E120 CREW HAD A TRACK DEV DEPARTING MFR.

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THE FO AND MYSELF WERE OPERATING A COMMUTER TURBOPROP UNDER FAR PART 121 PAX OPS ON THE EAGLE THREE DEP FROM MEDFORD; OR. THE FO WAS FLYING. WE CHKED IN WITH CASCADE DEP WHILE ON THE PRESCRIBED 015 DEG HDG OF THE SID; JUST AFTER TKOF. THE CTLR HAD US TURN TO A HEADING OF 360 DEGS. AFTER A MIN OR TWO; THE CTLR STATED THAT HE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO PORTLAND; OR; INSTEAD OF SAN FRANCISCO; CA. UPON REALIZING THIS; HE INSTRUCTED US TO TURN R TO A HEADING OF 100 DEGS. AT THIS POINT; THE CTLR'S INSTRUCTION WAS TO CONTINUE THE TURN TO A HEADING OF 180 DEGS; TO INTERCEPT J501 OUTBOUND FROM ROGUE VALLEY VOR -- WHICH WAS AT OUR 2 O'CLOCK POS AND ABOUT 4-5 MI. MEANWHILE; THE FO HAD THE OED 230 DEG RADIAL ENTERED INTO HIS EHSI. THE 230 DEG RADIAL IS USED ON THIS PARTICULAR DEP IN CASE OF AN ENG FAILURE ON TKOF AS PER OUR AIRLINE'S 'SPECIAL ENG FAILURE PROCS.' ADDITIONALLY; THE FO'S AUTOPLT WAS SET UP TO COURSE CAPTURE MODE. ACCORDINGLY; THE AUTOPLT CAPTURED THE OED 230 DEG RADIAL; AND CONTINUED THE TURN THROUGH 160-170 DEGS (AT POINT OF CAPTURE) TO 230-250 DEGS. I MISSED THE INITIAL SEQUENCE OF EVENTS; BUT DISCOVERED WHAT HAD HAPPENED WHEN THE AIRPLANE WAS AROUND A 230 DEG HDG. AT THAT TIME; WE WERE PROBABLY 2-3 MI FROM THE VOR AND I ASKED THE CTLR IF THE NEW HEADING WOULD STILL WORK AND HE SAID THAT WE NEEDED TO BE ON A 180 DEG HDG; AND AT THE SAME TIME HE HANDED US OFF TO A NEW CTLR. EVEN WITH THE CORRECTIVE L TURN IN PROGRESS; WE WERE ALMOST ON TOP OF THE VOR; SO I INSTRUCTED THE FO TO PROCEED OUTBOUND FROM THE STATION ON J501; WHICH SEEMED TO BE THE BEST OPTION AT THE TIME. THERE WAS NO TFC OBSERVED; EITHER VISUALLY OR ON TCASII; AND TERRAIN SEPARATION WAS NOT AN ISSUE AS WE WERE THROUGH 10000 FT AT THIS TIME AND THE WX WAS DAY VFR WITH UNRESTR VISIBILITIES. UPON CHKING IN WITH THE NEW CTLR; WE WERE GIVEN A PHONE NUMBER TO CALL ONCE DOWN IN SFO; PERTAINING TO A POSSIBLE PLTDEV. SEVERAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS SIT: MY LIMITED TO ZERO EXPERIENCE AS A PLT IN THAT PART OF THE COUNTRY. MY RECORDS INDICATE I HAD ONLY BEEN TO MEDFORD ONCE BEFORE; 7 YRS AGO. A BRAND NEW FO; STRAIGHT OUT OF FLT INSTRUCTING WITH LOW TIME. THE CTLR'S INITIAL 360 DEG CLRNC TO PORTLAND. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE AWARE OF OUR COMPANY'S 'SPECIAL ENG OUT PROCS' SPECIFICALLY HOW THEY COULD EFFECT NORMAL OPS. I COULD HAVE BETTER DELEGATED THE SET UP OF THE NAV RADIOS AND TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS BETTER REDUNDANCY IN PLACE; CONSIDERING THAT WE HAD TO RE-SETUP TO PROCEED BOTH WITH THE NORMAL DEP PROC AND THE SPECIAL ENG OUT PROC; SHOULD THAT OCCUR. LAST; IN THE FUTURE; I WILL TAKE MORE TIME AND PAY INCREASED DILIGENCE TO SITS LIKE THIS WHERE I AM IN NEW (ALL AROUND) TERRITORY. ON A FINAL NOTE; THE SUPVR STATED THAT THERE WAS IN FACT NO LOSS OF ACFT SEPARATION THROUGHOUT THIS EPISODE. HE DID STATE THAT HE WAS FORWARDING IT AS A 'POSSIBLE PLTDEV' TO THE FSDO.