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Air Traffic Monitoring => ARTCC/FIR/TRACON Maps => Topic started by: Lynch_Christopher on September 02, 2007, 02:08:19 UTC

Title: Boston ARTCC Communications
Post by: Lynch_Christopher on September 02, 2007, 02:08:19 UTC

Hi,
  This topic has to do with radio communications with Boston ARTCC.  I was wondering why sometimes you can hear the Boston ARTCC controller and the pilot but on other feeds you can only hear the pilot. I was listening to the Islip feed and you could hear the Boston Center Controller. Where exactly does Boston Center have their radio transmitters. I am in Nashua, NH and I can't pick up any of the Boston ARTCC controllers with my scanner.

-Chris-

Title: Re: Boston ARTCC Communications
Post by: BWilliams on September 02, 2007, 02:46:38 UTC

I'm not sure where the Center keeps their equipment (might be able to find out on all-knowing Google), but, as far as the ability to hear transmissions, it has to do with line-of-sight -- airband frequencies require a somewhat direct line between the tranmitter and receiver, and is susceptible to interference.  So, the antenna almost always has line-of-sight to planes in the air, but any number of things can mess with transmissions from people on the ground (heavy equipment, power lines, weather, etc.)

Title: Re: Boston ARTCC Communications
Post by: dave on September 02, 2007, 02:49:44 UTC

The Center transmitters are quite spread out.

This is an old list but it hasn't changed much:

http://www.milaircomms.com/artcc_zbw.html

Title: Re: Boston ARTCC Communications
Post by: nycrich on September 02, 2007, 13:10:27 UTC

This is a map of all high/low sectors with paired mil freqs from FAA

Title: Re: Boston ARTCC Communications
Post by: Lynch_Christopher on September 06, 2007, 03:03:12 UTC

thanks for your input :-)