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Mech1 · 02-01-2014 10:05PM

Ok bring on the weather, smokes and beer at the ready! Scanner getting primed now so a few beeps to be expected. dropping FIS now, op's will go missing if the winds pick up.

Mech1 · 02-01-2014 10:10PM

scanner will be put country wide overnight, 24.00 till 0500
Mostly aircraft only will be heard.

flazio · 02-01-2014 10:13PM

What do you mean 'Country Wide' are you going to try to pick up Shannon Low Level?

Mech1 · 02-01-2014 10:16PM

yeah and the rest, we get quite a few aircraft readable here, ground based no.

flazio · 02-01-2014 10:23PM

Anyone hear why RYR498Z had to go around?

fr336 · 03-01-2014 12:24AM

flazio wrote: »

Anyone hear why RYR498Z had to go around?

I just listened back but think it was missed on the freq - probably wind I guess.

Mech1 · 03-01-2014 09:50PM

I hear the internet connection here was down a few times today, sorry but nothing I can do about that.

fat-tony · 03-01-2014 09:53PM

Was very stable all the time I was listening today - up to about 14:30. PM'd you about audio level/quality, though.

Mech1 · 03-01-2014 09:55PM

Had a pm today saying the audio quality was bad so a few adjustments have been made report any problems please.

Mech1 · 03-01-2014 09:55PM

Thanks Tony hows it now?

fat-tony · 03-01-2014 09:57PM

Not exactly "bad" Mech1 - just not up to your usual high standards

Will check shortly and report - on the laptop just at the moment!

Mech1 · 03-01-2014 10:05PM

Im hearing it perfect here but im using big speakers not pc type stuff, no changes here except output level was raised a few days ago due to a listener that couldnt hear due to the wind noise at his location.

I have reduced output to old setting in the last 10 min, EQ is software based settings so when put back on returns to saved specs automatically, so no change there.

All comments on Audio level / Quality needed.

ANXIOUS · 03-01-2014 11:44PM

Mech1 wrote: »

Im hearing it perfect here but im using big speakers not pc type stuff, no changes here except output level was raised a few days ago due to a listener that couldnt hear due to the wind noise at his location.

I have reduced output to old setting in the last 10 min, EQ is software based settings so when put back on returns to saved specs automatically, so no change there.

All comments on Audio level / Quality needed.

Sounds perfect to me, a shamrock reported that they ran over a rabbit. Unusual thing to hear

DieselPowered · 04-01-2014 12:11AM

ANXIOUS wrote: »

Shamrock reported that they ran over a rabbit. Unusual thing to hear

Not actually, I heard the same thing and posted it last week

the beerhunter · 04-01-2014 12:38AM

DieselPowered wrote: »

Not actually, I heard the same thing and posted it last week

we call this a precision hare strike.

fat-tony · 04-01-2014 12:45AM

Mech1 wrote: »

...

I have reduced output to old setting in the last 10 min, EQ is software based settings so when put back on returns to saved specs automatically, so no change there.

All comments on Audio level / Quality needed.

Apologies for the delay, but back on main PC again. Sounds good! I think some of the aircraft replies were "overdriving" the sound levels earlier and perhaps getting into clipping.

Aestivalis · 06-01-2014 07:43PM

Just curious lads. Who exactly is situated in the tower at Dublin and what are their jobs.

I know theres

Tower - For take offs and landing aircraft on finals?
Ground - For all taxiing aircraft until they get to the runway. Do they do engine start approvals too?
Delivery - Do they just confirm flight plans on this?
Approach - Thats for all aircraft approaching dublin until they get within the towers airspace?
Centre - Not sure exactly what this is. For aircraft passing over the airport?

Also, do each of these only have 1 person controlling the frequency at any one time, and are they all situated in the top of the tower overlooking the airfield. (the big glass part)

Also, when you hear shannon controlling all aircraft movement in and around the country between airports, are they situated in a tower, or just a windowless room.

