David Megginson wrote:

writes:

That wasn't clear from your message. In any case, the VOR is 78
miles from ROC, so you couldn't receive it on departure, hills or
not.

Right -- he should be able to start picking it up around 4000 ft AGL
at that distance, if the hills don't interfere.

All the best,

David

At 4,000 feet, I doubt the hills would interfere. The VOR itself sits
at almost 1,700 feet and is likely not shadowed by the slightly higher
terrain between it and the airport.