Some (the ones without DME) are of much smaller diameter and hence not quite so easy to spot from the air.

One which springs to mind is La Chatre, probably the most useful waypoint in the whole of France since it lies in the overlapping corners of all four half mills.

Rattus

Antenna Spotting - no shame in it!
 

Keef, CPilotUK, Jolly Tall, Bright-Ling: I'm glad to hear that there are others who like to take an interest in, and even to photograph, VOR and other antenna installations from ground and/or air - stand tall and proud, for there is no shame in what we do!;)

My wife has often thought me barmy for taking these pics, especially the ones in Antibe shown here when we were with friends of ours... Now I can tell her I am not alone!

Andy :O

The original question asked what a VOR looks like. The older VORs - non-dopler types - look(ed) like big upturned dustbins with a few slots or vents on the outside, usually on a concrete plinth. I don't know much about TACANs but the picture a few posts up of a TACAN looks a bit like the antenna bit of an old VOR.

Try this mother...

http://www.hoppie.nl/beacons/

You all love it! Especially the "Guess the beacon" section.

Magic.:ok:

Hey SuperOwl - that's great! I'm planning a flight which will take me over the PAM VOR in Holland next Saturday - and now I already know what it looks like ;)

Thanks!

Andy

Aussie Andy,

Try this too.

http://members.ams.chello.nl/vdleije/beacon1.html

It appears that the Dutch really enjoy collating information and photographs of their fascinating beacons.

SuperOwl

Excellent thread for the techies amongst us. But Jolly Tall's post says that Pole Hill "looked exactly like the pictures above," implying that it is a Doppler VOR, and therefore "should" be just as easy to spot as any other Doppler VOR.

So, interesting as it is, this thread has not helped answer Knobby's question at all!

Andy - if you're offering to buy me a beer, just name the time and the place ;) Although the Private Flying bash this weekend would be a good place to start!

FFF
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Beer!
 

FFF, happy to buy you a beer this weekend but it'll have to be in a Stein somewhere in northern Germany, preferably Lubeck assuming we make it as far as we have planned to (come on you weather Gods!)

Andy ;)