Anybody ever re-broadcast ATC online?

[squale]

I live too far from the airport I fly out of to use a scanner in the house and pick up the ATC tower and ground frequencies. I was hoping to find a *freind* that lived close to the airport with a scanner, that they could take the audio/headphone output of the scanner and run that into their computer's sound card line in port and then stream the audio over the internet so people like me who live far from the airport can hear the ATC that is happening at the airport from work or home. Of course the person streaming this would need to have a constant online high speed internet connection and wouldn't mind leaving their scanner on ATC frequencies all day...

Anyhow, just wondering if anybody here ever did this with any luck?


of course some will say you can go to the Live ATC sites like JFK tower, etc. but really I am looking to get ATC from my airport that I fly out of, so I can get familar with all the lingo there, etc... the big airports like JFK there is just way too much stuff going on to really get a firm hold on it... at least I can visualize what I hear from my local airport..

 

[TEXAN AVIATOR]

Are you joking?

 

[squale]

no man, I actually know a few people who did this but in different states...

 

[Gulfstream 200]

Just listen to the freq's that are online now. So what if its JFK - JFK really is not all that busy...I think some even have freq's from smaller places like KABE (allentown PA)

plus you will learn more than listening to bubba spew his aviation slang as he tools around the pattern in his BO-nanza - Novembeer ___ Sugar Pop.

Keep in mind all this is more effective if you sit at work listening with your $2000 ANR David Clarks and your RayBan classic aviators (large frame) on.

(just a guess there but I bet Im close!)

 

[squale]

has anybody used the new Sporty's Air Scan V yet? http://www.sportys.com/acb/showdetl.cfm?&Product_ID=6679&DID=19#

I'm wondering if this is better than just going to like radio shack and buying a regular police scanner..

 

[goaliemn]

has anybody used the new Sporty's Air Scan V yet? http://www.sportys.com/acb/showdetl.cfm?&Product_ID=6679&DID=19#

I'm wondering if this is better than just going to like radio shack and buying a regular police scanner..

It says Sportys and costs more so it has to be better

Personally, if you want a scanner, go to Radio Shack.. more channels, more coverage.. less money

 

[squale]

any particular ones you could recommend? is the receiving power and sensitivity of all these scanners the same?

 

[goaliemn]

any particular ones you could recommend? is the receiving power and sensitivity of all these scanners the same?

get an external antenna to pickup anything aircraft related. You won't pick up much inside the house.

Otherwise, all about the same. Go with what you can afford. If all you want is aircraft, they all cover that. If you want certain other things (police, fire, ham, etc) then you need to check out which ones cover which zones.

 

[pilotman2105]

any particular ones you could recommend? is the receiving power and sensitivity of all these scanners the same?

Save your money and buy a good pair of headsets. A scanner isn't going to teach you a whole lot that you can't learn from just listening to the radio in the aircraft. Actually, listening in the aircraft is better, because now you have to concentrate on flying the airplane as well as listening to the radio and scanning for traffic.

If you get a scanner, you'll just sit in front of it and wonder what the he!! they are saying and why.

 

[ShawnC]

Keep in mind all this is more effective if you sit at work listening with your $2000 ANR David Clarks and your RayBan classic aviators (large frame) on.

You forgot the silk flying scarf.

What he describes is how one of the ORD tracon websites broadcasts the audio. They simply put a big antenna up to improve the reception.

 

[DenverDude2002]

I got the basic radio shack police scanner. I got the 3ft antenna that mounts magneticly to a vehicle back when i got the scanner in 2002. Used to be fun for airplane scanning. Now I have the scanner on a 10ft pole on the roof, I get about anywhere from a 20-70 mile radius of reception with it depending on what altitude the aircraft are at, one time I got a 757 still 150nm out from KDEN. With aircraft frequencies though its all about line of sight, poor line of sight=bad reception.

 

[7B2]

DenverDude2002,

I was just going to post about the same story;....but make fun of it.
I'm glad I didn't do that.

Squale, how's flight training going?
Are you at the W&B calculations yet?
I hope you are with all the suff you're going to take in the plane.