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Title: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: 13ifs40 on February 02, 2016, 01:09:11 PM
Good afternoon all

    I have an question regarding an atc sector that seemed to be in use today and what freq aircraft would be broadcasting
on.    aircraft on the following nat track   E DINIM 51/20 48/30 45/40 43/50 JEBBY CARAC would talk to whom before boston
on 133.45?     

thanks for everyones help in advance

13ifs40
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: RonR on February 02, 2016, 01:14:13 PM
That could very well be Moncton Center on 135.2.  When flights go eastbound through ZBW 133.45, they generally get handed off to Moncton on that frequency.  I hope that helps.

Ron
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: 13ifs40 on February 02, 2016, 02:11:48 PM
thanks RonR       I was listen to the 135.2 Moncton feed and could not hear them.    I was wondering if they might be
talking to NYC on 125.92 or arinc Freq


13ifs40
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: JetScan1 on February 02, 2016, 04:06:06 PM
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I was listen to the 135.2 Moncton feed and could not hear them. I was wondering if they might be talking to NYC on 125.92 or arinc Freq

135.20 is the correct sector/frequency before Boston 133.45. If it gets busy enough they can split this sector in 2 or 3 and use 132.97 and/or 128.37 as well.

There seems to be something wrong with the LiveATC "CYQI/CZQM CTAF/FIC/Center" feed, reception is very poor which might explain why you didn't hear anything, if that's the feed you are talking about ?
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: 13ifs40 on February 03, 2016, 07:16:41 AM
OK   it must be the poor reception,    but I was wondering even if the aircraft seem to be 50 to 100 miles or more south
of Halifax they still talk to Moncton center?

thanks

13ifs40
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: JetScan1 on February 03, 2016, 09:00:32 AM
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I was wondering even if the aircraft seem to be 50 to 100 miles or more south of Halifax they still talk to Moncton center?

Yes, the Moncton Sector extends to about 160 miles south of Halifax.

You can pull up the High Altitude chart here (click World Hi) ...

https://skyvector.com/

Unfortunately the CTA sector boundary between Moncton (VHF) and New York Oceanic (HF) is not completely depicted on the chart. If you contiune the line shown through AVAST the CTA border extends to NOVOK then to JEBBY, anything north of that is talking to Moncton on VHF.

This is not to be confused with the FIR boundary that is depicted on the chart, this only applies from FL280 and below. Between the FIR and CTA boundaries Moncton (VHF) owns the airspace from FL290 and above while New York (HF) owns from FL280 and below. Probably because of reception range issues at the lower altitudes from the Yarmouth and Halifax RCAG's ? 

Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: 13ifs40 on February 03, 2016, 09:25:19 AM
Wow     thanks for your info     traffic today seems to be running in that area so I will see how I do with Moncton center today


thanks again

13ifs40
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: shanestrong on February 12, 2016, 03:27:18 PM
Hey Guys my CYQI feed will be updated with new equipment and a preamp this weekend expect outages but should be better the first of the week
Shane
Title: Re:
Post by: RonR on February 12, 2016, 03:49:41 PM
Sounds good Shane! Looking forward to listening!

Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk

Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: shanestrong on February 15, 2016, 05:21:03 PM
almost everything set up waiting for upgraded internet and and all should be good sometime on the 16th
Shane
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: shanestrong on February 17, 2016, 10:27:13 AM
new equipment installed and now back online feb 17, 2016
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: JetScan1 on February 17, 2016, 02:08:58 PM
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new equipment installed and now back online feb 17, 2016

It sounds much better. Thanks for the update !
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: 13ifs40 on February 18, 2016, 08:36:27 AM
hello

   just been listening in and there seems to a lot of electrical sounds but not much actual atc transmissions
I have been listening from 7am to 8:35am est    and based on planefinder.net there is traffic in the area


thanks

13ifs40
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: JetScan1 on February 18, 2016, 09:22:01 AM
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just been listening in and there seems to a lot of electrical sounds but not much actual atc transmissions I have been listening from 7am to 8:35am est and based on planefinder.net there is traffic in the area

I pulled up the archives from 7:00 to 8:30 EST (12:00-13:30 UTC) and heard lots of traffic, both in the high and low sectors. Controller reception is very good considering the distance from the transmitter. There is some intermittent interference, it almost sounds like bleedover from a paging system (?).


Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: 13ifs40 on February 18, 2016, 09:23:48 AM
must be the ghost in the machine       nats tracks west are in this area today so it should be a busy day

question     why don't I hear them tell aircraft to go to boston center?

is that done by CPDLC
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: RonR on February 18, 2016, 09:29:59 AM
I was listening yesterday for a while and heard handoffs to Boston on 134.95 and also 133.45.

Regarding CPDLC...I also heard the Moncton controller call a flight asking if they had just requested a specific speed via CPDLC.  The flight answered "yes" and the controller kindly asked them to make those kinds of requests via voice and not to use CPDLC for that...

Not sure why they would want to use CPDLC to ask for something rather than asking the controller directly...

Ron
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: 13ifs40 on February 18, 2016, 09:41:31 AM
ok    thanks for the answer


Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: JetScan1 on February 18, 2016, 09:58:05 AM
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why don't I hear them tell aircraft to go to boston center? is that done by CPDLC

Moncton (and all Canadian ATC for that matter) use CPDLC for a lot of functions, most of the handoffs in this area (in high level airspace) are done using CPDLC, so you won't hear anything.

These are the supported CPDLC functions.

A4471/14 NOTAMR A2776/14
Q) CZQM/QCDXX/IV/NBO/E /000/999/4729N08055W999
A) CZQM
B) 1406091318
C) PERM
E) CZQM WEF 2014 APR 12 1300
CPDLC PHASE 1, 2, AND 3 FOR MONCTON ACC IMPLEMENTED WITHIN HIGH
LEVEL AIRSPACE FL290 AND ABOVE AS PER AIC 15/14.
ONLY THE FOLLOWING DOWNLINK MESSAGES WILL BE SUPPORTED BY MONCTON
ACC:
DM0 - WILCO
DM1 - UNABLE
DM2 - STANDBY
DM3 - ROGER
DM4 - AFFIRM
DM5 - NEGATIVE
DM6 - REQUEST (ALT)
DM9 - REQUEST CLIMB TO (ALT)
DM10 - REQUEST DESCENT TO (ALT)
DM18 - REQUEST (SPEED)
DM20 - REQUEST VOICE CONTACT
DM21 - REQUEST VOICE CONTACT (FREQ)
DM22 - REQUEST DIRECT TO (POS)
DM28 - LEAVING (ALT)
DM29 - CLIMBING TO (ALT)
DM30 - DESCENDING TO (ALT)
DM32 - PRESENT ALTITUDE (ALT)
DM34 - PRESENT SPEED (SPEED)
DM37 - LEVEL (ALT)
DM38 - ASSIGNED LEVEL (LEVEL)
DM39 - ASSIGNED SPEED (SPEED)
DM47 - SQUAWKING (CODE)
DM55 - PAN PAN PAN
DM56 - MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY
DM57 - (FUEL) (FUEL2) FUEL REMAINING (SOULS) SOULS ON BOARD
DM58 - CANCEL EMERGENCY
DM60 - OFFSETTING (DOFF) (DIR) OF ROUTE
DM61 - DESCENDING TO (ALT)
DM62 - ERROR (ERROR INFORMATION)
DM63 - NOT CURRENT DATA AUTHORITY
DM64 - (ICAO FACILITY DESIGNATION)
DM65 - DUE WEATHER
DM66 - DUE AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE
DM67 - FREE TEXT
DM80 - DEVIATING (DOFF) (DIR) OF ROUTE
ANY DOWNLINK MESSAGE OTHER THAN THE ABOVE WILL GENERATE A 'MESSAGE
NOT SUPPORTED BY THIS FACILITY' RESPONSE FROM THE GROUND SYSTEM.

