Listen to ATC online
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Listen to ATC online
On my scanner from home i can pick up the local aircraft but not the Tower/Approach etc
wouldn't it be nice to listen to your local ATC online, It seems that many
other country's don't mind this but the UK has a spanner in the works as per..
wouldn't it be nice to listen to your local ATC online, It seems that many
other country's don't mind this but the UK has a spanner in the works as per..
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The iPhone app is great. I used it to listen to the Chandler AZ ATC before I went there for my IR. Made my transition to US radiotelephony a snap (as they might say).
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Details for live ATC are:
Europe Airport Feeds | Live Air Traffic Control Audio Feeds | LiveATC.net
But limited coverage
Europe Airport Feeds | Live Air Traffic Control Audio Feeds | LiveATC.net
But limited coverage
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Originally Posted by L'aviateur
It's probably not sensible talking about an activity which is technically illegal in the UK.
I thought it was OK to listen to any transmision, as long as you didn't act on it. Or something like that.
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I thought it was OK to listen to any transmision, as long as you didn't act on it.
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The legality (or otherwise) of listening to ATC communications in the UK has been covered ad nauseum on here. The best place to start reading is this thread on the ATC forum.
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In Canada, it's not illegal to listen, but you are required to keep private all transmissions (i.e. not record & publish) except for those that are directed to All Traffic (and one other type which I should remember but cannot).
In Live ATC you are not recording, so it would appear that in Canada that it's legal?
What I have been unable to find is a live feed of ATIS, so I can learn how to record it quickly. I find it slightly embarrassing to have to listen to it three time to write down all the details (though my instructor doesn't make me feel embarrassed thankfully.....)
(I believe that a live feed of ATIS is not available because the continual transmission takes up a lot of bandwidth?)
Regards,
Steven in Winnipeg.
In Live ATC you are not recording, so it would appear that in Canada that it's legal?
What I have been unable to find is a live feed of ATIS, so I can learn how to record it quickly. I find it slightly embarrassing to have to listen to it three time to write down all the details (though my instructor doesn't make me feel embarrassed thankfully.....)
(I believe that a live feed of ATIS is not available because the continual transmission takes up a lot of bandwidth?)
Regards,
Steven in Winnipeg.
But answering the question, No it isnt illegal to listen
48 Interception and disclosure of messages
(1) A person commits an offence if, otherwise than under the authority of a designated person—
(a) he uses wireless telegraphy apparatus with intent to obtain information as to the contents, sender or addressee of a message (whether sent by means of wireless telegraphy or not) of which neither he nor a person on whose behalf he is acting is an intended recipient.
An R/T licence does not help as it only permits the holder to operate radiotelephony equipment in an aircraft, not a scanner at home.
Sorry if it has been discussed before, but this seems like one more UK peculiarity. If a pilot's R/T license only entitles using a transceiver while piloting, what license is required for the instructor who, from the ground, controls a student, like mine did most actively on my first solo? Round here, the license allows using ALL licensed apparatus, whether in an aircraft or not. But I don't think it would be easy to get a scanner licensed that covers more bands than just aviation.
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This reminds me of 1960s Czechoslovakia, where my parents had to be very careful listening to BBC World Service, Voice of America, or (the ultimate sin) Radio Luxembourg... had I spilt the beans on them e.g. at school, they would have been in big trouble.
Must work the same way here in the UK, with listening to ATC
Must work the same way here in the UK, with listening to ATC