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The Mt Livingstone VOR – slightly reminiscent of a yellow Dalek – it’s a VHF beacon operating on 117.2 MHz which includes a directional signal through two tones; an omnidirectional reference tone and a rotating tone whose phase difference to the reference tone gives the angular displacement from magnetic north. Aircraft detect the phase difference and can thus determine their bearing from the beacon.

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