Yeah you're right. Having said that, I'd look at a nearby VOR and estimate.
I'm not saying the FAA or a CFI would approve, but the reality is that
estimating would be plenty close enough.

Michael


"Travis Marlatte" wrote in message
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Variation differences are VOR specific. Each VOR is adjusted individually
or
ignored for years individually. Using a nearby VOR is not a solution.

There are only three possibilities. 1) Look up the variation for that
particular VOR in your always handy AF/D to determine a radial to fly; 2)
compute a magnetic heading from the VOR for the course you want to fly,
start flying it, and determine which radial you are on; or 3) use an
airway
that is charted from that VOR to determine its variance.
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Travis
"Michael 182" wrote in message
news:hcRTb.209885$I06.2322774@attbi_s01...
There might be a better way, but I'd just approximate it by looking at
the
VOR's nearby. You won't be more than a few degrees off.

Michael

"Geoffrey Barnes" wrote in message
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The presence or absence of the compass rose on a VOR has no meaning.
It is purely at the discretion of the cartographer to omit it when
he
feels it
would make the chart too cluttered.

All right, this makes sense to me. But as someone who is still a
student,
I
have to ask a question here. Let's say that I'm planning to fly along
a
specific VOR radial, and that this radial is not part of an airway.
What
I
normally do is draw a line on the chart, and then read the radial on
this
compass rose. But without the compass rose, how am I supposed to
determine
the radial that I need to follow? Most of the VORs in this area have
not
been adjusted to keep pace with magnetic variation, and are therefore
a
few
degrees off from both both the true course and the magnetic course.

I know that I can look up each VORs magnetic variation setting on
airnav.com, but what if that wasn't available?