Live Audio Feeds

[Flaflaflofly]

Does anyone know any other websites besides liveatc.net to listen to an audio feed of KORD? I can't make it to the airshow this weekend , and figure the next best thing would be to listen to Chicago traffic. Unfortunately the feed on liveatc.net isn't working for me.
Thanks!

 

[Raydon]

are you using Firefox or IE?

If it's firefox, try loading it in Internet Explorer instead, for some reason embedded WMP sessions using WMV audio streaming never seem to load in FireFox.. and you can't install the plugin either.

 

[Flaflaflofly]

I've tried both, with no luck. I also cannot get the Midway feed either. I do get others though.

 

[Raydon]

i'l have a go at it, hold on a sec.

 

[Raydon]

Yeah.. wow no dice. I checked a couple of other forums on the site regarding the KORD feed and it sounds like they've been having some consistency problems dating back a couple of months so I think they're working on it.. although it may be a problem with the input side of the feed.. who knows..

bummer, hearing about the airshow peaked my interest in listening today.

 

[Rosstafari]

Try downloading VLC -- http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ -- and opening up the feed in that. It can play just about anything, so it may solve your problem. I do mine in iTunes, myself.

 

[Raydon]

Yeah VLC no worky.. I tried opening the live feed in VLC, then WMP, then Flash, then Java. It's an intermittent prob with the liveatc server.

 

[Flaflaflofly]

Thanks for the help with this. I appreciate it. I so badly wanted to hear anything from Chicago today. I was even hoping to see some passing traffic from my apartment but only a couple of jets so far today...

 

[Raydon]

while you may not be able to today, you can pick up scanners that'll tune to the ground/tower frequencies. That way you have a backup if it happens again!

I think radioshack has some good ones.

 

[Flaflaflofly]

while you may not be able to today, you can pick up scanners that'll tune to the ground/tower frequencies. That way you have a backup if it happens again!

I think radioshack has some good ones.

Do those get good range? I have yet to start researching scanners because I assumed that I couldn't really afford a good one just yet. I am 41 miles from ORD, so I wasn't sure if I could even get the signal. Will the become obsolete with the digital conversion next year?

 

[neverett]

I can answer your question on the distance. I live 50+ miles from Akron airport and I can hear them on my scanner just fine. So I'd say you're good on the distance part! Good luck!!!

 

[Raydon]

hard to say..I found this general article good. But when it really comes down to it I guess it's up to the signal strength being provided by KORD - I think if you were to jump over to the pilot section of this website you could find someone that operates or recreates @ KORD and could make note of the reception. I think it'd be safe if you just picked up a decent base station that had expandability options for the antenna to boost your reception.

 

[Barty]

You can listen to Atlanta Center, Atlanta North Final approach, and Atlanta Tower, plus an occasional rotating feed at www.atcmonitor.com

 

[ATLTRACON(ret)]

You can listen to Atlanta Center, Atlanta North Final approach, and Atlanta Tower, plus an occasional rotating feed at www.atcmonitor.com

As well as ATL North Departure

 

[Ammolite]

Attached is a link to a great open-source media player called Media Player Classic. You can download the .exe from here, open it and then...
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/?abmode=1

File --> Open --> Type link in the top "Open:" box, and you're set.

 

[Raydon]

we need no new software. liveATC was not broadcasting one feed. everything is FINE