On 03/09/07 10:27, Robert Chambers wrote:
It's the same for doing a VOR approach, do you keep the NAV button on
with the ident turned to an unobtrusive level while you are shooting the
approach? If the Morse code goes away it's a clue that the navaid my be
unreliable. Same thing for the ILS.

Well, I was told to use all my nav equipment. So, I've got both VORs tuned
in, as well as the ADF, etc. That's a lot of morse code going on in the
cockpit during the approach.

As far at the VORs and LOCs go, the identification was to make sure you've
got the correct station. The absense of the flags are supposed to tell you
that it is still working.


As for identifying PRIOR to use, that's a no brainer. It will get you
in trouble in an instrument ride if you DON'T identify a navaid when you
want to use it.

Not to mention the problem you can have if you accidentally get the wrong
station ;-\


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Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane
Cal Aggie Flying Farmers
Sacramento, CA