I've been up flying so much in light aircraft alot and I hear the controllers so much that they have familiar voices, I really should know the difference by now :pac:

not a pilot btw.

Aestivalis · 06-01-2014 07:45PM

Sounds like they're having small issues with the taxiway lighting.

urajoke · 06-01-2014 09:17PM

Aestivalis wrote: »

Just curious lads. Who exactly is situated in the tower at Dublin and what are their jobs.

I know theres

Tower - For take offs and landing aircraft on finals?
Ground - For all taxiing aircraft until they get to the runway. Do they do engine start approvals too?
Delivery - Do they just confirm flight plans on this?
Approach - Thats for all aircraft approaching dublin until they get within the towers airspace?
Centre - Not sure exactly what this is. For aircraft passing over the airport?

Also, do each of these only have 1 person controlling the frequency at any one time, and are they all situated in the top of the tower overlooking the airfield. (the big glass part)

Also, when you hear shannon controlling all aircraft movement in and around the country between airports, are they situated in a tower, or just a windowless room.

I've been up flying so much in light aircraft alot and I hear the controllers so much that they have familiar voices, I really should know the difference by now :pac:

not a pilot btw.

Max is 4 in the tower working. Air, surface, CDS and a data assistant.

Everyone else works in the ACC Area Control Center below the tower. Nowadays it's one man sectors so one person per frequency. The area sectors used to be two man but they changed them last year to one man, you might hear is say on frequency a lot "sorry was on the phone/intercom" as we miss transmissions more now that we as one person have to talk to the pilots and talk to other sectors by phone.

Some towers like Cork have approach situated in the tower where there is room.

crosstownk · 08-01-2014 09:50PM

Mech1 wrote: »

Had a pm today saying the audio quality was bad so a few adjustments have been made report any problems please.

I listen very regularly and find the sound quality excellent, Pat.

It was clipping a while back probably because the volume was turned up a notch too much but while listening over the Christmas period to now it's been A1.

ANXIOUS · 12-01-2014 10:46PM

I didn't have anything to do today, so had the feed on in the house all day. It's interesting to hear the range of things that go on. The first plane in today hit a hare, and had to file an incident, an ATC asked that his wife would be looked after, a passagner managed to set off a life vest which needed to be replaced, a phone was found on a flight deck and a few other random things.

fr336 · 12-01-2014 10:51PM

ANXIOUS wrote: »

I didn't have anything to do today, so had the feed on in the house all day. It's interesting to hear the range of things that go on. The first plane in today hit a hare, and had to file an incident, an ATC asked that his wife would be looked after, a passagner managed to set off a life vest which needed to be replaced, a phone was found on a flight deck and a few other random things.

Elaborate?

fr336 · 12-01-2014 11:01PM

I really tried to make that not sound like a joke, but clearly it did

I was just wondering exact context.

ANXIOUS · 12-01-2014 11:16PM

fr336 wrote: »

I really tried to make that not sound like a joke, but clearly it did I was just wondering exact context.

I'd imagine, she was bumped up to first class if they had empty seats or given free drink and such.

fr336 · 12-01-2014 11:17PM

ANXIOUS wrote: »

I'd imagine, she was bumped up to first class if they had empty seats or given free drink and such.

Outrageous.

ANXIOUS · 12-01-2014 11:29PM

fr336 wrote: »

Outrageous.

I wouldn't go that far.

fr336 · 12-01-2014 11:31PM

ANXIOUS wrote: »

I wouldn't go that far.

I wasn't being entirely serious; sorry

fr336 · 19-01-2014 08:56PM

I'm guessing everyone is well aware of this already http://notam-ireland.blogspot.co.uk/

ANXIOUS · 22-01-2014 07:24PM

Lasers out again in Sutton

fr336 · 22-01-2014 07:55PM

ANXIOUS wrote: »

Lasers out again in Sutton

What's been said, and when? Would like to listen to it in the archive.

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