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I also heard the Moncton controller call a flight asking if they had just requested a specific speed via CPDLC.  The flight answered "yes" and the controller kindly asked them to make those kinds of requests via voice and not to use CPDLC for that

Speed changes are supported so not sure why the controller would ask them not to use CPDLC ? Can you remember the approximate time so I can check the archive to get context ? Maybe he was talking about his speed pertaining to his oceanic clearance ?
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: 13ifs40 on February 18, 2016, 10:13:07 AM
Interesting

   makes you long for the good ole days before CPDLC started     


13ifs40
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: RonR on February 18, 2016, 12:15:51 PM
Speed changes are supported so not sure why the controller would ask them not to use CPDLC ? Can you remember the approximate time so I can check the archive to get context ? Maybe he was talking about his speed pertaining to his oceanic clearance ?

Thanks for that Jet!  I did not know that!  I want to say it was sometime in the morning but I can't be sure...I quickly went through the archives from 1900 to 2200Z and couldn't find it.  I'm guessing it was earlier than that.  I'll keep checking...I want to know too now  :-)
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: shanestrong on February 20, 2016, 02:52:57 AM
ok guys after much digging here is some info on why you hear some stuff not all,
first of all lets look at the sectors:
(Bay of Fundy Ref Point)
Digby Sectors
123.900
132.200
(Yarmouth & Area Ref Point)
Tusky &
Brad Sector 135.200
( South of Yarmouth off Shore Ref Point)
Wale &
Kanni Sector 132.975 (not used as much as above)
(South of Yarmouth way off shore past Stable island Ref Point and is last before being on Boston ATC)
Vitol Sector 128.375  (even less used then Wale/Kanni)
Then you have Boston ATC
133.450
129.900
I am currently trying to see which channels are getting used I got 119.200 up Moncton Ap/Dep but I don't think its getting anything
I haven't added Digby low yet 132.500 which I just found out about will do some testing with it.
Then I have Halifax FIC 123.550 not sure if anything is on that.
and Yarmouth Unicom 123.00
and then there is 133.950 which is a special east bound channel that is open only at certain times for east bound traffic only ( will see if I can get this)
Then there is 368.5, 294.5 which I can not tune in with my scanner.
So why can't I hear anything certain times of day and why can I hear a lot at certain times:
Moncton ATC does what they call Cross Channel Coupling, and Simulcasting on Channels. ie combining certain areas  lets say 1&2 and giving it one controller depending on the time of day and busyness.
Often with Moncton ATC you will see 1 of 3  either all Sectors combined, Carlo/Fredericton/Digby combined and Moncton/Cape Breton Combined.
You can see these sectors on air charts.
also Moncton atc opens a special channel depending on traffic and time of day 133.950 for aircraft coming from Boston/NYC going east.
also I think there may be another southern freq 132.875 I have to look into.
Just remember the furest southern channel is Vitol Sector 128.375 before you have to go to a American feed.
and then there is also what was mentioned CDPLC
I have just found some more freq I am going to try  wale sec 120.375,132.950,135.775 and digby sec 135.500 will get back on these
and the occasional paging noise may be something to do with the coupling of freq not sure?
hope this helps a bit

here is another reference:
http://marscan.com/aeroCZQMnarcmapandnotes.htm
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?aid=3967
http://forums.radioreference.com/aircraft-monitoring-forum/317886-moncton-centre-sectors-simulcasts-cross-coupling.html
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: JetScan1 on February 20, 2016, 09:06:55 AM
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I am currently trying to see which channels are getting used I got 119.200 up Moncton Ap/Dep but I don't think its getting anything

119.20 is Halifax App/Dep, and you are getting traffic on this frequency.

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there is 133.950 which is a special east bound channel that is open only at certain times for east bound traffic only ( will see if I can get this)

The transmitter for 133.95 is in Halifax so you won't hear the controller. The only aircraft that would use this frequency will be out of your reception range from Yarmouth.  

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also I think there may be another southern freq 132.875 I have to look into.

