ekbelt Posted May 22, 2011 Posted May 22, 2011 I had the idea a few years ago to stream marine radio live on the Internet and I’ve finally got it up and running this year. I am fortunate to know the owner of Parkway Inn and he allowed me to install a radio and antenna on the roof as well as using his Internet connection to upload the live stream to the streaming server. The last week of testing has been great. It’s picking up all radio chatter on channel 68 from Grand Haven down to Saugatuck. Hopefully this will be a great fishing tool for all this year! Check it out: http://www.bigredclassic.com/radio.htm
jgaul Posted May 22, 2011 Posted May 22, 2011 I've been caught sitting in the driveway with the antenna up when i can't get out!!! This is much better!!! Thanks!
jimbobber Posted May 23, 2011 Posted May 23, 2011 awsome set up I went out tonight and left it on the lap top and my wife and oldest daughter was listining to me on the radio cooooool! Thx
Brandon Dekker Posted May 23, 2011 Posted May 23, 2011 Very Cool, Eric! I'm sure this will help some slow days at the office.
Far Beyond Driven Posted May 23, 2011 Posted May 23, 2011 Now you've got me wanting a mushroom swiss burger and their garlic bread with bar cheez. Hmmm......Cool idea though.
CAC Posted May 23, 2011 Posted May 23, 2011 Thank you!!!!I presently have a new favorite website! Thank you so much. Now we have to convince someone in Muskegon to do this.
In The Net Posted May 24, 2011 Posted May 24, 2011 can this hear all the way up in Ludington, or just in the muskegon/holland area??
BenLubbs Posted May 24, 2011 Posted May 24, 2011 The farthest I've heard is from Grand Haven, I don't think it has the range to reach Muskegon.
Flyboy Posted May 25, 2011 Posted May 25, 2011 This'll be great for passing on through out the long work day.
T28guy Posted May 25, 2011 Posted May 25, 2011 I need to figure out how to stream it via my iphone. Thanks alot and a great idea
ekbelt Posted May 25, 2011 Author Posted May 25, 2011 I tested it on an Iphone and Ipad2 last week and was having some issues. The Iphones and Ipads can't do flash so the website won't work unless you hack your phone with Frash or something similar. The stream is hosted on Ustream which does have an Iphone/Ipad app. I tried that last week and the current app is having a few issues but I think they should get it worked out soon. I think you might need to be on Wifi rather than 3g in order for it to work. You'll need to download the Ustream app and locate my stream with the username ekbelt or just search for 'Holland marine radio' on Ustream and it should come right up.I can pull it up on my original Droid just fine... its great! Early in the week seems to be pretty quiet. I heard a guy this morning who has 6 for 6 around 9am in 150fow. Tonight it sounded like a few guys were out there but it was pretty rough. Last week Thursday, Friday, and Saturday had chatter almost all day.
Spawnwalker Posted July 29, 2011 Posted July 29, 2011 I've been listening at times. Great idea and thank you!
ekbelt Posted August 13, 2011 Author Posted August 13, 2011 The storms knocked out the power periodically this morning and the live radio was down for around 6 hrs... we're back up to full speed now!
ekbelt Posted February 16, 2012 Author Posted February 16, 2012 I'm planning on firing the marine radio stream back up in March some time. I have plans to update the webpage this year to allow it to natively stream on iPhone and iPads. It should already work in any browser and on android phones.I'm wondering if anyone has any feedback on scanning more channels or just keeping it on channel 68? Scanning channels could make it a little more confusing, but also might offer more information.What do you think?
Nailer Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Eric, it's a cool thing. Thanks for doing it.
Priority1 Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 It is a cool thing with a lot of work involved. TYVM Erik.
ekbelt Posted March 27, 2012 Author Posted March 27, 2012 The marine radio stream is live! I made some updates this year so it will now work on Iphones and Ipads. Pretty minimal activity at the moment. Hopefully people get out this weekend and we can hear some live action!Check it out!http://www.bigredclassic.com/radio.htm
jimbobber Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 Erik Thanks so much for doing this,Im going to get an ipod touch for work soon i hope i can get it on that my boss wont like it tho! LOL! hey whats your boat name? Jimmy
ekbelt Posted March 27, 2012 Author Posted March 27, 2012 It should work on an iPod touch... I will test tomorrow. I have a coworker who has one.I run a 18' Lund we call Efishency.
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