Icom IC-A6 [25/40] I flying to a vor station

VOR NAVIGATION (IC-A24 ONLY)

■ Flying to a VOR station

The IC-A24 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 sta-

tion.

• The course indicator indicates where you are located on a radial

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.

• Push , then push [2•TO] to select ‘TO’.

• Push , then push [3•FROM] to select ‘FROM’.

e Push , then push [4•CDI] to select the CDI (Course De-

viation Indicator) mode.

• The course indicator shows ‘OF’ when the desired VOR signal

cannot be received.

NOTE: When the CDI mode is selected, the operating fre-

quency cannot be changed. To set the operating fre-

quency, select the DVOR mode in advance.

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 ‘≈’ disap-

pears. Each arrow represents a two-degree deviation.

t Push , then push [1•DVOR] to exit the CDI mode.

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.

NOTE: For U.S.A. version only

IC-A24’s VOR and CDI Navigation features are supplemen-

tal aids to navigation only, and are not intended to be a sub-

stitute for accurate (primary) VOR/CDI or landing service

equipment.