The other frequency is 132.975, the transmitter is at Yarmouth so you should be able to hear the controller the same as on 135.20 and 128.375. These 3 frequencies are usually cross-coupled together so you will hearing the same thing on all 3 most of the time.  

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more freq I am going to try wale sec 120.375,132.950,135.775 and digby sec 135.500 will get back on these

132.950 is well out of range from your location, I've never heard of Moncton using 120.375 (?) maybe it's a typo and you mean 120.325 which is also to far for you to hear anything. 135.775 is also to far away.

The adjacent high sectors to the north that you should be able to hear traffic on are 127.125 and 132.700. Although keep in mind that during the slow times these areas are combined and cross-coupled with 135.20/132.97/128.37 anyway.

135.500 is always combined with 123.900, I think it's cross-coupled but I'll have to listen some more to confirm ?

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the occasional paging noise may be something to do with the coupling of freq not sure?

Can you isolate the interference to one frequency or is it coming through on more than one ? Maybe if it was only coming through on one frequency, and it was one of the less used ones you could remove it from the scan bank ?

Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: shanestrong on February 20, 2016, 12:00:12 PM
Thanks for the info, its a lot of info on the net to learn :) actually the interference is on one of the 12? channels I wrote it down once but have to relisten to see which one and it seems to be a busy channel. I am going to put a airband filter on and see if that takes it away
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: shanestrong on February 20, 2016, 06:25:53 PM
the offending channel with the alert sound is 128.375 which seems to have had a lot of traffic today  I was picking up 128.375, 123.900, 132.975
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: JetScan1 on February 20, 2016, 06:38:35 PM
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the offending channel with the alert sound is 128.375 which seems to have had a lot of traffic today

Most of the time 128.375 will be combined and cross-coupled with 135.200 and 132.975 (ie: you are hearing the same controller on all 3 frequencies). As 128.375 is so rarely isolated by itself and there is a lot of interference at times it might be better to remove it ? Any chance you could run a test with it locked out (removed) for a few days to compare reception ?

You also have 132.20 listed as a frequency, not sure if you actually have it on there or not, but you are too far away to hear any aircraft on this frequency. It doesn't matter anyway because any traffic on 132.20 will be heard through 123.900 as the frequencies seemed to be always cross-coupled. So it makes sense to remove 132.20 if you have it there.  

Also it seems like you have a delay set on some frequencies ? It would help greatly if any delay could be removed as you are missing calls from some aircraft if the scanner stops on one of the other frequencies in use.
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: shanestrong on June 16, 2018, 02:39:44 PM
hey guys thinking of splitting off some of the channels have 3 more scanners here not hooked up
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: blacktop on June 21, 2018, 03:58:39 PM
Hi Shane,
    If you go to set up your other three scanners, you might want to keep in mind that I am soon going to have another site setup near CYHZ (I have the feed from there now which has the ATC frequencies on a scanning scanner, as well as the CYAW feed). I am planning to have eight additional feeds from there. They will all be scanner-based to keep reception levels & signal/noise ratios up when picking up distant aircraft.

The ones I am putting up that you might want to consider are:

(1) 119.200 with a couple of minor support frequencies 118.700 (for VFR) and 128.550 (seldom used).
(2) 135.300 Moncton PAL low (Cape Breton Sector) -> seems to be cross-coupled across all Moncton low-level sectors quite frequently , especially at night.
(3) 133.950 Moncton Pal high. I'll throw the cross-coupled frequencies on there too (125.25, 133.70, 133.30, 132.75) for times that they are de-coupled.

This second site is less than 600m from the remote transmitter site for CYHZ so reception is a piece of cake. I'm going to put an SDR on ATIS as well as it is broadcast from that same site.

If you want to private message me go ahead....I want to discuss PiAware / FlightFeeder with you....

cheers!






 

Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: JetScan1 on June 24, 2018, 12:30:14 AM
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hey guys thinking of splitting off some of the channels have 3 more scanners here not hooked up

My suggestion was to split the Yarmouth/YQI feeds into 3 areas.

