How to take bearing from VOR?

Question

This question is in relation to the navigation of aircraft.

Answer 1

Tune in the freq, verify the ID, (Morse is on the chart) then center the needle with either "To" or "From".

Answer 2

The first thing to remember is that the aircraft heading has nothing to do with the VOR bearing. To calculate your bearing TO or FROM the station, tune in the VOR frequency and identify the voice or morse identifier. Rotate the compass rose on the VOR using the OBS knob until the VOR needle is centered.

You will now see a TO or FROM flag in the OBS window, If it is a TO flag, you can turn your aircraft to that heading and fly directly over the VOR station. If it is a FROM flag, it means that your aircraft is situated on the radial FROM that station.

Draw a line through the VOR rose on the chart and your aircraft lies somewhere along that line. To calculate your exact position, tune in a second station (approx 90 degrees from the first station for best accuracy) and draw another line on your chart through the second radial. Your aircraft is exactly at the point where the two lines intersect.

Answer 3

As mentioned above, tune identify and test the station. To get your orientation rotate the dial (If you are using an analogue instrument) or the course arrow until the Course deviation indicator (The needle thing) is centralised. This will give you a bearing from the ground station. Note to find out your location from a station, make sure your VOR is showing a radial with the 'FROM' flag showing.

E.G. If you are reading a radial of 090 'FROM' the station, you are east of the ground beacon. etc...

Answer 4

Find out what the freq of the nearest VOR Station is. Like 108 would be one for a test set. Then center the needle on the test set. Select to or from on the vor/ils then you should be able to retrieve a relative bearing.

good luck

Answer 5

I assume you're talking about when airborne, and you specify "from", so tune to the station, center the needle with a "from" indication, and that's the bearing. Centering the needle with a "to" indication will give you a reading 180 degrees away from that bearing. "To" will fly you to the station, "from" will fly you away from the station on that bearing.