Live ATC - A victim of homeland security??

I used to listen to live ATC webcasts a couple of years ago and was
able to get LAX, DFW, Ohare, etc. Now the only link I can find is for
SoCal approach. The rest of the links are offline, some w/ messages
stating they were requested to stop transmission, etc. Is this due to
security concerns? Did some knucklehead actually think the San Diego
tower webcast was aiding terrorism?? What's next? A top secret
clearance for a wx brief? There are far too many people running
around like headless chickens over terrorism restrictions.

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(Sam) writes:
I used to listen to live ATC webcasts a couple of years ago and was
able to get LAX, DFW, Ohare, etc. Now the only link I can find is for
SoCal approach. The rest of the links are offline, some w/ messages
stating they were requested to stop transmission, etc. Is this due to
security concerns? Did some knucklehead actually think the San Diego
tower webcast was aiding terrorism?? What's next? A top secret
clearance for a wx brief? There are far too many people running
around like headless chickens over terrorism restrictions.

You can still listen to Seattle Center and Portland Approach and
Departure. I was listening just a few days ago.

I think this is the link: http://www.seattleflight.com/liveatc.asp

I doubt that live ATC streams are going away because of terrorism. I
bet it has more to do with who is paying for it. Or, perhaps it's
just a hassle to deal with. But then again, I don't really know for
sure... I'm just a n00b.

"Sam" wrote in message
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I used to listen to live ATC webcasts a couple of years ago and was
able to get LAX, DFW, Ohare, etc. Now the only link I can find is for


This site works fine for monitoring 5-minute-delayed Atlanta traffic:

http://www.atcmonitor.com/


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Richard Kaplan, CFII

www.flyimc.com

"Richard Kaplan" wrote in message
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"Sam" wrote in message
m...

I used to listen to live ATC webcasts a couple of years ago and was
able to get LAX, DFW, Ohare, etc. Now the only link I can find is for


This site works fine for monitoring 5-minute-delayed Atlanta traffic:

http://www.atcmonitor.com/

This one as well of Phoenix /Sky Harbor --
rtsp://helix.azcentral.com/encoder/skyharbor.rm

"Richard Kaplan" wrote in message
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This site works fine for monitoring 5-minute-delayed Atlanta traffic:

The delay was recently mandated by the FCC in case the controllers have a
wardrobe malfunction.

--Gary

http://www.atcmonitor.com/


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Richard Kaplan, CFII

www.flyimc.com

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In rec.aviation.piloting Sam wrote:
I used to listen to live ATC webcasts a couple of years ago and was
able to get LAX, DFW, Ohare, etc. Now the only link I can find is for
SoCal approach. The rest of the links are offline, some w/ messages
stating they were requested to stop transmission, etc. Is this due to
security concerns? Did some knucklehead actually think the San Diego
tower webcast was aiding terrorism?? What's next? A top secret
clearance for a wx brief? There are far too many people running
around like headless chickens over terrorism restrictions.

Try http://www.liveatc.net . 'sez all.

BL.
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(Sam) writes:

I used to listen to live ATC webcasts a couple of years ago and was
able to get LAX, DFW, Ohare, etc. Now the only link I can find is for
SoCal approach. The rest of the links are offline, some w/ messages
stating they were requested to stop transmission, etc. Is this due to
security concerns? Did some knucklehead actually think the San Diego
tower webcast was aiding terrorism?? What's next? A top secret
clearance for a wx brief? There are far too many people running
around like headless chickens over terrorism restrictions.

Relax, these webcasts things come and go.

Here's what a friend is working on, I help by hosting some of the
audio streams:

http://www.liveatc.net

If you care to help the cause, and feel like uploading audio from
your local ATC facility, that would be much appreciated.

-jav

"Sam" wrote in message
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Did some knucklehead actually think the San Diego
tower webcast was aiding terrorism??

Apparently you thought it might. :-)

Otherwise, why would you conclude that it was security concerns that stopped
the webcast?

On 15 May 2004 07:57:30 -0700, (Sam) wrote:

I used to listen to live ATC webcasts a couple of years ago and was
able to get LAX, DFW, Ohare, etc. Now the only link I can find is for
SoCal approach. The rest of the links are offline, some w/ messages
stating they were requested to stop transmission, etc. Is this due to
security concerns? Did some knucklehead actually think the San Diego
tower webcast was aiding terrorism?? What's next? A top secret
clearance for a wx brief? There are far too many people running
around like headless chickens over terrorism restrictions.

I threw away my .45 and bought a pack of tweezers for protection in my
home. ;-)

"StallFearer" wrote in message
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I threw away my .45 and bought a pack of tweezers for protection in my
home. ;-)

The one I love is when the media report that someone is keeping "bomb-making
materials" in their home. Looking around my house I have:

wire
wire cutters
aluminum foil
ceramic bowls
iron filings
cinnamon
potassium permanganate
potassium nitrate
gasoline
oil
brake fluid
glycerin
ice
sugar
batteries
clocks
cellular phones
laptop computers
portable radios
smokeless powder
other ammunition
pool/spa chlorine
old newspapers
alcohol
urea
fertilizer
laundry detergent
propane
paraffin
sawdust
a bundle of fuse cord (for a toy black powder cannon I once had)
string

Of course, my 73 year old mother also has most of this stuff, plus
nitroglycerin. In fact, she is likely to set off bomb sniffers just walking
(well, riding her scooter) through an airport.

I'm probably missing a lot of other really obvious stuff, but then I am not
interested in making bombs, either. I think every reporter who writes an
article saying that somebody was keeping bomb-making material in his house
should be forced to do a complete inventory of the bomb-making materials
that the reporter keeps in his own house. That goes for idiot law
enforcement officers who continue to perpetuate this, too.