Fredric Greenblott 1346549 Posted May 30, 2016 at 02:18 AM Posted May 30, 2016 at 02:18 AM So I was just doing a routine IFR flight from Phoenix to Los Angeles, and everything went fine up until the final approach - LAX Tower's voice clarity was very, very choppy and I could barely understand him. I was lined up to land on 25R, and suddenly this 737 that was holding short begins to line up on the runway (Yes, I was cleared to land). The tower didn't tell the 737 to get off the runway (or if he did, I didn't hear it) and I was forced to go around. When I did end up landing, the tower apologized to me and I went to LAX Ground for taxiing to the gate. So, long story short, the voice quality in some areas needs to improve. And it's not just in the LA area. It's definitely not me, my computer is right next to my router. What do you guys think??? System Specs: Core i7-7700K OC'ed to 5.0GHz, 16GB Ballistix DDR4-2400 RAM, OC'ed NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, 80GB HDD + 1TB External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Walsh Posted May 30, 2016 at 02:23 AM Posted May 30, 2016 at 02:23 AM I think stuff happens. You have to adapt. Voice problems happen on real radios. 25R is a departure runway. You should have been lining up for 25L. You say tower was choppy. Are you sure he cleared you to land on 25R? If so then the guy on the runway was his problem not yours. He apologized. No big deal. Just my 2 cents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredric Greenblott 1346549 Posted May 30, 2016 at 02:28 AM Author Posted May 30, 2016 at 02:28 AM I think stuff happens. You have to adapt. Voice problems happen on real radios. 25R is a departure runway. You should have been lining up for 25L. You say tower was choppy. Are you sure he cleared you to land on 25R? If so then the guy on the runway was his problem not yours. He apologized. No big deal. Just my 2 cents Yeah, even SoCal Approach said that tower was having problems before I changed frequencies... So I guess I don't blame him... And yeah, that 737 kinda pissed me off but it's over now. I'm flying the route again tomorrow morning so hopefully it will be clearer. System Specs: Core i7-7700K OC'ed to 5.0GHz, 16GB Ballistix DDR4-2400 RAM, OC'ed NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, 80GB HDD + 1TB External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Walsh Posted May 30, 2016 at 02:35 AM Posted May 30, 2016 at 02:35 AM If tower was having problems it wasn't VPilot. Could have been his connection. Either way no big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Carlson Posted May 30, 2016 at 02:57 AM Posted May 30, 2016 at 02:57 AM It's definitely not me, my computer is right next to my router. What do you guys think??? I think the proximity of your computer to the router has nothing to do with it. Seriously though, if LAX tower was the only one that sounded choppy to you, then it was his microphone and/or internet connection that had an issue. That being said, there is plenty of room for improvement in VATSIM's voice infrastructure. There are developers working on it behind the scenes. Developer: vPilot, VRC, vSTARS, vERAM, VAT-Spy Senior Controller, Boston Virtual ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredric Greenblott 1346549 Posted May 30, 2016 at 03:11 AM Author Posted May 30, 2016 at 03:11 AM It's definitely not me, my computer is right next to my router. What do you guys think??? I think the proximity of your computer to the router has nothing to do with it. Seriously though, if LAX tower was the only one that sounded choppy to you, then it was his microphone and/or internet connection that had an issue. That being said, there is plenty of room for improvement in VATSIM's voice infrastructure. There are developers working on it behind the scenes. I've been to a lot of other places where the ATC coverage is choppy/bad... But anyway, glad to hear the vPilot team is working on things. System Specs: Core i7-7700K OC'ed to 5.0GHz, 16GB Ballistix DDR4-2400 RAM, OC'ed NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, 80GB HDD + 1TB External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Carlson Posted May 30, 2016 at 03:32 AM Posted May 30, 2016 at 03:32 AM But anyway, glad to hear the vPilot team is working on things. It's not the vPilot team (there is no vPilot team, it's just me) ... it's other VATSIM developers, mainly from the swift team. Developer: vPilot, VRC, vSTARS, vERAM, VAT-Spy Senior Controller, Boston Virtual ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernesto Alvarez 818262 Posted May 30, 2016 at 03:34 AM Posted May 30, 2016 at 03:34 AM also note the controllers dont use the pilot clients to control. there are separate atc clients. some controllers dont own flightsim at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Christie Posted June 13, 2016 at 11:46 PM Posted June 13, 2016 at 11:46 PM Something that wouldn't happen in ICAO land, but is common in FAA land, is aircraft may be cleared to land, while another is departing on the same/crossing runway. Kirk Christie - VATPAC C3 VATPAC Undercover ATC Agent Worldflight Perth 737-800 Crew Member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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