potoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.world to What is this thing?@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhat is this building I passed marked "Critical Area?"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up15arrow-down1imageWhat is this building I passed marked "Critical Area?"lemmy.worldpotoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.world to What is this thing?@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square14linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-square667@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoThis is an aviation navigation beacon called a VOR, VHF Omnidirectional Radio beacon. The successor to NDB (Non-directional Radio Beacon), and the predecessor to GPS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHF_omnidirectional_range
minus-square667@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoCertainly! Here you can see it in a navigational context: https://skyvector.com/?ll=35.00132396086607%2C-81.93470676527723&chart=425&zoom=1&fpl=SPA
minus-squarepotoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoWitchcraft, but really neat.
minus-squaredarkdemize@sh.itjust.workscakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoAs someone who used to work on VORs, witchcraft is a really good way to describe them.
This is an aviation navigation beacon called a VOR, VHF Omnidirectional Radio beacon. The successor to NDB (Non-directional Radio Beacon), and the predecessor to GPS.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHF_omnidirectional_range
So cool, thank you!
Certainly! Here you can see it in a navigational context: https://skyvector.com/?ll=35.00132396086607%2C-81.93470676527723&chart=425&zoom=1&fpl=SPA
Witchcraft, but really neat.
As someone who used to work on VORs, witchcraft is a really good way to describe them.
Soooo the Astronomicon?
And also a nested acronym