While I am out of town I would appreciate notice if the Mixer Board feed goes down. I can not promise rapid response, but I'll do my best to get things back online as soon as I know it has crapped out again.
I have been procrastinating at regenerating the original machine that hosted that feed. Since the temporary machine hosts both the Mixer Board and the Wild Feed, something does not agree with SimpleCast which encodes the Mixer Board feed so it craps out every few days. I have covered this up by rebooting the machine when I feel that it needs it, but while I'm away it will likely fail when I have no Internet access. Murphy's Law and so forth.
Sorry about this, but you know how hobbies are. Of course, if somebody wants to donate a million bucks to the cause...
Look on the bright side, you can always listen to Key West action on the Southernmost Feed. WOO HOO!
2010-06-17
2010-06-11
Wild Feed searching
Broward County is finally getting around to rebanding its trunked radio system Real Soon Now. Since the radios must be returned to the radio shop for reprogramming, they are taking the time to change the names and uses of some talkgroups.
Starting now and lasting through the weekend Bote's Wild Feed will be in SEARCH mode to pick up any random talkgroups that pop up. Over the weekend most of the traffic is public safety as the dog catcher and garbage man don't work then, so our ears will be spared.
I do have to program in all the hospital talkgroups in order to lock them out as that traffic is mundane, annoying, and sometimes contains private information that should not be broadcast.
Starting now and lasting through the weekend Bote's Wild Feed will be in SEARCH mode to pick up any random talkgroups that pop up. Over the weekend most of the traffic is public safety as the dog catcher and garbage man don't work then, so our ears will be spared.
I do have to program in all the hospital talkgroups in order to lock them out as that traffic is mundane, annoying, and sometimes contains private information that should not be broadcast.
2010-06-10
Server replaced
Well, that was certainly easier than I anticipated!
The failing server has been replaced with zero effort on my part. Much props to the co-location facility that hosts our streams, VirtBiz Internet Services who can be reached at +1 972-485-4125 or +1 866-485-4125 . They sure made it easy for me, as I did not at all relish the prospect of re-installing Icecast one little bit!
The failing server has been replaced with zero effort on my part. Much props to the co-location facility that hosts our streams, VirtBiz Internet Services who can be reached at +1 972-485-4125 or +1 866-485-4125 . They sure made it easy for me, as I did not at all relish the prospect of re-installing Icecast one little bit!
2010-06-08
Server failure
It never fails: as soon as I gussy up the Key West feed, the streaming server takes a dive.
We're told that the server hardware at the co-lo facility is an older box and has several failures creeping up on it. So, over the coming days I will be getting a new server ready. No adjustment to your set is necessary, it will just start working reliably again once the cutover is complete and the DNS entry is updated.
In the meantime, expect more downtime than uptime based on the fact that they got it running a few hours ago, but it's back down again.
We're told that the server hardware at the co-lo facility is an older box and has several failures creeping up on it. So, over the coming days I will be getting a new server ready. No adjustment to your set is necessary, it will just start working reliably again once the cutover is complete and the DNS entry is updated.
In the meantime, expect more downtime than uptime based on the fact that they got it running a few hours ago, but it's back down again.
2010-06-05
Key West feed new antenna
OH YEAH! Bote's Southernmost Feed from Key West, Florida now hears MUCH better.
It is running a 1/4 wavelength high band antenna up on the roof, so it hears the Key West and Stock Island sites of the Monroe County trunked system solid now.
It also hears the UHF fire repeaters for Monroe County which still have some interesting traffic.
I have also enabled the marine bank since Key West is an island, after all. If the Coast Guard encrypted transmissions become too obtrusive I shall lock them out. For now, everything is wide open on the marine bank.
This feed should be hopping now!
Enjoy!
It is running a 1/4 wavelength high band antenna up on the roof, so it hears the Key West and Stock Island sites of the Monroe County trunked system solid now.
It also hears the UHF fire repeaters for Monroe County which still have some interesting traffic.
I have also enabled the marine bank since Key West is an island, after all. If the Coast Guard encrypted transmissions become too obtrusive I shall lock them out. For now, everything is wide open on the marine bank.
This feed should be hopping now!
Enjoy!
2010-05-16
Key West feed antenna
I know, I know, the Key West feed signal breaks up a lot. It's just a rinky-dink little rubber duck antenna screwed on the back of the scanner.
