Originally Posted by
RJ85FO
Precisely...
Im the garmin you just go to the user waypoint page, enter a name for your waypoint. Select the fix you want to REF WPT field (DLF) enter your radial (301) in the RAD field and enter your desired distance (60nm) in the DIS field.
Then hit DIRECT TO and you are LNAVing where you need to go.
I am a little disturbed by your post though, if you had GPS on board why are you commenting about not being able to receive the VOR that far out? The VOR is a waypoint in the database, you do not need to recieve the radio signal to navigate with it.
If you were in 699RK you were filed /G, so that is why you were issued an "RNAV" type waypoint. If you are going to file /G, you should know how to use the RNAV function of your box.
Be careful out there man.
I didn't file that. He called it in. I'm guessing because there are no airways ect to navigate by to get to DRT? I've never had to use the RNAV function. I commented about not being able to receive the VOR that far out because as I stated I didn't know how to tell the GPS to select a desired point then find another point 60nm from the radial of it. I ended up doing it but not nearly as easy as it should have been done. I didn't think they could issue you points that weren't listed I guess. It was confusing. I've flown IFR to many places but for the most part they did what I considered standard proceedure. This was the first time I had been issued something like this which I considered weird.