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    Posted: 13 Jun 2024 at 3:43pm
I am currently working on my instrument rating and during a lesson yesterday we were having odd results with the VOR. 

Full Dynon Skyview HDX with IFD540. All other functions between the two seemingly working correctly through various flights and approaches.

With the VOR tuned to the correct frequency and only being 3 miles or so out the needle was jumping wildly from side to side. Crossing over the VOR typical behavior. Tracking outbound the identifier was dropping and returning and the needle was difficult to keep centered.  

The install is not quite a year old and I don't recall this being an issue during initial test flights. Antenna worked fine with previous avionics so it is doubtful that is the issue. with all other functions working properly what could be causing this?  No known NOTAMS on the station.
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Not really an answer, but once you have your instrument rating you will probably never tune a VOR on your IFD again. I was one of Avidyne's earliest customers for the IFD540 and have never done it myself. In practice, if using a VOR as a waypoint, you'll use the GPS equivalent. I'm not aware of any VOR approaches left that don't have a better RNAV alternative, at least in my neck of the woods.

In the meantime, I would start troubleshooting with the antenna. How does it behave when tuning a localizer?

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rolfe,  agree, but there seems to be more and more gps outages.
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Originally posted by rpostmo rpostmo wrote:

rolfe,  agree, but there seems to be more and more gps outages.
Have you actually experienced a problem getting a GPS fix, or are you just reading about such problems?

There have definitely been problems with GPS jamming in the Middle East and near the fighting in Ukraine.  However, I have not heard of any GPS availability issues in the US.  I live near a military base that issues NOTAMS several times a year for GPS outages in the region, and even so I have yet to see any affects to GPS availability in 15 years of flying.

That's not to say there's absolutely no reason to be concerned, but it is to say that I hear a lot more people pearl-clutching over GPS problems than I hear about actual GPS problems, at least in the US.
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