Research on Height and Diameter of Doppler VHF Omnidirectional Beacon in Complex Environment

Abstract With the development of community around Doppler VHF omnidirectional beacon(DVOR), more and more DVORs are restricted, and even severely disabled. The DVOR’s counterpoise can be elevated to improve the coverage. But raising counterpoise will cause some problems such as null and worse bearing error. The paper research the lateral multipath, longitudinal multipath, height and diameter of counterpoise from the null, the first Fresnel zone, signal coverage, bearing error combing surrounding buildings and terrain, providing some technical means for improve or eliminate nulls and bearing error in construction of DVOR, and pre-evaluating whether it can pass the flight inspection after the completion of construction.