Recording cockpit voices

Does anyone know of any adapters or such that would allow hooking up
an audio recorder to record all cockpit communications? ie, both
transmissions to ATC and conversations to other passengers.

Thanks,

Glenn

"Glenn Westfall" wrote in message


Does anyone know of any adapters or such that would allow hooking up
an audio recorder to record all cockpit communications? ie, both
transmissions to ATC and conversations to other passengers.

Assuming your aircraft has an intercom, you can make a direct-connect cable
using Gene Whitt's directions found he
http://tinyurl.com/36x3c

I typically use a portable intercom that has an audio out jack. I use a
patch cord to connect that to either my voice recorder or my video recorder.
Having the portable intercom handy also provides a battery-powered backup
for the plane's intercom (actually used in that capacity once).

--
John T
http://tknowlogy.com/TknoFlyer
http://www.pocketgear.com/products_s...veloperid=4415
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"Glenn Westfall" wrote in message
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Does anyone know of any adapters or such that would allow hooking up
an audio recorder to record all cockpit communications? ie, both
transmissions to ATC and conversations to other passengers.

Thanks,

Glenn



Glenn,

Not an answer to your question, but are you in Ft. Worth?

aircraftpatchcord.com I think is where I got my cord, but then to get it to
work I had to replace one of the resistors in it with one of the size that
Gene Whitt used. I use a cheap Panasonic voice activated tape recorder that
will record at 1/3 speed so I can get well over 2 hours on one side of a 90
minute cassette.
--
Jim Burns III

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"Glenn Westfall" wrote in message
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Does anyone know of any adapters or such that would allow hooking up
an audio recorder to record all cockpit communications? ie, both
transmissions to ATC and conversations to other passengers.

Thanks,

Glenn

Assuming your aircraft has an intercom, you can make a direct-connect
cable
using Gene Whitt's directions found he
http://tinyurl.com/36x3c

I've made one of these cables, and they work good. I don't mess with tapes,
though. I bought an Olympus DM-1 digital recorder.. With the included 64MB
Smart Media, it will record for 10 hours on best quality. Double that if
you get a 128MB card. (Which is the max you can use). It also plays back
MP3/WMA format music files too.

Here's a small .wav clip from one of my recordings:
http://tinyurl.com/2ycds

--
Ben
C-172 - N13258 @ 87Y

"Glenn Westfall" wrote in message ...
Does anyone know of any adapters or such that would allow hooking up
an audio recorder to record all cockpit communications? ie, both
transmissions to ATC and conversations to other passengers.

Get a small microphone from radio snack. Plug it in to the
tape recorder and stuff the other end into the ear cup of your
headset.

"Ben Smith" wrote in message ...
Assuming your aircraft has an intercom, you can make a direct-connect
cable
using Gene Whitt's directions found he
http://tinyurl.com/36x3c

I've made one of these cables, and they work good. I don't mess with tapes,
though. I bought an Olympus DM-1 digital recorder.. With the included 64MB
Smart Media, it will record for 10 hours on best quality. Double that if
you get a 128MB card. (Which is the max you can use). It also plays back
MP3/WMA format music files too.

Here's a small .wav clip from one of my recordings:
http://tinyurl.com/2ycds

I record all my flights with students using a tiny digital recorder. I
have a very simple system that works wonderfully. You don't have to
tap into the intercom system. It is so simple that I record every
single flight, whether it is useful or not. I have written an article
about the setup on my website.

http://www.geocities.com/asarangan/aviation (and click on Cockpit
Voice Recorders).

"Andrew Sarangan" wrote in message
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I record all my flights with students using a tiny digital recorder. I
have a very simple system that works wonderfully. You don't have to
tap into the intercom system. It is so simple that I record every
single flight, whether it is useful or not. I have written an article
about the setup on my website.

http://www.geocities.com/asarangan/aviation (and click on Cockpit
Voice Recorders).

That's pretty cool. Even more straightforwardly, if you have a spare
headset and intercom station, you can just give the recorder its own
headset, pressing the two ear pieces together with the recorder in between.
I think I'll try that next time I fly.

--Gary

On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 13:17:58 GMT, "Chuck"
wrote:


"Glenn Westfall" wrote in message
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Does anyone know of any adapters or such that would allow hooking up
an audio recorder to record all cockpit communications? ie, both
transmissions to ATC and conversations to other passengers.

Thanks,

Glenn



Glenn,

Not an answer to your question, but are you in Ft. Worth?


No...I am in Okinawa at the moment. I am from Southern CA.

After I posted this message I started thinking about it. Would this
work? Plug in a headphone adapter that goes from the big size to the
small walkman size in an unused intercom jack. Run an extension cable
from the adapter to the mic in on a recorder or video camera. That
shoud do the trick correct? The headphone jack of aviation headsets
are standard size and can be converted to the smaller size.


On 22 Jan 2004 12:26:06 -0800, (Andrew
Sarangan) wrote:

"Ben Smith" wrote in message ...
Assuming your aircraft has an intercom, you can make a direct-connect
cable
using Gene Whitt's directions found he
http://tinyurl.com/36x3c

I've made one of these cables, and they work good. I don't mess with tapes,
though. I bought an Olympus DM-1 digital recorder.. With the included 64MB
Smart Media, it will record for 10 hours on best quality. Double that if
you get a 128MB card. (Which is the max you can use). It also plays back
MP3/WMA format music files too.

Here's a small .wav clip from one of my recordings:
http://tinyurl.com/2ycds

I record all my flights with students using a tiny digital recorder. I
have a very simple system that works wonderfully. You don't have to
tap into the intercom system. It is so simple that I record every
single flight, whether it is useful or not. I have written an article
about the setup on my website.

http://www.geocities.com/asarangan/aviation (and click on Cockpit
Voice Recorders).