I'm a Clevelander myself. I'm completely blind so good describing! I've always wanted to try and follow a plane live or hear a recording of one. You listen to Atis first. Then you go to clerance, ground, tower, departure, center, and eventually arrival tower and ground of the place you're landing. The problem is on LIVE ATC you can only hear the controlers and once you get to Oberlin Center it's hard to follow the plane from there. I can pick up Atis, Ground Tower and departure and arrival on my scanner, but not center.
I would recommend picking up a scanner, like the Uniden BC125AT. Most of the channels are on Radio Reference (there are a few dead ones on there but all of the ones that you would need are on there!) Live ATC also has a delay and you are right about trying to chase the aircraft around. You might need an upgraded antenna depending on how far you are. I got the longer one on Amazon for like $10 and can pick it up from Medina. It is fun to listen in, especially when the aerial refueling track is active!
I'm a Clevelander myself. I'm completely blind so good describing!
I've always wanted to try and follow a plane live or hear a recording of one. You listen to Atis first. Then you go to clerance, ground, tower, departure, center, and eventually arrival tower and ground of the place you're landing. The problem is on LIVE ATC you can only hear the controlers and once you get to Oberlin Center it's hard to follow the plane from there. I can pick up Atis, Ground Tower and departure and arrival on my scanner, but not center.
I would recommend picking up a scanner, like the Uniden BC125AT. Most of the channels are on Radio Reference (there are a few dead ones on there but all of the ones that you would need are on there!) Live ATC also has a delay and you are right about trying to chase the aircraft around. You might need an upgraded antenna depending on how far you are. I got the longer one on Amazon for like $10 and can pick it up from Medina. It is fun to listen in, especially when the aerial refueling track is active!