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Denver Terminal Area Chart Question - BVR vor/dme
Does anybody know why on the Denver Terminal Area Chart, the Byers (BVR
113.5) vor/dme facility is charted without the compass ring that are on most vortacs? It's the only one I've seen charted like this. Byers is located 33NM on the 090 radial of DVV (the Denver International Vortac). Thanks, Robert |
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"Robert Easton" wrote in message ... Does anybody know why on the Denver Terminal Area Chart, the Byers (BVR 113.5) vor/dme facility is charted without the compass ring that are on most vortacs? It's the only one I've seen charted like this. Byers is located 33NM on the 090 radial of DVV (the Denver International Vortac). The presence or absence of the compass rose on a VOR has no meaning. It is purely at the discretion of the cartographer to omit it when he feels it would make the chart too cluttered. |
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We have the same thing on the Cincinnati section for Wright Patterson AFB.
This is only done to relieve some conjestion on the chart. "Robert Easton" wrote in message ... Does anybody know why on the Denver Terminal Area Chart, the Byers (BVR 113.5) vor/dme facility is charted without the compass ring that are on most vortacs? It's the only one I've seen charted like this. Byers is located 33NM on the 090 radial of DVV (the Denver International Vortac). Thanks, Robert |
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The presence or absence of the compass rose on a VOR has no meaning.
It is purely at the discretion of the cartographer to omit it when he feels it would make the chart too cluttered. All right, this makes sense to me. But as someone who is still a student, I have to ask a question here. Let's say that I'm planning to fly along a specific VOR radial, and that this radial is not part of an airway. What I normally do is draw a line on the chart, and then read the radial on this compass rose. But without the compass rose, how am I supposed to determine the radial that I need to follow? Most of the VORs in this area have not been adjusted to keep pace with magnetic variation, and are therefore a few degrees off from both both the true course and the magnetic course. I know that I can look up each VORs magnetic variation setting on airnav.com, but what if that wasn't available? |
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There might be a better way, but I'd just approximate it by looking at the
VOR's nearby. You won't be more than a few degrees off. Michael "Geoffrey Barnes" wrote in message ink.net... The presence or absence of the compass rose on a VOR has no meaning. It is purely at the discretion of the cartographer to omit it when he feels it would make the chart too cluttered. All right, this makes sense to me. But as someone who is still a student, I have to ask a question here. Let's say that I'm planning to fly along a specific VOR radial, and that this radial is not part of an airway. What I normally do is draw a line on the chart, and then read the radial on this compass rose. But without the compass rose, how am I supposed to determine the radial that I need to follow? Most of the VORs in this area have not been adjusted to keep pace with magnetic variation, and are therefore a few degrees off from both both the true course and the magnetic course. I know that I can look up each VORs magnetic variation setting on airnav.com, but what if that wasn't available? |
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"Geoffrey Barnes" wrote in message ink.net... All right, this makes sense to me. But as someone who is still a student, I have to ask a question here. Let's say that I'm planning to fly along a specific VOR radial, and that this radial is not part of an airway. What I normally do is draw a line on the chart, and then read the radial on this compass rose. But without the compass rose, how am I supposed to determine the radial that I need to follow? Most of the VORs in this area have not been adjusted to keep pace with magnetic variation, and are therefore a few degrees off from both both the true course and the magnetic course. Any airways at all from this VOR? Use your protractor to measure the angle between the radial defining the charted airway and the line you just drew. |
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Geoffrey Barnes wrote: All right, this makes sense to me. But as someone who is still a student, I have to ask a question here. Let's say that I'm planning to fly along a specific VOR radial, and that this radial is not part of an airway. What I normally do is draw a line on the chart, and then read the radial on this compass rose. But without the compass rose, how am I supposed to determine the radial that I need to follow? Work out the magnetic course with your plotter and fly that radial. Use pilotage to adjust your course if necessary. One or two degrees inaccuracy in the VOR isn't enough to cause any real navigation problems. To put it in perspective, if you blindly follow a radial and the VOR is 2 degrees off, you will be less than half a mile off course at the end of 20 miles. George Patterson Love, n.: A form of temporary insanity afflicting the young. It is curable either by marriage or by removal of the afflicted from the circumstances under which he incurred the condition. It is sometimes fatal, but more often to the physician than to the patient. |
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"Geoffrey Barnes" wrote in message ink.net... course. I know that I can look up each VORs magnetic variation setting on airnav.com, but what if that wasn't available? You're supposed to have sufficient reference material (like the AF/D) with you during your preflight planning. Them's the rules. |
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
ink.net... Any airways at all from this VOR? Use your protractor to measure the angle between the radial defining the charted airway and the line you just drew. Or even better, just drop the plotter on top of the existing airways and line up the appropriate degree markings with the airways. Then just read the magnetic course from the drawn course line underneath the plotter. No need to measure any angles at all. This will be better than applying the local variation, since VOR radials are not kept 100% up-to-date with changes in variation. Using existing airway headings will ensure that the drawn course matches the radio indication, even if not the magnetic compass. Pete |
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"Robert Easton" wrote in message ...
Does anybody know why on the Denver Terminal Area Chart, the Byers (BVR 113.5) vor/dme facility is charted without the compass ring that are on most vortacs? It's the only one I've seen charted like this. Byers is located 33NM on the 090 radial of DVV (the Denver International Vortac). Compass rings are omitted to reduce clutter on the chart. In this case, they probably didn't want to superimpose the ring over the big intersection of Victor airways just to the south. Here in the Phoenix area we have one without a ring (IWA). John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180) |
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