I'm hoping to erect a real antenna if I can arrange all the moving parts involved. If it works out the way I hope, then the public safety trunked system should be rock solid and I might be able to open up the marine bank since there will then be something to hear.
Nothing is certain at this point, but bear with me as I improve the feed.
Thanx.
I'm hoping to erect a real antenna if I can arrange all the moving parts involved. If it works out the way I hope, then the public safety trunked system should be rock solid and I might be able to open up the marine bank since there will then be something to hear.
Nothing is certain at this point, but bear with me as I improve the feed.
Thanx.
2010-04-24
Southernmost Key West feed
Here we go!
I'm going to give a Key West scanner feed a go. It might not last a month, it might last a long time. We shall see.
The permanent address for the Southernmost feed is
http://colostreaming.com:8000/botekyw
I will record an updated introduction when I get back home to identify the feed. For now, enjoy the silence when you first connect.
The Wild Feed is back to its regularly scheduled program, which will be...nothing. I have no spare scanner to run the Wild Feed now that I sold my extra scanners, so for now I will punt.
Cheers!
I'm going to give a Key West scanner feed a go. It might not last a month, it might last a long time. We shall see.
The permanent address for the Southernmost feed is
http://colostreaming.com:8000/botekyw
I will record an updated introduction when I get back home to identify the feed. For now, enjoy the silence when you first connect.
The Wild Feed is back to its regularly scheduled program, which will be...nothing. I have no spare scanner to run the Wild Feed now that I sold my extra scanners, so for now I will punt.
Cheers!
2010-04-23
Key West test feed
I am testing a temporary feed at Key West, Florida this weekend. If all goes well, I might make it permanent depending on factors beyond my control.
For now it is scanning both police and fire for the city of Key West as well as Monroe County. Their audio levels vary all over the place and I have done all I can to make it sound listenable.
\If this feed becomes permanent it will move to a different mount point name on the Icecast server at which time I will announce it here. Stay tuned.
For now it is scanning both police and fire for the city of Key West as well as Monroe County. Their audio levels vary all over the place and I have done all I can to make it sound listenable.
\If this feed becomes permanent it will move to a different mount point name on the Icecast server at which time I will announce it here. Stay tuned.
2010-04-22
Bote's Wild Feed down
Bote's Wild Feed has been taken out of service. Watch this space for an announcement about this mount point, it might be coming back online in a different location.
Nobody listened to it anyway. Except for you. You know who you are.
Nobody listened to it anyway. Except for you. You know who you are.
2010-03-29
I Survived the Great Tornado of 329
Local channel 10 WPLG news made it sound like Armageddon, going so far as to talk about buildings destroyed as their camera zoomed in on a length of white aluminum gutter lying on the ground. Oh. Boy. Circle the wagons, Martha!!!111!!1
Now that the shouting is over, the police command post monstrosity is no longer parked on NE 5 Terrace at 42 Street in Oakland Park, and the helicopter has gone home, and the water has receded, I have put the scanner feeds back to where they were yesterday.
Bote's Mixer Board scanning Fort Lauderdale, Pompano, and Deerfield Beach fire departments.
Bote's Wild Feed currently in Spring Break mode scanning Fort Lauderdale police districts 1, 2, and 3 (in other words, all of 'em). Nobody seems to care about listening to cops so I guess I'll put that back to Broward fire west channel. I think it's kind of neat to hear the same incident being handled on both the fire and police channels, but I must be in the minority.
If I can manage to get an antenna and feedline up high enough to hear Hollywood's digital system I might stream them instead of Broward, since there are a couple other Broward feeds.
Now that the shouting is over, the police command post monstrosity is no longer parked on NE 5 Terrace at 42 Street in Oakland Park, and the helicopter has gone home, and the water has receded, I have put the scanner feeds back to where they were yesterday.
Bote's Mixer Board scanning Fort Lauderdale, Pompano, and Deerfield Beach fire departments.
Bote's Wild Feed currently in Spring Break mode scanning Fort Lauderdale police districts 1, 2, and 3 (in other words, all of 'em). Nobody seems to care about listening to cops so I guess I'll put that back to Broward fire west channel. I think it's kind of neat to hear the same incident being handled on both the fire and police channels, but I must be in the minority.
If I can manage to get an antenna and feedline up high enough to hear Hollywood's digital system I might stream them instead of Broward, since there are a couple other Broward feeds.
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