Heard from a reliable source that NYPD has ordered new radios from Motorola that are encryption capable. I don't have any further details.
Heard from a reliable source that NYPD has ordered new radios from Motorola that are encryption capable. I don't have any further details.
What channels?
All new Motorola APX radio's have encryption already built into the radios now. It's not an add on feature anymore. Now to how much encryption or any encryption is used is the unknown equation.
Yes, it's built into those radios, but it's still an optional feature that they charge for to enable.
He is talking about ADP which comes free and can be used at no extra cost. You get one free key, if you want multi key or AES then you have to pay
I believe TAC G is now encrypted as well. I may be mistaken, but I recall monitoring last year and one unit asked to go to TAC G and when I switched to it, all I heard was hash. Since I now live in Virginia, I can only monitor when visiting NYC every few months, so verifying for me is a drawn out process.
last why order new radios with the uhf t band give back
I believe TAC G is now encrypted as well. I may be mistaken, but I recall monitoring last year and one unit asked to go to TAC G and when I switched to it, all I heard was hash. Since I now live in Virginia, I can only monitor when visiting NYC every few months, so verifying for me is a drawn out process.
Putting aside the notion that NYC's attitude towards the giveback is basically "Come at me, bro"...
The start of the long T-Band recovery and auction process is not set to begin until February 2021, which is a full four years away. That's only the first step of the process, with the actual deadline for clearing public safety from the band is not until early 2023.
So here we are in January of 2017, a full four to six years before the giveback will actually have any real effect on users...and what exactly do you want the NYPD or any other T-Band user to do until that time if they need new equipment? Duct tape and bubble gum to fix radios that are probably already a few years old and falling apart under the constant use and abuse they receive in the city? :roll:
As others have noted, Tac G is a direct (simplex) channel, and used mostly by SOD. They don't have encrypted radios at this time, so it wasn't them. There are co-channel users, however, and you might have heard some other agency, depending on your particular location.
From what I know and have seen, mostly all the units that fall under SOD (ESU, K-9 etc) are all using APX7000's now that were recently issued, along with the Transit Bureau and CRC. I would assume the new radios they are getting are either APX7000's or APX6000's. IAB has been issued APX6000's. I know Motorola discontinued the APX7000 few months back, but when it comes to the NYPD they get Motorola to do special things for them. I guess when it comes to selling approximately 30,000 radios to a customer they may make an exception For the NYPD. I would doubt they would purchase the APX8000 since they don't really have a need for a four band radio. But it certainly would not surprise me.
As for encryption on Tac-G, I highly doubt it. I hear clear transmissions on it from time to time. That really wouldn't work out too well for the officers who are still carrying radios that are not encryption capable who utilize Tac-G.