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Air Traffic Monitoring => Listener Forum => Topic started by: DROLL30 on March 15, 2011, 06:05:15 PM

Title: YBBN feed
Post by: DROLL30 on March 15, 2011, 06:05:15 PM: hi all

what has happened to the ybbn feed it has been down for about a month now

is it down for maitenience or is is down for good ?

can anyone shed any light on whats happening with it ??

thanks

droll30
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: dave on March 23, 2011, 02:33:41 PM: We are working on a new YBBN feed. Sorry but no ETA on when it will be available.
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: DROLL30 on April 06, 2011, 10:21:56 AM: Hi all

Whats happened to the ybbn feed its been down for months

Is it ever coming back on air or whats th deal with it ?????

Thanks droll30
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: bnedns on April 11, 2011, 01:20:26 PM: Hi Dave/all,

I live about 5km/3mi from YBBN Brisbane International (I actually see departures as they reach 1800ft when runway 19 is in effect).

I've just purchased a Uniden Bearcat UBC93XLT handheld that covers airband, was considering feeding liveATC.net...

So far I seem to get OK reception on...
128.300
121.700
118.600
125.600

Occassionally I'll need the scanner for my photography when planespotting (which is very rare).

I have an OLD laptop running win95 that I had considered for hosting but notice your software requirements are >Win98.

Is the 16kbps you've specified 16kilobits per second or 16 kilobytes per second? Didn't want to assume lack of capitlisation was an indicator, my monthly quota is only 50Gbytes between 4 people.

And is there audio EQ and compression control in the feed hosting software?

Cheers!
David
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: dave on April 11, 2011, 01:27:08 PM: Hi David-

Contact me privately and we can review options together.

Dave
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: DROLL30 on April 12, 2011, 05:16:46 AM: hi all

thanks for the replys

hopefully the feed will have a speedy return

droll30
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: DROLL30 on April 16, 2011, 08:51:07 AM: any updates with the feed anyone ???
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: bnedns on April 17, 2011, 01:19:23 AM: Hi Droll30,

Perhaps you can help me get this rolling, since I'm struggling for TIME (lots of time tendering for contracts but the GFC is hurting a lot and $'s getting tight - listening to ATC won't pay my rent!). Today is Sunday yet I'm still at the office :-(

I have an old Macbook that I'd be happy to leave on (since it's low power) but this Mac precedes OSX (it's running OS9).
Maybe you can spend the time researching what options might be possible with that?

Also I had also seen on the forum a post about a "plug pack" sized linux box that uses very little power, and a cheap USB soundcard. Maybe you can research if these are available cheaply in Brisbane anywhere (or on ebay)?

And if anyone wants to donate any hardware I'd be glad to host it.

I also need to work out how much of my 50Gb quota this is going to take, I notice most references say 16kbps but I need to establish whether this is bits per second or bytes (don't want to assume capitilisation convention). There are 4 of us living at my flat so I don't want to exceed the 50Gb... (and I can't get ADSL due to my "Tel$tra" PSTN line being on a RIM exchange, so I'm STUCK with their BigPond as my only broadband option when I'd HAPPILY change to a much cheaper TPG ADSL link.

Lastly I'm hoping to EQ and compress (dynamic audio level NOT stream compression) the audio digitally somehow before it gets stream compressed. I'm an audio engineer and i have EQ's and compressors galore, but I need them, and I'm sure this must be possible digitally with the streaming software or something else immediately prior.

So as you can see, there's a few things more than just firing up the scanner.

Let's work together to get YBBN on the air...

Cheers!
David

PLUG PACK LINUX SERVER

Quote from: Biff on October 22, 2010, 06:34:47 PM
The KSFB feed is now running off of one of these:

(http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/skins/skin_1/images/sheeva_side_back.jpg)

That's a Sheevaplug - a little $99 linux server. It's the size of a wall wart and only pulls about 5 watts of electricity. With only my feed running on it it's averaging about 18% CPU usage.

You can read more about it here (http://gizmodo.com/5159399/sheevaplug-a-99-linux-pc-crammed-inside-a-wall-plug).

USB SOUNDCARD

Quote from: Biff on October 23, 2010, 12:06:04 AM
I put debian on it, 2.6 kernel.

