What does a VOR look like?
Another thread ('How do you get from A to B') got me thinking about this.
My usual method of route planning is to draw lines on the map and do a PLOG, but to go via VOR's/NDB's where possible/practical. Although using the electronics, I always try to visually identify the beacons - after all I am navigating visually!
Some of the VOR's I fly over (well, not over, to the right of - traffic avoidance) are easy to spot - big circular thingies with sticky-up bits around them, painted a light colour and out in the open so I can spot them easily. GAM - Gamston is the one I see most often - and they even put it on an airfield of the same name so I'd be able to find it easier! Others I never seem to be able to spot (POL - Pole Hill springs to mind).
Question is, are all VOR's the same or are some different and thus harder to spot? I read somewhere that some are classified as 'high level' and some are 'low level' - does this make a difference to their physical appearance?
[Apologies in advance to the more technically-minded for the 'big circular thingies with sticky-up bits around them' bit, but, well - they are!]