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Offline stevenme

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Feed Origins
« on: June 21, 2011, 09:34:41 AM »
I'm new to LiveATC but have listened to air traffic for years over the air. I'm located about 20 miles Southwest of Logan and I hear most of the aircraft on approach but obviously not ATC. I'm impressed by the quality of some of the feeds and I'm curious how they are obtained. Some sound like a typical home installation at a location near the airport, and some sound like a direct feed from ATC.

For example, Boston Logan South Approach on 120.6 not only has excellent audio quality from TRACOM, but all the aircraft sound excellent as well. My guess is that this is a professional receiving station, or a feed from the Boston TRACOM in Merrimack, NH.

To add to the mystery, sometimes when I listen to the feed I only hear the controller not the aircraft. It's almost as if the feed is purposely blocking the aircraft audio. Thanks,

Steve



Offline dave

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Re: Feed Origins
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2011, 09:39:07 AM »
Some of the feeds (especially many major airports) are set up and maintained by LiveATC, but most are provided by dedicated volunteers who live near airports.  All feeds are radios/scanners and are typically from locations near airports.  SOme are in locations with marginal reception, and in some cases you will hear only controllers or pilots, depending on the receiver location situation.

I provide the feed for KBOS and it is located about 6 miles away from Logan with a good antenna.

No feeds are directly connected to the FAA.  However, we do a lot of work with the FAA in pilot communication education.

Hope this helps.

Dave