For audio I'm using one of these (http://www.digital-camera-near.com/Generic/7-1-Channel-USB-External-Sound-Card-Audio-Adapter-B0027EMHM6.htm):

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31bFE-9JKxL.jpg)

I tried one of the type pictured below also, but the sound quality was absolutely atrocious.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31r4mFFdGqL._SL500_AA280_.jpg)

So yes, there really is a difference between a $3 cheap audio adapter, and a $1 cheap audio adapter. :)
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: bnedns on April 17, 2011, 01:32:44 AM: refer my reply to your other YBBN thread :-) let's continue that same one instead of spawning new ones
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: bnedns on April 17, 2011, 02:05:35 AM: here's a link to your other YBBN thread...

Quote from: DROLL30 on April 16, 2011, 08:51:07 AM
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: DROLL30 on April 17, 2011, 05:48:45 AM: I would love to help
But im always busy too and idk where u would get half of that gear
Or the the money to afford it
Anny eta for when ybbn will be back on air ???????
Droll30
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: dave on April 17, 2011, 11:31:00 AM: I am working with David off the forum and we'll report when we have made some progress.
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: DROLL30 on April 24, 2011, 09:01:51 PM: ok thanks

cant wait to have ybbn back on air
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: DROLL30 on May 04, 2011, 07:29:00 AM: any updates for the ybbn feed at all ???
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: dave on May 04, 2011, 07:31:35 AM: No updates...we are working on it but sometimes getting new feeds arranged and online just takes time.
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: DROLL30 on May 18, 2011, 08:02:47 AM: any updates at all or is the ybbn feed off air for good ?
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: dave on May 18, 2011, 08:08:23 AM: Quote from: DROLL30 on May 18, 2011, 08:02:47 AM
any updates at all or is the ybbn feed off air for good ?

Still working on it.
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: DROLL30 on May 18, 2011, 09:54:33 AM: ok so u dont have any mynute updates ?
or a timeline?
cheers droll30
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: dave on May 18, 2011, 09:56:00 AM: Quote from: DROLL30 on May 18, 2011, 09:54:33 AM
ok so u dont have any mynute updates ?
or a timeline?
cheers droll30

No.
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: Richu on May 27, 2011, 10:22:48 AM: Great! there will be a new YBBN feed. What will it covers? Will it be like the before? Clearence to centre.
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: DROLL30 on May 29, 2011, 10:54:04 PM: thats if the new ybbn feed ever comes back online it has been down for months
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: DROLL30 on June 09, 2011, 05:27:02 AM: doesd anyone have any updates on the feed cos it has been a couple months
since i first enquired about the ybbn

thanks for any info

droll30
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: skyau on June 25, 2011, 11:43:10 PM: Hope everyone enjoys the feed, I got tired of waiting and took the initiative,

The reception is quite good, however it will improve once the Aerial is replaced in the next couple of weeks.

Cheers
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: capt sl on June 27, 2011, 09:27:49 AM: great to have ybbn feed back. thanks a lot for your effort :-D
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: Richu on June 29, 2011, 11:56:37 AM: Will the new antenna able to receive clearance delivery? :-D
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: skyau on July 07, 2011, 05:37:09 AM: In regards to clearance Delivery, it should pick it up, I have tried tuning into clearance and unfortunatley it sticks to noise as such it stops the scan and you'll hear noise. I'm about 6km north of YBBN.

If the feed goes down 2 things probably have happened,

1. I have taken the scanner to the actual airport to do some spotting,
2. the system restarted following updates while I was away and I haven't noticed. Both of these would be quickly fixed, so don't fret if there are any downtimes.

The current antenna is very poor yet I think considering it's capabilitiy it's doing a great job. So the new antenna I'm hoping will vastly improve clarity/range.

however finances don't allow me to currently purchase, so for now it's going to be as good as it gets.
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: skyau on July 12, 2011, 04:22:55 AM: due to unforseen circumstances the feed will be down indefinatley,

Sorry
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: DROLL30 on July 12, 2011, 05:16:47 AM: and what is the reason that the feed is down for ?

will it be down for months like last time ?
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: capt sl on July 13, 2011, 08:48:49 AM: Oh no what a shame
Title: Re: YBBN feed
Post by: dave on July 13, 2011, 10:05:51 PM: Feeds are a privilege, not a right. The feed provider doesn't need to inform the world why - if he can't provide the feed, he can't provide the feed. End of story. Telling the world why won't make it come back. Instead we will expend our energy finding a new feed.