---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 07/18/13: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 08:56 AM - Aero Thane Pain (David Kulp) 2. 11:25 AM - Re: Aero Thane Pain (Richard Girard) 3. 12:21 PM - Matt's KLVK ATC Streaming... (Matt Dralle) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 08:56:29 AM PST US From: David Kulp Subject: Kolb-List: Aero Thane Pain G'day Kolbers, I was out pulling maintenance on my Exmark and with the heat and hunidity so high I was looking for a reason to go inside in the AC. Found the reason!! I bought a quart of Aero Thane Christen Eagle Blue #177 for my FlagFly and discovered upon receipt that what I needed was Insignia Blue. In the interim my hangar/trailer rolled in Hurricane Sandy and the can of Christen Eagle Blue got badly dented. No leaks, but it sure is dented. I have no use for it and would like to see it get used, so if anyone would be interested in almost a quart of paint in a can you'll probably have to replace once you open the lid, make an offer. Just about done with repairs from the hurricane, must finish new gap seal and tailwheel yet and I'll be aloft. Dave Kulp Bethlehem, PA FireFly 11DMMK ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 11:25:30 AM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Aero Thane Pain From: Richard Girard Dave, Happy to hear the Flag Fly is up and about to be air born again. Congratulations. Wish I had a use for the paint. Aerothane is a catalyzed urethane it just has for chemical agents to keep it flexible when used on fabric. Otherwise it's not much different from other paints of its type that are used on ground bound vehicles. You might try good old Craig's List to sell it local. Some hot rodder looking to do some graphics or such might take it off your hands without the trouble of shipping. Lots of pictures of before and after when you return to flight, please. I'm going to do an article on homebuilts from the standpoint of major repairs such as yours. Yours, Rick Girard do not archive On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 10:56 AM, David Kulp wrote: > > G'day Kolbers, > > I was out pulling maintenance on my Exmark and with the heat and hunidity > so high I was looking for a reason to go inside in the AC. Found the > reason!! > > I bought a quart of Aero Thane Christen Eagle Blue #177 for my FlagFly and > discovered upon receipt that what I needed was Insignia Blue. In the > interim my hangar/trailer rolled in Hurricane Sandy and the can of Christen > Eagle Blue got badly dented. No leaks, but it sure is dented. > > I have no use for it and would like to see it get used, so if anyone would > be interested in almost a quart of paint in a can you'll probably have to > replace once you open the lid, make an offer. > > Just about done with repairs from the hurricane, must finish new gap seal > and tailwheel yet and I'll be aloft. > > Dave Kulp > Bethlehem, PA > FireFly 11DMMK > > -- Zulu Delta Mk IIIC Thanks, Homer GBYM It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy. - Groucho Marx ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 12:21:38 PM PST US From: Matt Dralle Subject: Kolb-List: Matt's KLVK ATC Streaming... Dear Listers, A couple of weeks ago I found a web site on the Internet called LiveATC.net that has the Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower communications on line for streaming for a number of airports around the country. Lo 'n behold, they even have a stream for my home base, the Livermore Airport. But, much to my dismay, the quality of their KLVK feed was just plain awful. It was obvious the airband source didn't have a decent antenna or perhaps even a good radio. I suppose that given that their site is a consortium of local citizens providing the feeds, the lack of quality goes with the territory. But, I really liked the idea of being able to monitor the LVK ATC and also the ability to bring up the archives and listen to my personal communications with the tower after a flight. Since I had a computer at the hangar along with a pretty decent Internet connection and, in the spirit of Experimental Homebuilding, I had an idea... I mounted an air-band antenna on the top of the hangar and brought the RG-58 coax down to near the computer and plugged it into my trusty Icom IC-A20 hand held. I was AMAZED at the quality of signal I was getting. It was picking up guys in airplanes 19 miles out like they were sitting next to my hangar! I set the radio to high-speed scan between the Tower and Ground frequencies so with a single feed I could get all communications. So next, I made an audio connection from the handheld to the Line In input on the computer. Sure enough, now I was getting great sound from the hand held on the computer! I found some software from Australia called BroadWave from a company called NCH ( http://www.nch.com.au/streaming ). It lets you connect to the Line In port on the computer and then generate real time audio streams that can be served up via the Internet. And sure enough, it works great! Next, I found some software from Germany called Loop Recorder ( http://looprecorder.de ) that let's you monitor an audio input on your computer and generate archive files. You can select an increment in which to rotate the files automatically, for example, every 30 minutes. I downloaded this software and installed it and sure enough, I was able to start archiving the ATC transmissions coming in, all the while streaming them live as well! The last piece of the puzzle was to enable the Web and FTP servers on the Windows 7 system and come up with a front-end web page that would tie all of these new resources together for easy access from the Internet. I'm happy to report, the whole thing came together very nicely and even allows you stream directly to your Android or iPhone as well as your desktop! Pretty darn cool! And so, without further ado, here is my new web site for monitoring the ATC communications at KLVK: http://klvk.matronics.com/ Just to state the obvious, the stream is silent if there isn't any current ATC or aircraft communications. During the day, you'll usually hear something within five or ten minutes. Sometimes much quicker. I contacted LiveATC.net and they were excited about adding my new stream to their web site as well. So, at some point soon, the LiveATC.net feed for Livermore Airport will be coming from my hangar! My site http://klvk.matronics.com will continue to be available as well. For entertainment purposes only! - Matt Dralle RV-8 #82880 N998RV "Ruby Vixen" http://www.mattsrv8.com - Matt's Complete RV-8 Construction Log http://www.mattsrv8.com/Mishap - Landing Mishap Rebuild Log http://www.youtube.com/MattsRV8 - Matt's RV-8 HDTV YouTube Channel Status: 172+ Hours TTSN - Rebuilding Fuselage After Landing Mishap... RV-6 #20916 N360EM "The Flyer" http://www.mattsrv6.com - Matt's RV-6 Revitalization Log Status: 170+ Hours Since Purchase - Upgrades Complete; Now In Full Flyer Mode Matt's Livermore Airport Live ATC Stream! Check out the live ATC stream directly from my hangar at the Livermore Airport. Includes both Tower and Ground transmissions. Archives too! 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