Hurricane Ike GlobalNet Report

For those of you who want to keep track of local Houston area Hurricane Ike coverage, here are some links of audio and video streams on the Internet from the Houston area.

KTRH-AM NewsRadio 740
http://www.ktrh.com/cc-common/ondemand/player.html?world=st

KPRC-2 NBC Houston
http://www.click2houston.com/video/10903347/index.html

KHOU-11 CBS Houston
http://www.khou.com/video/?nvid=178826&live=yes&noad=yes

KTRK-13 ABC Houston
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/feature?section=news/local&id=6102015

KRIV-26 Fox Houston
Video Stream Page
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=7406837&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1

Video Stream 1
http://mfile.akamai.com/25255/live/reflector:24524.asx?bkup=30571

Video Stream 2
http://mfile.akamai.com/25255/live/reflector:32341.asx?bkup=34157

Studio CAM
http://media.myfoxhouston.com/stream/myfoxlive/cam-fox26studio.html

KBTV-4 NBC Beaumont (no streaming video as of this report)
http://setxhomepage.com/

KFDM-6 CBS Beaumont (no streaming video as of this report)
http://www.kfdm.com/

KBMT-12 ABC Beaumont (no streaming video as of this report)
http://www.kbmt12.com/

More to come from Monitoring Times magazine GlobalNet columnist

New Scanner Audio Feeds Now Available on Reciva

I'm the new Internet audio columnist for Monitoring Times magazine. Our GlobalNet column is the only column in any radio hobby magazine devoted to monitoring various services on the Internet. It made it's first appearance in the April 2008 issue of MT. Part of my Internet audio tool box is my favorite receiver in my shack - the Tangent Quattro WiFi Internet Radio that I purchased from our good friends at C.CRANE (http://www.ccrane.com/radios/wifi-radios/tangent-quattro-wifi-internet-radio.aspx). You can see my full review on the Quattro that appeared in the April 2008 issue of MT online at http://www.monitoringtimes.com/mtfirstlook-quattro.pdf.

So what can you hear on Internet radio? It is much more than just radio and TV video and audio streams. For instance, below is a late breaking Internet audio story that was just posted to the Live Scanner Audio newsgroup by Edmonton Fire Radio. Yes, you can monitor scanner services, aircraft services, ham radio, shortwave radio, television video and even signals from space.

"For those of you that have a Reciva based WiFi internet radio, here are links to the database for our Icecast feeds:"

Alamance Live Scanner -
https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_cloud&action=station&stationid=20326

Cache Valley -
https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_cloud&action=station&stationid=20327

Chester County -
https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_cloud&action=station&stationid=20328

Chicago Fire -
https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_cloud&action=station&stationid=20329

Edmonton Fire Department -
https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_cloud&action=station&stationid=19317

Flagstaff Police -
https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_cloud&action=station&stationid=20331

Guilford -
https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_cloud&action=station&stationid=20330

Las Vegas Police and Fire -
https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_cloud&action=station&stationid=18324

Los Angeles -
https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_cloud&action=station&stationid=20333

Williamsport & Lycoming County -
https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_cloud&action=station&stationid=20332

Northampton County PA Fire -
https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_cloud&action=station&stationid=20334

Northampton County Police -
https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_cloud&action=station&stationid=20335

Ottawa Valley -
https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_cloud&action=station&stationid=20337

Quincy IL -
https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_cloud&action=station&stationid=20336

Rochester Metro Fire -
https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_cloud&action=station&stationid=20020

Snohimish County WA -
https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_cloud&action=station&stationid=20339

Stone & Taney County, Missouri -
https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_cloud&action=station&stationid=19402

W3AHS Repeater -
https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_cloud&action=station&stationid=20340

Clay County IL -
https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_cloud&action=station&stationid=20338

So, if you would like to learn more about what you can hear on Internet audio, check out the latest issue of Monitoring Times magazine and the new GlobalNet column from the world's leader in radio hobby information.

Hotspot DXing: Fidel Castro Resigns

Press news reports and the morning newscast on Radio Rebelde carries news that Cuban Dictator Fidel Castro has resign as Cuba President and Commander-in-Chief.

You can monitor the latest developments (Spanish only) online at:

Radio Enciclopedia http://200.55.129.7/radioenciclopedia (Windows Media Player)

Radio Rebelde mms://media.enet.cu/radiorebelde (Paste URL into Windows Media Player)

Radio Marti Live (Office of Cuba Broadcasting) http://www.voanews.com/real/live/envivo.ram (Real audio service)

You can get the latest shortwave radio frequencies to monitor this story on our sister blog -- the Shortwave Central at http://mt-shortwave.blogspot.com/2008/02/hot-spot-dxing-cuba-castro-resigns.html

Monitoring the Aussie Gold Coast

I will be the first to admit I am a bit of an audio freak and the Internet gives me the ability to monitor communications from around the world that I would not normally hear. Case in point - Australia Public Safety communications.

Now you can listen to Aussie Gold Coast Police, Fire/Rescue, Ambulance, Surf Rescue, Lifeguards, Gold Coast City Council Safety Patrol, VHF Marine channels 16, 63, 73, and the Gold Coast International Airport tower frequency courtesy of Geoff at the Moreton Diver website.

Point your browser to http://www.moretondiver.com/livescannerfeed.html for public safety comms with a G'Day twist.

The live scanner feed URL is http://210.11.123.49:8080

Monitor the Airspace at Superbowl XLII this Weekend

Are you are interested in hearing the coming and goings of aircraft in and around the SuperBowl in the Phoenix area this weekend? If the answer is yes then I have a neat online service for you (and it is free).

Now you can monitor Phoenix Approach/Departure Control communications and view their radar screen of air fraffic in the area via the Internet.

This service is courtesy of LiveATC.net and SquawkVFR. Point that browser at
http://atcmonitor.com/superbowl/superbowlairspace.html and get in on all the action.

Be sure to tell them that the Milcom and Btown Monitoring Post sent ya.