Birthday present Woes

[kg4bmk]

I recently had another birthday they seem to happen at a faster pace these days. My wife purchased me a new scanner SDS200 that has been on my list for awhile. I have it setup but it seems i am not hearing much on the Anderson County SC P800 system. I think i may have missed the boat and they have encrypted much of the communications for LE. If anyone has any input or maybe i am missing something all help is appreciated.

If my local Law enforcement is encrypted what other services are available to listen to in the upstate of South Carolina? I have fighter jets and Military aircraft that fly over often from the Donaldson Center in Piedmont SC i assume. Any tips on how to listen to their traffic?

 

[RaleighGuy]

Looking at the database, it looks like Anderson Co SO is encrypted, but Belton/Anderson PD is not, nor is fire. Make sure you have the correct towers programmed in (shown below) and have the TAGS active in the programming.

1 (1)	062 (3E)	Anderson County Simulcast	Anderson	851.1625	851.2125	851.5375	851.550	852.075	852.2125	852.575c
				852.600c	852.6875	852.9625c	853.1625c

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

If my local Law enforcement is encrypted what other services are available to listen to in the upstate of South Carolina?

Regarding what's been documented in the RRDB, focus on the "Mode" column. For conventional channels: AM FM, FMN, P25, DMR & NXDN (the latter 2 require paid upgrades to monitor on an SDS200) are monitorable. Anytime you see an uppercase "E" as a suffix on any of the digital modes (as with P25E, DMRE or NXDNE) this would denote full encryption. A lowercase "e" as a suffix would indicate partial encryption (sometimes clear, sometimes not) With trunked radio systems, modes "A" "D", (less commonly "M") and "T" will be monitorable to you. Full encryption would be denoted as "DE" or "TE" and partial encryption "De" or "Te". Hope this helps & welcome to the RR forums!

I have fighter jets and Military aircraft that fly over often from the Donaldson Center in Piedmont SC i assume. Any tips on how to listen to their traffic?

AirNav: KGYH - Donaldson Field Airport

Complete aeronautical information about Donaldson Field Airport (Greenville, SC, USA), including location, runways, taxiways, navaids, radio frequencies, FBO information, fuel prices, sunrise and sunset times, aerial photo, airport diagram.

www.airnav.com

 

[RaleighGuy]

I add to @Whiskey3JMC the SEARCH feature is your friend, and as the legendary @w2lie often says, the secrets are in the search.

 

[kg4bmk]

Looking at the database, it looks like Anderson Co SO is encrypted, but Belton/Anderson PD is not, nor is fire. Make sure you have the correct towers programmed in (shown below) and have the TAGS active in the programming.

1 (1)	062 (3E)	Anderson County Simulcast	Anderson	851.1625	851.2125	851.5375	851.550	852.075	852.2125	852.575c
				852.600c	852.6875	852.9625c	853.1625c

Thank you for the reply. Now i need to research "TAGS" and educate myself with this stuff.

 

[kg4bmk]

Regarding what's been documented in the RRDB, focus on the "Mode" column. For conventional channels: AM FM, FMN, P25, DMR & NXDN (the latter 2 require paid upgrades to monitor on an SDS200) are monitorable. Anytime you see an uppercase "E" as a suffix on any of the digital modes (as with P25E, DMRE or NXDNE) this would denote full encryption. A lowercase "e" as a suffix would indicate partial encryption (sometimes clear, sometimes not) With trunked radio systems, modes "A" "D", (less commonly "M") and "T" will be monitorable to you. Full encryption would be denoted as "DE" or "TE" and partial encryption "De" or "Te". Hope this helps & welcome to the RR forums!

AirNav: KGYH - Donaldson Field Airport

Complete aeronautical information about Donaldson Field Airport (Greenville, SC, USA), including location, runways, taxiways, navaids, radio frequencies, FBO information, fuel prices, sunrise and sunset times, aerial photo, airport diagram.

www.airnav.com

Thank you for the information. I have been around a good while but never had a reason to comment until now I will read through your link and be sure to try some new searches.

 

[kg4bmk]

For conventional channels: AM FM, FMN, P25, DMR & NXDN (the latter 2 require paid upgrades to monitor on an SDS200) are monitorable.

The first this i did when i took it out of the box was purchase and upgrade. NXDN, DMR, and Waterfall. You know a HAM needs more waterfalls.

 

[wtp]

for mil air, add the service type

Easier to Read SDS100/200 Digital Scanner Manual