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I wanted to start this new thread and not hijack the main LA-RICS Mater Thread.
As people were speculating months ago about if the birdie beep is going to transfer over to the P25 Phase II TDMA system. Well the answer is absolutely NO at this point. By the way LA FLYER is describing tonight about the testing phase with LASO and LACOFD in the clear this is not a good sign for LASO not hearing the birdie beeps. The reason why years ago that LASO incorporated the beeps is so people would not be able to listen to units in the field on scanner radios. Of course not this is old technology and is not an option on these newer trunking systems.
So if you were hearing LASO dispatch and field units this means that LASO has about a 99 percent chance that they will be fully encrypted. Sorry to break the bad news to everyone. I know this is only speculation since it’s the testing phase but it does not look good. There is no way that LASO is going to allow dispatch and field units in the clear. They are not going backwards at this point moving forward. They will probably follow suit with the way PSEC has setup their Law Enforcement talkgroups and lock them all down. Now with regards to LACOFD these talkgroups will stay in the clear as well as other non law enforcement talkgroups.
If you have seen the trend in the last six months with Law Enforcement agencies joining ICIS then the answer is plastered all over the wall. Encryption is built into those new radios and it will surely be used fulltime.
As people were speculating months ago about if the birdie beep is going to transfer over to the P25 Phase II TDMA system. Well the answer is absolutely NO at this point. By the way LA FLYER is describing tonight about the testing phase with LASO and LACOFD in the clear this is not a good sign for LASO not hearing the birdie beeps. The reason why years ago that LASO incorporated the beeps is so people would not be able to listen to units in the field on scanner radios. Of course not this is old technology and is not an option on these newer trunking systems.
So if you were hearing LASO dispatch and field units this means that LASO has about a 99 percent chance that they will be fully encrypted. Sorry to break the bad news to everyone. I know this is only speculation since it’s the testing phase but it does not look good. There is no way that LASO is going to allow dispatch and field units in the clear. They are not going backwards at this point moving forward. They will probably follow suit with the way PSEC has setup their Law Enforcement talkgroups and lock them all down. Now with regards to LACOFD these talkgroups will stay in the clear as well as other non law enforcement talkgroups.
If you have seen the trend in the last six months with Law Enforcement agencies joining ICIS then the answer is plastered all over the wall. Encryption is built into those new radios and it will surely be used fulltime.