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Offline conrad

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Switching...
« on: September 26, 2006, 08:22:23 AM »
When ever i listen into a feed it allways switches between APP & TWR and if Delivery is on - then it switches between them 3 - and its very very annoying....

Anyway to just keep on one channel??



Offline dave

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Re: Switching...
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2006, 09:45:39 AM »
When ever i listen into a feed it allways switches between APP & TWR and if Delivery is on - then it switches between them 3 - and its very very annoying....

Anyway to just keep on one channel??

No, there isn't.  For many (most) of our feeds, the feeder only has sufficient resources to stream from a single scanning receiver.  While in an ideal world we like to isolate different positions onto individual audio streams, in the real world this usually just isn't possible.  The setup becomes more complex and more costly.  Where this is a volunteer service, it isn't reasonable for people to be asked to do this.  Unless they are interested, of course.  In that case, we support it fully!

On the other hand, many listeners enjoy getting a sampling of different ATC positions.  If we were to stream only one position from every station, it would be very limiting and would only please those listeners trying to capture every single transmission - most of the people who like to do this like to "track" certain flights, but they would only be able to "track" the flight across one ATC position, so it's difficult to see the point in that.  But, another reason people like to do this is to fully understand a single ATC position, uninterrupted, which is understandable.

It's hard to please everyone.  :-)


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« Last Edit: September 26, 2006, 09:48:02 AM by dave »

Offline JetScan1

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Re: Switching...
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2006, 12:29:05 PM »
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On the other hand, many listeners enjoy getting a sampling of different ATC positions.

Another option were only one radio is available is to change up the selected frequencies from time to time. This way you can still get the variety without the congestion of scanning multiple frequencies at the same time.

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