Radio 1) High Altitude (FL290 and above) - 135.200, 128.375, 132.975 (controller reception on all 3)
 
Radio 2) Low Altitude IFR (FL280 and below) - 123.900, 119.200, 128.550 (should have controller reception on 123.900, but currently not heard for some reason ?)

Radio 3) Local/VFR/Other - 123.000, 123.550, 118.700, 123.450, 126.700, 129.900, 121.500

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I am soon going to have another site setup near CYHZ (I have the feed from there now which has the ATC frequencies on a scanning scanner, as well as the CYAW feed). I am planning to have eight additional feeds from there.

Thanks blacktop ! It will be nice having those frequencies split off onto separate radios. Looking forward to hearing them (especially the Center frequencies).

JS


Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: blacktop on June 24, 2018, 05:33:47 PM
Hey JetScan...no problem,
      Once I have the CYHZ / Moncton Pals (High/Low) up on their own feeds, I'm hoping to move a bit further afield. The two probables are 14 Wing Greenwood, and the high level feeds out of the Sydney area. I think i have enough scanners laying around to do each frequency from Sydney on their own feed as well (Both high level, & local stuff from McCurdy). I'll have to give it some thought. Definitely would like to have 119.42 (Gander Eastbound Oceanic Clearance Delivery) on its own feed. If I knew a little better just how things work among the sectors, maybe there is a more logical configuration to improve listening to the end user.  I just have to find someone to host. I have no relations in the area, so I will have to look towards aero enthusiasts that might host.

I agree with your thoughts on Yarmouth. I may also have some good sites down that way not far from Wellington....but I'll have to check. However, if Shane gets everything working okay, then that may not be needed....

BT
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: shanestrong on September 07, 2018, 12:28:05 PM
Hi Guys I  could only break down into two different feeds I have just set it up and it should be  going today depends on Dave, reason for just two was the sound card for the feeder so I broke it as follows:
Radio 1) High Altitude (FL290 and above) - 135.200, 128.375, 132.975 (controller reception on all 3)

Radio 2) Low Altitude IFR (FL280 and below) - 123.900, 119.200, 128.550
local/VFR/Other - 123.000, 123.550, 118.700, 123.450, 126.700, 129.900, 121.500

We will see how that works.
Any more ideas with the two scanner setup let me know.
Now to get my flightaware feed fixed lol anyone  deal with there support seems like lack of support with my experience so far
Would love to chat blacktop I will pm you

Now i have 2 realistic  pro 2021 scanners here doing nothing.

Shane
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: wiedehopf on September 07, 2018, 02:08:44 PM
have you tried the flightaware forum? http://discussions.flightaware.com/c/flightaware/ads-b-flight-tracking

If you don't want to create an account just write me here i think i have read and can help you with most issues described in the other forum.

Easiest suggestion is always to just get the current image and follow the regular install instructions.
Fixing existing installs normally is more complicated but just go ahead and write down your problem ;)
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: shanestrong on September 07, 2018, 02:29:06 PM
I re emailed them a third time and got a response and I have seemed to fixed it :)
thanks
Shane
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: Scouseian on September 12, 2018, 01:45:27 PM
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new equipment installed and now back online feb 17, 2016

It sounds much better. Thanks for the update !

Hi Shane, Is there any chance the AR20 refuelling track can be added to the freq list for YQI 341.75. This is a hot freq for alot of the Mil guys

Regards Ian
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: blacktop on September 12, 2018, 04:52:27 PM
Ian,
I've got an AR20 Feed on Zello right now. Look for channel: AR20Test    PM me for the password.  Might look to put it on LiveATC at some point. BCT15x on a DPD Air Omni Antenna not optimally located, but the setup is working pretty decent.
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: blacktop on September 13, 2018, 12:04:56 AM
Shane
    Ian has a great idea there. Any chance that you put up a separate feed with just the AR20 track frequencies with one of your 2021's?
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: Scouseian on September 13, 2018, 12:12:56 PM
Shane
    Ian has a great idea there. Any chance that you put up a separate feed with just the AR20 track frequencies with one of your 2021's?

