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MSFS20 Help please with VOR (TACAN) Syntax

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I have two sceneries where I have added VOR (TACAN) - Bitburg and Bentwaters.

I am now beginning to work on Alconbury and cannot get the VOR (TACAN) to appear. Screenshot below shows no VOR (TACAN)

Can anybody see what my error is with this code please?

< Vor lat="52.377778" lon="-00.226667" alt=“49.38” type=“LOW” frequency=“109.00” magvar"4.50" range=“150000.0M” region=“eg” ident=“ALC” name=“ALCONBURY” nav="TRUE" dmeOnly=“FALSE” dme=“TRUE” >
< Dme lat="52.377778" lon="0.226667" alt=“49.38” range=“150000.0M” />
< /Vor>

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For comparison, here is the Bentwaters code which works fine, with a screenshot showing the VOR (TACAN) appears as expected.


<Vor lat="52.128056" lon="1.435278" alt="26.0" type="LOW" frequency="108.600" magvar="352" range="200000.0M" region="eg" ident="BTW" name="BENTWATERS" nav="TRUE" dmeOnly="FALSE" dme="TRUE">
<Dme lat="52.128056" lon="1.435278" alt="26.0" range="180000.0M"/>
</Vor>


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FIXED - but how?

I finally managed to get the VOR(TACAN) at Alconbury to compile and work. I ended up using Notepad++ to edit the .xml file, and then saved as .xml from that. It solved the recurring problem of the VOR(TACAN) code not building. There were other anomalies too, such as if I used a scenery package with the VOR(TACAN) code in it, although it had built in the SDK, when I then tried to edit the scenery within the sim, everything disappeared.

Anyway, it seems that a true .xml editor which has .xml as a save option makes the text properly .xml. The code appears at the very end of the scenery source file after the </Airport> object has closed and before the closure of </FSData>

Below is the working code.

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