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Air Traffic Monitoring => Listener Forum => Topic started by: neurotech on January 10, 2016, 02:41:00 AM

Title: KSMF Choppy
Post by: neurotech on January 10, 2016, 02:41:00 AM
Sacramento (KSMF) seems choppy as its dropping out mid-sentence for long periods.

I noticed the choppy sound during an emergency this morning.
KSMF-Del-Gnd-Twr-App-Jan-09-2016-1430Z.mp3
KSMF-Del-Gnd-Twr-App-Jan-09-2016-1500Z.mp3

Listening to the livefeed, it drops out in the same choppy manner.
Title: Re: KSMF Choppy
Post by: dave on January 10, 2016, 11:15:18 AM
Should be a little better now...our receiver location there occasionally has reception issues.
Title: Re: KSMF Choppy
Post by: neurotech on January 10, 2016, 06:51:43 PM
It sounds like NORCAL approach controller part of the feed is noisy too.

I love listening on LiveATC, remembering the good old days. Thanks for everything.
Title: Re: KSMF Choppy
Post by: ashawley on January 12, 2016, 03:17:09 PM
During that emergency they switched to Norcal Approach on 125.4.  Is that frequency monitored?

http://www.liveatc.net/search/?icao=KSMF

Should it be, if not?

Thanks for LiveATC!
Aaron
Title: Re: KSMF Choppy
Post by: dave on January 12, 2016, 03:22:18 PM
During that emergency they switched to Norcal Approach on 125.4.  Is that frequency monitored?

http://www.liveatc.net/search/?icao=KSMF

Should it be, if not?

Thanks for LiveATC!
Aaron

If I recall correctly we can't hear the controller side of 125.400 from our remote controlled station near KSMF, but we'll check.

Title: Re: KSMF Choppy
Post by: tyketto on January 13, 2016, 01:36:10 PM
During that emergency they switched to Norcal Approach on 125.4.  Is that frequency monitored?

http://www.liveatc.net/search/?icao=KSMF

Should it be, if not?

Thanks for LiveATC!
Aaron

If I recall correctly we can't hear the controller side of 125.400 from our remote controlled station near KSMF, but we'll check.



Dave, if you can't get 125.4 from the SMF feed, you may want to see if you can pick it up form the KMHR feed. When out at KMHR, due to its proximity to the TRACON, I can pick up every NCT frequency in the Sacramento area, parts of KSUU, and up to Oroville (KOVE). 125.4 serves that part of it, so that may be a better location to pick up that frequency.

BL.
Title: Re: KSMF Choppy
Post by: Fryy/Avocadoflight on January 13, 2016, 01:38:32 PM
125.25 is also a very active frequency for arrivals into KSAC and KSMF