Flying To A Vor Station - Icom IC-A24E Instruction Manual

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VOR NAVIGATION (IC-A24E ONLY)

Flying to a VOR station

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The IC-A24E shows the deviation from a VOR station.
q Select a VOR station on your aeronautical chart and push
the keypad or rotate [DIAL] to set the frequency of the
station.
• The course indicator indicates where you are located on a ra-
dial from the VOR station.
• The course indicator shows '- -' when either aircraft is too far
away from the VOR station or the frequency is not set correctly
at the VOR station.
w Select the 'TO' flag when flying to the VOR station, or se-
lect the 'FROM' flag when flying away from the VOR sta-
tion.
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• Push then push [2•
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• Push then push [3•
e Push , then push [4•
Deviation Indicator) mode.
• The course indicator shows 'OF' when the desired VOR signal
cannot be received.
NOTE: When the CDI mode is selected, the operating
frequency cannot be changed. To set the operating fre-
quency, select the DVOR mode in advance.
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] to select 'TO'.
TO
] to select 'FROM'.
FROM
] to select the CDI (Course
CDI
r The course deviation needle appears when your aircraft
is off course from the VOR station.
• 'Ω' or '≈' appears to indicate your aircraft is off course to the
right or left, respectively. Correct your course until 'Ω' or '≈' dis-
appears. Each arrow represents a two-degree deviation.
t Push , then push [1•
DVOR
VOR INDICATOR NOTE
'loc' appears on the function display as shown below when
a localizer signal is received.
However, the function display does not indicate additional
information about the localizer signal.
] to exit the CDI mode.