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Is "spectating" allowed via controlling client?


Andrew Turner
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Andrew Turner
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Hi all-

Is observing controlling through one of the controlling clients permitted?

thanks

Andrew

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John Koranteng
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Hello, 

Yes, you can login as an observer through the atc client as well as listening to frequencies on AFV. However, make sure your range when connecting as an OBS is set to 300.

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Andrew Turner
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11 minutes ago, John Koranteng said:

Hello, 

Yes, you can login as an observer through the atc client as well as listening to frequencies on AFV. However, make sure your range when connecting as an OBS is set to 300.

Thank you! I'll be primarily watching in the US Northeast. Any recommendations as to which client to use?

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John Koranteng
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I'm not very sure to be honest, but, I would assume it is VRC. 
You can check the VATUSA website for more information on this. Additionally, here is the link to software for ATC used in VATSIM. 

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7 hours ago, Andrew Turner said:

Thank you! I'll be primarily watching in the US Northeast. Any recommendations as to which client to use?

VRC would be the best to use. It's specifically designed with virtual controllers in mind. It doesn't have the same realism as vSTARS (used for Approach) or vERAM (used for Center) but it will give you a nice balance of being able to see the traffic while still getting elements of what a real radar screen looks like.

To observe, you'll need sector files. Some airspaces publish these for anyone, others require you to make a request to obtain them. 

The documentation on the VRC website will provide some information for how to get started. You can also search your way around YouTube for several orientation videos. Here's one a friend of mine put together for our controllers at ZBW:

 

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1 hour ago, Evan Reiter said:

VRC would be the best to use. It's specifically designed with virtual controllers in mind. It doesn't have the same realism as vSTARS (used for Approach) or vERAM (used for Center) but it will give you a nice balance of being able to see the traffic while still getting elements of what a real radar screen looks like.

To observe, you'll need sector files. Some airspaces publish these for anyone, others require you to make a request to obtain them. 

The documentation on the VRC website will provide some information for how to get started. You can also search your way around YouTube for several orientation videos. Here's one a friend of mine put together for our controllers at ZBW:

 

Awesome - thanks! Coincidentally, I was just visiting the Boston ARTCC site to look around for training. I've found the rating requirements, but not how to actually get up and running... 

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What do you mean by:

On 7/28/2020 at 7:37 PM, Andrew Turner said:

I've found the rating requirements, but not how to actually get up and running... 

The video I linked above (plus its companion) literally walks through, step by step, how to get up and running. Obviously what it doesn't include are the actual sector files, which aren't available to the public. (You can email [email protected] if you want to request access.)

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