Has dade county rebanded yet?

[N4KVE]

I had to go to the Miami Airport early this morning, & I took my MRK with me to listen to the county. I've had this radio over 15 years, & it still worked. I'm not familiar with how the Ericsson system will be affected by rebanding. Will the radio be scrap after rebanding like non flashport Motorola radios, or will it continue to work? Thanks GARY N4KVE

 

[N4DES]

Miami Dade is moving to APCO25 with a new system and will be encrypting their public safety traffic.
And no they have not rebanded yet and your radio will no longer operate once they switch.

 

[N4KVE]

Thanks Mark. It was a good radio for the 15 years. It also listened to Hollywood before they changed over. GARY N4KVE

 

[wb4dyu]

Is the city of Miami encrypting also?

 

[garettmiamiherald]

Miami Herald Article

Hey,

My name is Garett, and I'm a reporter with The Miami Herald. We're writing an article about how Miami police departments will be begin encrypting their radio scanners, and we were hoping to ask some local operators how it will be affecting them. My e mail is gfranklyn@miamiherald.com, and my number is 305-376-4914. I'd appreciate any information.

Thanks,

Garett

 

[bg_nashville]

Miami Dade is moving to APCO25 with a new system and will be encrypting their public safety traffic.
And no they have not rebanded yet and your radio will no longer operate once they switch.

Is it just the agencies that are currently on the Miami-Dade EDACS system or are several area systems being replaced with one? As a frequent visitor to Miami Beach, I would hate to see them go 100% encrypted.

 

[N4DES]

Is it just the agencies that are currently on the Miami-Dade EDACS system or are several area systems being replaced with one? As a frequent visitor to Miami Beach, I would hate to see them go 100% encrypted.

As far as I can tell it will just be the ones on the Miami-Dade EDACS because that is all Sprint will pay for with rebanding. Now I'm sure others are free to join after the fact, but who know's who that will be.

 

[240871]

Are you sure it is going to be encrypted?? As far as I can understand it will only be some talkgroups and not all public safety.

 

[240871]

bump...

 

[240871]

Well... I dont think they are going to encrypt much - just special purpose talkgroups - only a few Harris radios will have encryption installed

 

[240871]

Dade p25

Ok - well now something is happening
Miami-Dade Public Safety (Project 25) Trunking System, Miami, Florida - Scanner Frequencies

Now we have the frequencies of the new system

 

[240871]

Have anybody heard any traffic on the new system?

 

[sflmonitor]

That's actually not the new system but instead a test system. They sometimes simulcast traffic from their EDACS system but only for testing.

 

[diodelatorre]

Miami Dade is moving to APCO25 with a new system and will be encrypting their public safety traffic.
And no they have not rebanded yet and your radio will no longer operate once they switch.

Harris Communication Tech has told me the new system will be Digital voice and will encrypt only for SRT and by "on demand". So your top of the line new scanner will be able to monitor.

 

[240871]

Ok sounds fine - but if it is only a test system - does that mean the frequencies are only used for test - and not the "real ones"?

 

[N4DES]

Harris Communication Tech has told me the new system will be Digital voice and will encrypt only for SRT and by "on demand". So your top of the line new scanner will be able to monitor.

Harris comm tech isn't going to manage the system and you can bet once the brass figures out that they can't be monitored, what might be thought as "on demand" will become "full time demand."

Oh and my previous information is from someone a lot higher up the chain than the vendor's technician.