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.
After power came back online, my feed computer didn’t start up. I’ve got some fried motherboard components. The computer is in a state of disrepair right now. I have a new motherboard ordered. It should be back online by next week.
The Jefferson Co Ohio and Hancock Co / Brooke Co WV scanner feeds will be down Thursday, 4-29-2010 during daylight hours while AEP replaces a transformer in the subdivision.
The cost for this application is $19.99 per the ScannerLive website. Don’t be cheap. Plunk down your shekels and enjoy! (Keep in mind that there are very few developers of applications of interest to us in the scanner monitoring hobby. Developers must be supported if you wish for them to provide these great apps.)
As mentioned before, ScannerLive is a Windows application that allows you to listen to multiple audio feeds simultaneously, with the ability to mute, prioritize, and adjust the “squelch” of individual feeds.
ScannerLive allows you to listen to any IceCast/ShoutCast feed. It also allows you to add feeds from RadioReference just by selecting the feeds from pull-down menus.
You have 10 banks of up to 10 feeds each. You can switch back and forth between banks.
I don’t have time to provide a review. If somebody else does first, I’ll link to it. It is a great application though. It is so convenient to have all of the feeds you want to listen to available within one application, instead of having to open up a half dozen or more browser windows.
