Hello everyone!
I bought the INTERCEPTOR addon from FsAcademy, and in the first lesson, it asks me to tune the ADF, which works perfectly. Then, it asks me to tune and identify a VOR (JSY - 112.2). However, when I try to tune the VOR at Jersey airport, it doesn’t receive the signal correctly. Although the VOR is a bit far, it has enough power to transmit. However, I noticed that the line of sight seems to affect the VOR signal reception. I can receive the DME component without problems, but not the VOR signal.
This seems intentional, so I wanted to confirm if these effects are indeed simulated in MSFS. In my particular case, it seems that the line of sight is a limiting factor for the VOR signal, even though the DME component is available.
When I contacted support (which is awesome by the way), they confirmed that they have no issues tuning the VOR on the ground. In my case, I only receive the signal while climbing above 50 feet. When descending below 50 feet, I lose the signal again. So I would like to understand if there is any issue on my end — I don’t think so, but I wanted to triple-check it with you.
Does this happen to any of you? Thanks in advance!
Guillermo
150 ft above the ground.
On the ground:
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Hi!
Altitude (AGL) affects whether I can pick up a VOR or not, sometimes I can get them on the ground, sometimes at 100 feet, sometimes only at 4000 feet. I always assumed it was because of Line of Sight.
Edit: I think I was flying through the Canadian Rockies once and could only pick up a VOR at 12000+ feet baro, I know I was surrounded by 7000-9000 foot peaks, so I’m pretty sure there is some kind of Line of Sight logic, either that or it was one heck of a coincidence lol
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That sounds absolutely reasonable, however I was told that if you tune the JSY vor while on the ground, you will receive its signal every time. I was able to figure out with David’s help what was going on.
Navigraph Airac causes this “issue”. After disabling the navigraph airac, restarted the flight and now I’m able to get signal on the ground.
Weird, but it is what it is 
Regards and thanks for your answer!
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I was always assuming that the environment/line of sight has an impact, as I often experienced it. But your question got me interested to do a test.
Started at LOWI airport with SBG VOR tuned.
Had to go approx. 1250 feet above airport level to start receiving the VOR, and the signal also went away when losing altitude again.
So there’s definitely an impact. But it was not “direct line of sight” in that case.
Therefore, how exactly it’s calculated ingame, and if this is realistic - no idea 
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If you use navigraph data, I think it may be worth to redo the test with the navdata disabled this time. (you can disable it using the navigraph hub)
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It is occuring in game as it should in real life. I learned to fly back in 1979 in a C150. Back then we used NDB and VOR for navigation. No GPS.
Hi everyone!
This loss of the VOR is an issue from using Navigraph AIRAC data.
Whilst range and line of sight do play a role, there should be no issue receiving JSY on the ground at Jersey airport.
We have added the guidance to remove your Navigraph data using Navigraph Hub to our support page.
Happy flying!
