Man, I just downloaded the I phone app and it’s great, being able to listen to Live ATC while driving, jogging etc, what an awesome thing, I couldn’t help it but think of my good old days. I grew up in Mexico City during the 70,s and 80’s our house was located Right about the point where the airplanes made the final turn to Plaza in the ILS DME 5R Approach, I use to love spending time in the roof of the house spotting, and wishing there was a radio to listen to what the airplanes were saying, but at 13 years old, before internet and in Mexico with no one that knows about aviation to ask it was only a wish, then came the day when my Mom took me to her friends house, while playing with her son we went into his older brothers room and there was an old Radio with allot more bands that an FM Radio, I asked him what it was for and he said that his brother used it to listen to airplanes, I turned it on and my jaw dropped when I clearly heard a Mexicana flight talking, so I carefully studied the radio and determined I was listening to VHF Hi radio above the 108 range, I have to get one I thought, well believe it or not there was a Radio shack store in Mexico city and it was about three blocks from my house, I went looking for one and all they had there was a Kit I had to put together myself, it had a series of resistors transistors capacitors and a tuner connected together through a series of springs, it required a 9 volt battery and a ear piece, the antennae was a wire strung out the window, it worked great I used to take it upstairs to the roof for spotting specially on Mondays and Wednesdays when the Air France Concorde flew over, it was awesome listening to it and watching it make the turn to final with its nose up attitude trailing smoke from the engines and that unique sound, the years went by and I went through a series of Radios as technology and my wallet grew, now I’m a pilot myself flying corporate it the US and still enjoy listening to ATC, the I phone app is the greatest yet,
Thanks and keep up the great work.
Jose
Its great to listen to MMMX from so far away, thanks to Live ATC and the feed providers for the oportunity.