Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range Station (VOR) is a type of short-range radio navigation system for aircraft, enabling aircraft with a receiving...
50 KB (6,461 words) - 19:12, 27 May 2024
Very high frequency (redirect from VHF)
Very high frequency (VHF) is the ITU designation for the range of radio frequency electromagnetic waves (radio waves) from 30 to 300 megahertz (MHz),...
23 KB (2,831 words) - 09:13, 30 August 2024
instrument flying in the 1930s and 1940s, until the advent of the VHF omnidirectional range (VOR), beginning in the late 1940s. It was used for en route navigation...
31 KB (3,332 words) - 19:36, 27 August 2024
in mobile stations are omnidirectional. Few mobile stations are equipped to communicate with Morse code or digital modes. Most mobile stations are designed...
16 KB (2,037 words) - 07:13, 27 August 2024
difficult airports in Europe". As it passed over Innsbruck VHF omnidirectional range station, the aircraft was still unable to break through the clouds...
6 KB (550 words) - 20:00, 22 December 2023
Line-of-sight propagation (redirect from Radio Horizon Range)
thus giving radio transmissions in this range a potentially global reach. However, at frequencies above 30 MHz (VHF and higher) and in lower levels of the...
13 KB (1,719 words) - 04:11, 31 July 2024
Victor airways (section VHF/UHF airways)
of which is based on a straight line between either two VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) stations, or a VOR and a VOR intersection, hence the beginning letter...
6 KB (696 words) - 02:21, 23 January 2024
Direction finding (redirect from Radio direction-finding station)
approaching the broadcast city. A second factor is that some AM radio stations are omnidirectional during the day, and switch to a reduced power, directional signal...
73 KB (10,445 words) - 20:22, 4 September 2024
resulting from brain injury Omnidirectional bearing selector, an aircraft navigation instrument; See VHF omnidirectional range Obstetrics and gynaecology...
3 KB (364 words) - 23:20, 9 October 2023
requirements, but will increasingly use the Digital Selective Calling (DSC) Marine VHF radios. Offshore vessels may elect to equip themselves further. Vessels under...
30 KB (4,045 words) - 19:55, 21 June 2024
Radar (redirect from Radio detection and ranging)
reducing receiving sidelobes in the radar antenna design and by using an omnidirectional antenna to detect and disregard non-mainlobe signals. Other anti-jamming...
99 KB (11,851 words) - 21:32, 30 July 2024
alignment with its communication station. Isotropic antennas, which don't actually exist, should not be confused with omnidirectional antennas, which are real...
91 KB (12,178 words) - 05:04, 2 September 2024
super-high frequency (SHF) or microwave frequency range. Lower frequency signals fall into the VHF (very high frequency) or lower bands. UHF radio waves...
27 KB (3,058 words) - 22:09, 20 August 2024
directional helical antennas are mounted over a ground plane, while omnidirectional designs may not be. The feed line is connected between the bottom of...
17 KB (2,179 words) - 20:25, 14 April 2024
Distance measuring equipment (category Length, distance, or range measuring devices)
common combination is a DME colocated with a VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) transmitter in a single ground station. When this occurs, the frequencies of the...
18 KB (2,374 words) - 21:59, 27 July 2024
conventional heading indicator. It combines a heading indicator with a VHF omnidirectional range-instrument landing system (VOR-ILS) display. This reduces pilot...
4 KB (467 words) - 18:34, 27 August 2024
from a television station. Terrestrial television is broadcast on frequencies from about 47 to 250 MHz in the very high frequency (VHF) band, and 470 to...
32 KB (3,821 words) - 10:13, 18 August 2024
beacons and other navigational aids, such as low-frequency radio range, VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) and tactical air navigation system (TACAN). NDB signals...
25 KB (3,238 words) - 20:30, 7 June 2024
Radio navigation (redirect from Radio Range)
system can be used with any common AM-band commercial station.[citation needed] VHF omnidirectional range, or VOR, is an implementation of the reverse-RDF...
40 KB (5,305 words) - 14:59, 18 June 2024
radio navigation, a VOR/DME is a radio beacon that combines a VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) with a distance-measuring equipment (DME). The VOR allows...
5 KB (616 words) - 18:39, 23 June 2024
Instrument landing system (category Radio stations and systems ITU)
modulation Transponder landing system (TLS) Visual flight rules (VFR) VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) Wragg, David W. (1973)...
52 KB (6,167 words) - 01:01, 3 September 2024
5-meter band (60 MHz) is the middle portion of the very high frequency (VHF) radio spectrum allocated to amateur radio use. On October 10, 1924, the...
8 KB (960 words) - 13:54, 17 January 2023
sites known as Y-Stations. Each station had 5 radio operation systems. Each consisted of an omnidirectional transmitter an omnidirectional receiver and a...
4 KB (577 words) - 16:51, 17 December 2021
Tactical air navigation system (section Ranging)
measuring equipment Electronics technician Global Positioning System VHF omnidirectional range Wide Area Augmentation System Rockwell International (July 7,...
14 KB (1,684 words) - 07:07, 1 September 2024
error, notably due to: The display and use of the VHF Omnidirectional Range License of Aircraft Station of Lyon-Satolas instead of Vienne. A lack of mental...
8 KB (704 words) - 03:08, 15 August 2024
Radar MASINT (section UHF/VHF SAR)
medium, and long range detection. LCMR is omnidirectional, but the other two are directional and need cueing from omnidirectional sensors such as the...
41 KB (5,209 words) - 13:16, 10 January 2024
Force Base during World War II. Non-directional beacon – WL315.0 VHF omnidirectional range – WKV116.9 Tower – 124.1 On 30 April 2013 a flight full of Indian...
8 KB (658 words) - 02:07, 18 June 2024
are plotted on navigational maps used by aircraft and ships. VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) – a worldwide aircraft radio navigation system consisting...
140 KB (14,998 words) - 22:52, 19 August 2024
weather station (AWOS) 124.9 MHz Non-directional beacon (NDB)s: YELLEK (ZYB), 404 kHz, 3.8 NM (7.0 km; 4.4 mi) 77° to airport VHF omnidirectional range (VOR)/Distance...
10 KB (884 words) - 17:28, 3 September 2024
developed antennas for radio navigation systems, now used for VHF omnidirectional range and instrument landing systems. Alford graduated from the University...
2 KB (194 words) - 16:42, 26 February 2024