ADF question
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@28guns I’ve had trouble with this as well up in Alaska and in the NWT. NDB signals are HF signals, so they reach further and are less affected by terrain than VORs that operate at VHF frequencies. That means you need to be line of sight for a VOR but not really for NDBs. NDBs can be subject to weather and time of day and other factors in a way that VORs are not. NDBs like any radio, depend on their power output. Navigraph now gives us the information on NDBs and VORs after the DC-6 was released, so you can look them up and see how they work. So I believe a lot of the NDBs remaining work when you’re close to the field for approaches at some larger remote airports and are lower power.
Use ANT to listen to the identifier. I’ve been able to tune them and hear the nearly silent identifier (I wish Asobo with fox that) and had the needle move, but only at really close range.
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@dadgametime
HI, yes the switch on the RMI is not clear in the manual, it says turn ADF to the instrument ring, but it isn't clear ,the inside or outside ring of the RMI
Also the tuning scale on the selector panel is very poor. -
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The old school ADF controllers are not that well suited to MSFS. The simulator also doesn't support ADF tuning very realistically, you need to have the frequency tuned exactly before any signal is picked up. At the moment the tooltip on the tuning knob is pretty essential for tuning it accurately.
