I did a brief search and didn’t find much, but I was just curious if there is/was a way to listen in to VATSIM frequencies without logging on to the network. I’m not expecting a playback feature but I think it would be helpful for learning and getting used to radio traffic.
I’ve seen some posts that talk about how they are afraid of differing radio comms across the globe (of which I am not entirely confident myself) and I think it would be nice to listen in to get used to those comms.
Is there a specific client or can I do it via xPilot? I didn’t see a way to connect as something other than an aircraft, do I just not input a callsign or aircraft code?
Use your existing sim and pilot client. You’d still need to add a callsign and aircraft type, just check “Connect in observer mode” before connecting. Then you can sit anywhere in radio range and listen.