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No VORs at military bases? (Read 296 times)

Jun 10^th, 2004 at 11:05pm

Webb Ex Member
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I just noticed that the VORs at military bases don't work.

I was flying towards China Lake (California) NAS. The VOR freq is 117.3 and the range is 195 miles. My DME picked up the beacon but I couldn't NAV to it and I couldn't hear the morse code.

Curious, I tried the same thing at MacDill AFB (Tampa, FL) with the same results.

Has anyone else noticed this?

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Reply #1 - Jun 11^th, 2004 at 3:19am

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Most mil VORs are TACAN. MS never worked this out. There are some that work tho, you'll have to just imagine that budgetary controls have knocked out the facility until payday Grin

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Reply #2 - Jun 11^th, 2004 at 10:50am

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Hi!
What was your altitude?
VOR works as a cone.....5000 ft 60 NM,10000 ft 120 NM etc etc! Wink

And aslo look when you make the flight plan....,as Logjam told you,Tacan are closed for civilians! Angry

Cheers!

Thank God for let me fly!

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Reply #3 - Jun 11^th, 2004 at 10:52am

Webb Ex Member
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My altitude was fine because I flew right over them. I think logjam's answer is right, and it makes this article make a little more sense http://www.flightsim.com/cgi/kds?$=main/howto/tacan.htm

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Reply #4 - Jun 14^th, 2004 at 7:19pm

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Yeah, they're TACAN. But, also, who in their right minds would file a flightplan through a MIL base? Scare the crap out of the passengers, see an F-18 screaming by to intercept it... Wink

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Reply #5 - Jun 14^th, 2004 at 8:20pm

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Yeah, they're TACAN. But, also, who in their right minds would file a flightplan through a MIL base? Scare the crap out of the passengers, see an F-18 screaming by to intercept it... Wink

Someone flying through a Military base which uses a VORTAC that is part of the JET/VICTOR airway system.

.....so I loaded up the plane and moved to Middle-EEEE..........OIL..that is......

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Reply #6 - Jun 14^th, 2004 at 11:54pm