Pilot Mike’s Weblog

KOJC is a very popular training airport as well as a popular corporate flying destination because of its location in the heart of Johnson County’s economic belt. Johnson County Executive Airport is located at 151st Street and Pflumm Road in between the cities of Olathe and Overland Park, Kansas.

I am very happy to announce, that as of March 29, 2008, LiveATC.net is hosting a streaming audio feed of local KOJC ATC traffic sponsored by Pilot Mike’s Weblog. LiveATC.net has hundreds of ATC feeds from all over the world. Dave, Jason and the gang have really done a lot of work putting streaming ATC in one, easy to use, site.

KOJC – Live ATC Audio Stream
(hosting courtesy of LiveATC.net):

Executive Tower (1300Z-0300Z) / CTAF: 126.000
Executive Ground (1300Z-0300Z): 121.600

Columbia AFSS (OJC RCO) 122.150
Air Associates UNICOM (FBO): 122.950
KCAC UNICOM (FBO): 131.500
Emergency / “GUARD”: 121.500

Kansas City Approach (S of Line from LWC to 4GV): 118.900
Kansas City Approach (Sub-Sectorization – East): 120.950
Kansas City Approach (W of RWY 1/19): 124.700
Kansas City Approach (E of RWY 1/19): 118.400
Kansas City Center (Butler, MO – Low): 125.550
Kansas City Center (Topeka, KS – Low): 123.800
Kansas City Center (Emporia, KS – Low): 127.725
Kansas City Center (Chanute, KS – Low): 132.900
Kansas City Center (Sedaila, MO – Low): 135.575

Version 2 (05-2009 to Present):

1. Dell Dimension XPS R400 – Pentium II 400 MHz, 384 MB RAM, Windows XP Professional
2. Uniden Bearcat 245XLT Hand-Held Scanner
3. Gefen EXT-AUD-1000 Audio Extender (Mic/Line to Cat 5e Converter). This extends the audio from a 2nd floor bedroom to the LAN Closet in the basement where the dedicated streaming machine is located.
4. OddATC Client provided by LiveATC.net connected via Internet to the LiveATC.net Icecast2 Server
   (Encoding: MP3 Lame, Bandwidth Usage: ~16kbps)

Notes: Scanner was changed to spare my family from the flashing LEDs during the night as the best shot of the airport is from our bedrooms and I live in a subdivision where I can’t erect an external antenna.

Version 1 (03-2008 to 05-2009):

1. Dell Dimension XPS 410 – 2.4 GHz Intel Dual Core, 4GB RAM, Windows Vista SP1
2. Uniden Bearcat 210XLT Desktop Scanner (yes, it’s an oldie! I’ve owned it since I was 12!)
3. OddATC Client provided by LiveATC.net
   (Encoding: MP3 Lame, Bitrate: 16, Sample Rate: 11025) to LiveATC.net Icecast2 Server

Reason for decommission: We finished our basement and our office was moved from the 2nd floor to the basement were scanner reception is poor and I live in a subdivision where I can’t erect an external antenna.

After the KOJC tower closes for the evening (0300Z) the feed can get kind of boring so by scanning the center frequencies, it provides some audio on the feed. In addition, the folks that work VATSIM (Virtual Air Traffic Simulation Network) emailed me and asked to add some Kansas City Center frequencies in so they can get some real world examples of audio from aircraft in the area.