Message sent cheers
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: JetScan1 on September 13, 2018, 03:07:33 PM
Shane,

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Hi Guys I  could only break down into two different feeds I have just set it up and it should be  going today depends on Dave, reason for just two was the sound card for the feeder so I broke it as follows:
Radio 1) High Altitude (FL290 and above) - 135.200, 128.375, 132.975 (controller reception on all 3)

Radio 2) Low Altitude IFR (FL280 and below) - 123.900, 119.200, 128.550
local/VFR/Other - 123.000, 123.550, 118.700, 123.450, 126.700, 129.900, 121.500

We will see how that works.


Thanks for doing that ! Nice to have the high and low sectors split. Controller reception sounds good on the high sectors, I see you still can't hear the low sector controller though (when I checked anyway). If anyone wants to listen to this low sector it seems 123.90 is almost always cross-coupled with the YQM Moncton Center Low feed frequencies (132.20/132.50). (Excellent reception over there).

JS
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: 13ifs40 on January 01, 2019, 11:47:08 AM
Good morning and Happy New Year to all

I don't know if it is me but I have been getting a lot of interference on the CYQI/CZQM CTAF/FIC/Center - Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada right hand side feed     some kind of beeping that seems to come and go.    Just for the record I have been listening to it for a couple of days including between 10:00am to 11:50am EST on 1/1/2019

thanks for anyone's help and or advice in advance

Ian Snow
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: shanestrong on August 20, 2019, 08:39:17 PM
sorry haven't been checking in are you still hearing this issue
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: shanestrong on August 20, 2019, 08:50:10 PM
also will look into the AR20 track and low level  I figured this would email me when someone posted a message any issues or comments you can email me directly at strong@eastlink.ca for a quick response
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: 13ifs40 on August 27, 2019, 03:39:34 PM
Good day

     i have been listening all week from 7am to 4pm EST while i work and it has been fine        no complaints    thanks again for this great feed   makes the day go by real quick


13ifs40
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: shanestrong on September 12, 2019, 11:06:21 AM
antenna is down at the moment post hurricane :-o hanging off my roof will get it fixed asap
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: 13ifs40 on October 03, 2019, 11:37:41 AM
Good Afternoon

    I just want to give a heads up that the CYQI/CZQM CTAF/FIC/Center feed seems to be stuck on a freq with a beeping type of interferance on it

I have only listened the last 2 days, so i don't know how long it has been going on


thanks in advance for everyone's help

13ifs40

Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: shanestrong on October 11, 2019, 11:59:28 AM
Hi thanks its been going on since the hurricane I fixed the ant and connection and now have this I emailed dave for support last week and he has not gotten back to me yet.
I am trying to figure out if I need a new ant or if it is the soldering of the connection causing the noise
Shane
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: 13ifs40 on October 14, 2019, 08:05:25 AM
hi

     Thanks for the response       


13ifs40
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: shanestrong on November 07, 2019, 05:49:51 AM
redid the connection it seems to be working now I am monitoring for the next few days to see if the issue is anywhere else
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: BoxhillBob on November 07, 2019, 03:24:27 PM
Hi

Just to let you know the CYQI/CZQM CTAF/FIC/Center feed is up but no sound

Look as if your soldering has come apart  :roll: :roll:

Bob
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: shanestrong on November 07, 2019, 06:45:06 PM
no sodering was required but I could hear it on android last night will listen tonight  :-D
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: shanestrong on November 07, 2019, 09:19:54 PM
working fine tonight  android loud and clear  pc same 60 sec delay between both android is 60 secs before the pc
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: BoxhillBob on November 08, 2019, 08:33:22 AM
Hi Thanks for the reply

I have been listing for 1 hour from 12:30Z to 13:30Z on the IOS App and on a PC and only got a short 20 sec burst of transmission

Has anyone else been able to received transmission from this feed?

