"Mike W." wrote in message
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I still don't understand why the word 'range' is in there, a VOR doesn't
give you any distance to or from anything unless you use two or more of
them to determine your position. Why isn't it called a 'directional' or
'positional'? Is range just an old-timey word whose meaning has shifted
over the years?


It's a carryover from marine navigation.

http://www.dirauxwest.org/Piloting/atn3.htm#Ranges