Definition
Spoken audio broadcast over a VOR's radio frequency, used by Flight Service or other facilities to deliver weather information, advisories, or other spoken messages to pilots tuned to that VOR.
Plain English
Talking — actual spoken words sent out over the VOR's frequency that you hear in your headset, separate from the navigation signals the VOR also sends.
Context Anchor
Seen when using a VOR receiver and selecting the audio to listen for station identification or other spoken information on the tuned frequency.
Why Pilots Care
A VOR isn't just a navigation aid — many VORs also carry spoken weather and advisory information. Knowing that voice transmissions ride on the same frequency means a pilot can tune one VOR and get both navigation guidance and useful spoken information without changing radios.
Intuition Check
Do not assume “voice transmissions” means any conversation in the cockpit. Here it means spoken audio sent by radio and received by the aircraft equipment.
Example Sentence 1
After tuning the VOR, the pilot heard voice transmissions from Flight Service describing current weather along the route.
Example Sentence 2
Voice transmissions from the tower gave the pilot updated runway conditions.