Shanwick

EIDW

hey guys is there any sites out there that still have shanwick atc still on air iv try,d a few sites but just got dead links or silence

Names

Not to be pedantic, but 'shanwick' radio is not ATC, they are radio officers. The ATC part (non-radar) is done in prestwick with no radio comms there. Is it not on live ATC?

EIDW

i only hear gander on ATClive.net

BravoMike

A Shanwick feed can be found here : http://ei7dar.com/shanwick.html

eyeinthesky

Hi all, the comms end is still carried out Ballygirreen (not sure of spelling) not far from Shannon. Can be also heard on the usual HF frequencies for listeners with suitable receivers. Personally i find it hard to beat listening direct on a receiver with all the interference and trying to improve reception with the ATU. I think that the computer takes some of the fun out the hobby, i am old school but i think i will stick with it as long as there is voice on the frequencies.

A320

eyeinthesky wrote: »

Hi all, the comms end is still carried out Ballygirreen (not sure of spelling) not far from Shannon. Can be also heard on the usual HF frequencies for listeners with suitable receivers. Personally i find it hard to beat listening direct on a receiver with all the interference and trying to improve reception with the ATU. I think that the computer takes some of the fun out the hobby, i am old school but i think i will stick with it as long as there is voice on the frequencies.

Ah very true,or getting a long distance hit ground station!! Must get back into it actually!!! Must get a dedicated hf receiver if you can recommend,i have a wideband receiver but the HF aint great.

Plowman

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A320

Plowman wrote: »

What can I hear on Shanwick? Presumably the aircraft are at cruising altitude at this point so what are they communicating to the ground/to each other?

Hi plowman,normally youl pick up aircraft checking into shanwick just after leaving radar coverage at 15 west(i think) theyl report position,height and mach no,shanwick then verify their atlantic crossing co ordinates and give them a selcal check and tell them to call again at another longitute/latitude position.thats just basic shanwick,the real fun is picking up long distance comms after dark,i used to like listening to dakar and tripoli.
you can also listen to stockholm radio which basically offers as a phone patch link to some company headquarters to update any changes or requests crew have,not all companies use this!!

eyeinthesky

Hi A320, good to see that there are still some SWL listeners around. Further to your your last post unfourtunately the computer( CPDLC ) has taken some of the fun out of Transatlantic crossing with less voice. But however we must make the best while we still have voice.
Regarding advice on HF receivers there are still some good used receivers to be had. The Realistic DX 394 is a good budget receiver, the Target is also in that range. Lowe, Icom, JRC, are other names but more expensive. New the Eton brand have a no of receivers at reasonable prices.
Hopefully there maybe something of interest to you.

eatmyshorts

A320 wrote: »

the real fun is picking up long distance comms after dark,i used to like listening to dakar and tripoli.

Reminds me of trying to get a step climb clearance from Gander, west of Greenland on HF one night many years ago. Kept getting cut over by position reports to Mumbai!

A320

Iv just got myself the dx 394,itl be a random length of copper wire for the time being,im not sure if it comes with a telescopic antenna,i do hav an ATU AND GR5V antenna set up at home but it will be a bit before im up and running due to work,yes the cpdlc has taken a bit of fun,ive a feeling il be getting a new ATU and a wellbrook loop!!!!

EIDW

are there scanner freq,s 4 shanwick

EIDW

BravoMike wrote: »

A Shanwick feed can be found here : http://ei7dar.com/shanwick.html

silence!

Foggy43

EIDW wrote: »

are there scanner freq,s 4 shanwick

Try here http://www.iaa.ie/index.jsp?p=154&n=253

5.505mhz is usualy tx'ing all day giving weather reports for European Airports. Loads of frequencies used due to txing variations at different times of the year.

eyeinthesky

Is it VHF frequencies or HF ? as there are lots of HF avaliable. There are plenty of Frequency guides on sale. If you try Googling Seldec they carry a full range of guides.

Paddy_Whack

Hi. LiveATC from Shanwick is down. Is there any other PC based method of getting onto that frequency? TIA!

smurfjed

unfourtunately the computer( CPDLC ) has taken some of the fun out of Transatlantic crossing with less voice

Gotta admit that i love the idea of CPDLC, using HF is a PITA

Snowc

Paddy_Whack wrote: »

Hi. LiveATC from Shanwick is down. Is there any other PC based method of getting onto that frequency? TIA!

This feed has being offline for over 3 months and no updates if it will return anytime soon and also the flightradar24 receiver is down as well, maybe we should have donated more to keep it online;)