Bob
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: blacktop on November 08, 2019, 02:42:59 PM
I listen somewhat regularly to the CYQI1 feed which has the high-levels on it. They are back working better than they have for some time. Admittedly, I haven't listened for a couple of days, so I can't speak to that time frame. Whatever you did Shane seems to have improved reception considerable, especially for the controllers come off of Wellington.
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: shanestrong on November 10, 2019, 11:29:18 AM
Hey Blacktop hope all is good I remounted the ant with a Aluminium pipe as the pvc one died in the hurricane second there was a loose part I tightened up not sure if that was prev or caused by wind. 
the big fix I think was I used these https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07X2DB8YN/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
and redid the cable connection
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0792XGRDW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
instead of my old soldering attempt with the cable direct to the pl-259  If I had to get paid for my soldering I would starve
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: 13ifs40 on November 15, 2019, 02:14:32 PM
Good Afternoon

    I just want to give a heads up that there is no sounds on the YQI/CZQM CTAF/FIC/Center - Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada Feed.     I have been listening mid day the last 3 days and when aircraft are told to contact Freqs that are cover on this feed there is no voice

thanks for you service

13ifs40
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: BoxhillBob on November 17, 2019, 10:25:32 AM
Hi Shane

I know you have put a lot of effort into get you feeds going but there still seems to be a problem

I have been listening to CYQI/CZQM CTAF/FIC/Centre, CYQI1 and CYQI2 for about 2 weeks on and off at all time of the day and what is received is very limited If you turn the sound all the way up you can just hear high level traffic calling up and odd aircraft that must be very close to your receiver I have done the same as 13ifs40 and heard aircraft transfer to 123.9 from CYQM Moncton 132.500/132.200 but can hear them on CYQI2

Also did you get any were with that AR20 feed?

Bob
Title: Re: ATC sector east of Cape Cod and Nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: blacktop on November 17, 2019, 01:26:53 PM
I don't really want to speak for Shane, but if all goes well, we're going to re-do the site this week (new antenna, feedline, possibly an aero pre-amp and low noise distribution amp, etc). Plans are to separate high level / low level / FIC / Moncton ATC (Halifax) /Yarmouth Airport. The longer-range stuff (high level, low level) will be on scanners with the more local stuff going on SDRs.

We're hoping to put up an AR20 feed as well, but that is likely to be on Zello at a minimum. I'll discuss with Dave re: putting it on LiveATC.
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: BoxhillBob on November 17, 2019, 06:59:48 PM
Hi Blacktop
Thanks for the updated and hard work will wait in Anticipation
Bob
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: shanestrong on November 17, 2019, 07:56:44 PM
Hey Guys Thanks for Blacktop hard work we will have it all going for you soon I work shift work or else we would of done it today  hope we get it done before the end of next weekend  as per what he said that's what we hope to do :)
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: shanestrong on November 23, 2019, 03:32:19 PM
Hey Guys, a Special thanks for Blacktop bringing down a bunch of Equipment today we did the install I will let him explain what we did. Over the next while the scanners will be tweaked, but you should be to hear the new quality as of now.  Once Dave and Blacktop get on and do some testing with what we can do. Thanks Blacktop again and enjoy the feed.
Shane
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: blacktop on November 24, 2019, 07:38:58 PM
The feed currently on the website as CYQI1 is hosting 135.200, 128.375, & 132.975 Moncton high level traffic only
The feed currently on the website is CYQI2 is hosting 123.900 Moncton low level traffic only

There will be some additional feeds, but we'll need to do some configuring and audio level checks first.

Meanwhile CYQI1 & CYQI2 are working okay.
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: BoxhillBob on December 04, 2019, 04:21:08 AM
Shane and Blacktop
Thanks for your efforts the reception on all the CYQI are now great :-D :-D :-D

Any new on the AR20 feed?

Bob
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: shanestrong on December 13, 2019, 01:19:42 PM
update we are still waiting for dave to do some level adjustments and stuff when he has more time,  as for the AR20 feed we are testing it in private and getting very good results so far
shane
Title: Re: ATC sector east of cape cod and nantucket due south of Halifax
Post by: shanestrong on December 14, 2019, 11:00:53 PM
BoxhillBob blacktop has sent you a private message :)