On 03/07/07 17:46, Roy Smith wrote:
In article . com,
wrote:

The Instrument rating PTS in section VI.B - (Precision approaches)
says:

"9. Selects, tunes, identifies, and monitors the operational status of
ground and airplane navigation equipment used for the approach."

So at least on checkrides you have a reference...

Ed

But, it doesn't say anything about listening to the morse code. Reading
"IHPN" on the front panel of the radio counts as "identifies" in my book.

Yes. It seems about half the people on this thread thought the question
was whether or not you needed to identify the station, and not do you
need to identify by listening to the morse code, or can you just read
the station ID on the avionics gear.