OVSCAN

The feeds are still down. To be honest, they could have been back up the same day if I really wanted to deal with the pain in the ass computer. Now I have a replacement motherboard, and I had the computer back up and running the same day it went down in a crippled state. The motherboard was partially fried and I could only run with one stick of memory.

The ideal location for the feed is not the same place where I work on the computer. Had I put the feed back up while waiting for a new motherboard, it would have been a lower quality feed (at least for Brooke and Hancock).

The bigger picture though… fatigue. I have other things I like to do besides babysitting computers to make sure people who never visit my site or never give a word of thanks can enjoy the feeds. That really sucks. Plus, I’ve gotten back into another hobby that is very dear to me, that being Amateur Radio. It is now taking a much higher precedence than scanner listening.

I have the motherboard for the feed machine. I just haven’t found the time or ambition to replace it to restore the computer back to its previous state. And, I find myself wanting to dedicate that computer to my amateur radio hobby rather than to feeding scanners.

So for now, I must admit I’m considering leaving my feeds down permanently. Nothing is final. If I do decide to take down the feeds permanently I’ll be sure and post here.

My advice: go buy a 10 dollar piece of garbage basic scanner capable of trunking a simple Motorola system. It takes very little money to monitor the Jefferson Co activity, and it takes even less to monitor Brooke/Hancock.