They have to be able to tune, ident and track towards a VOR I thought.
They do not need to know Morse therefore the minimum standard for them is to know that they must listen to the ident and that it should sound clearly like Morse. They should further know that a rythmical TST transmission means the beacon cannot be used and the same if no Morse is heard.
I always teach tracking from a beacon as it only takes 5 more minutes and is of use for position fixing. I did not believe that cross cut position fixing is tested per se.
A grey JAA area I agree.
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