ( for example ) to find
> > those ? don't have to read them or anything like that , just find
> > them if they are transmitting nearby ? how far away from those ,
> > on the ground , do you think a person could hear them with something
> > like the ic-a2 ? I'm guessing those are ( if hearable with an a2 )
> > found on the bottom half of the receiving freq range of the a2 ?
> > ( since I never seem to hear much down there ) .
> >
> >
> > also , have you ever played with those Zoan MRX traffic ( air )
> > alerts ( or similar gizmos ) that read the reflections off "
> > illuminated " transponders of in-flight aircraft to see how well
> > they did around on the ground ? ( maybe for red flag or on some of
> > those UAVs ? )
> > sometimes it'd be nice to know when possible photo opportunities
> > are about to happen so you could be ready to take a picture in time !
> > ha ha ha haha ha frequently they happen so fast , a person can't
> > get ready fast enough to get a picture off ! my camera shuts down if
> > I don't twiddle the controls or something every now and then ! it's
> > never ready when those " low and fast " runs are thundering overhead
> > , it seems ! ( worse , I'M never ready ! )
> >
> >
> > thanks
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
> The ic-a2 will receive a VOR, but it can't track it. Other Icoms can
> demod the VOR:
> http://www.icomamerica.com/products/avionics/a24_a6/
>
> This is the one at basecamp:
> http://www.lazygranch.com/images/basecamp/vor1.jpg
>
> At this point, we know where all the VORs are on the range, so I
> wouldn't go out of my way to get a radio to demod a VOR. Groom has a
> VOR and one localizer. The TTR has a VOR and two localizers. The NDB
> locations are not known yet, though I think I know where the one at the
> TTR is located.
>
I was looking at the map and then my computer went dead!
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