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Re: Lo-Fi ATC

#31

Post by ehPReth »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #26
ehPReth wrote: post #21

looks like there's no ATC coverage in my area by anyone... what would be the best (and cheapest lol) way to broadcast my local airport?

https://www.rtl-sdr.com/tag/air-traffic-control/ http://forums.radioreference.com/threads/stream-aircraft-am-... If you want to stream to liveatc, they’ll work with you to establish a receiver that ships packets to their reflector. Very low bandwidth, just have to have a spot to host the RF gear.

oh awesome, thank you! I shall have a look into this :)

edit: how important would antenna placement be? I assume it's not just like receiving an commericial FM music station signal in a building eh? I could mount it on the roof; but setting up a big mast would be an issue landlord wise! "As the crow flies" I'm fairly close to the airport

Re: Lo-Fi ATC

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Post by colechristensen »

sen wrote: post #24

This is awesome. How would something like this she made? I had a similar idea (but mixing entirely different types of streams) and did a whole bunch of searching and couldn’t find a way to mix two external streams. Do you record/buffer the streams and write local chunks to stream from? Or is it more like “bounce this stream but mix some local audio files over it”?

You have to decode both streams into straight samples and add them together, this can be done with a small memory buffer.

You could also make a custom audio widget that played two streams at once and the local audio mixer will handle it.

Re: Lo-Fi ATC

#33

Post by toomuchtodo »

ehPReth wrote: post #31
toomuchtodo wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://www.rtl-sdr.com/tag/air-traffic-control/ http://forums.radioreference.com/threads/stream-aircraft-am-... If you want to stream to liveatc, they’ll work with you to establish a receiver that ships packets to their reflector. Very low bandwidth, just have to have a spot to host the RF gear.

oh awesome, thank you! I shall have a look into this :) edit: how important would antenna placement be? I assume it's not just like receiving an commericial FM music station signal in a building eh? I could mount it on the roof; but setting up a big mast would be an issue landlord wise! "As the crow flies" I'm fairly close to the airport

Should be fine to do an interior antenna at the distances you’re talking. Enjoy!

Re: Lo-Fi ATC

#34

Post by ehPReth »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #33
ehPReth wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

oh awesome, thank you! I shall have a look into this :) edit: how important would antenna placement be? I assume it's not just like receiving an commericial FM music station signal in a building eh? I could mount it on the roof; but setting up a big mast would be an issue landlord wise! "As the crow flies" I'm fairly close to the airport

Should be fine to do an interior antenna at the distances you’re talking. Enjoy!

Sweet! Thanks so much :)

Re: Lo-Fi ATC

#35

Post by rdlw »

sigmar wrote: post #12

This is great. Wish it had more international airports (could only find US and canada) edit: I see you can request them since they are added manually

I got Tokyo Approach by default

Re: Lo-Fi ATC

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Post by sneak »

jalino23 wrote: post #29
ace2358 wrote: post #17

Brilliant. I’m someone who has lofi playing most of the day at work or at home in the calmer times. I use an old JBL Bluetooth speaker that i found on the side of the road. Must be 10 years old. It distorts a bit at 75% volume which I like. The whole thing sounds lofi and beaten up. I loaded this site and it just naturally fit in. I got Hawaii airport. I just felt like I was in the tower. The music was just how I was…

beautifully written as it paints a picture in my mind

For me the picture is Pilotwings 64.

Re: Lo-Fi ATC

#38

Post by dewey »

lloydatkinson wrote: post #36

Big fan of lofi. I don't get this, why would you want air traffic chatter at the same time?

Same reason people listen to coffee shop chatter as background noise, or keep the tv running.

Re: Lo-Fi ATC

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Post by jakzurr »

netsharc wrote: post #18

The music currently playing (Kurt Stewart x Lomme – Window Seat) takes me back to this video https://youtu.be/6KRZEZTTcWk?t=555 , from the cockpit of a SWISS flight (Shanghai to Zürich) flying over Kazahkstan ("Middle East" seems to be a mistranslation)

That entire video is wonderful.

The segment on alternate routes (avoiding 5000m mountains, and staying below 3000m?) in case of decompression was quite interesting. Of course, in darkness and bad weather, it sounds terrifying.

Re: Lo-Fi ATC

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Post by sowbug »

ehPReth wrote: post #31
toomuchtodo wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://www.rtl-sdr.com/tag/air-traffic-control/ http://forums.radioreference.com/threads/stream-aircraft-am-... If you want to stream to liveatc, they’ll work with you to establish a receiver that ships packets to their reflector. Very low bandwidth, just have to have a spot to host the RF gear.

oh awesome, thank you! I shall have a look into this :) edit: how important would antenna placement be? I assume it's not just like receiving an commericial FM music station signal in a building eh? I could mount it on the roof; but setting up a big mast would be an issue landlord wise! "As the crow flies" I'm fairly close to the airport

Half the transmissions come from airplanes, rather than the tower, so signal distance and strength will vary.
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