Sarnia ENC.

[MilBil]

Been listening to Sarnia PD since Friday night . I was just wondering how long they had been unencripted .
It has been a while since I have listened to them .

 

[exkalibur]

I don't ever remember them being encrypted in the first place.

142.24500 1 Police APCO-25
142.45500 2 Police APCO-25
142.84500 3 Police APCO-25
142.62000 5 Police APCO-25

RR makes no mention of encryption.

 

[Forts]

They have been using encryption for well over a year at least.

 

[Muxlow]

I could never get them when ever is was in sarnia
what type of radio did you use to hear them

 

[MilBil]

Good old PRO-96 .

 

[Muxlow]

I could never hear anything with my 250D
What freq's you hearing things on

 

[exkalibur]

Ah, my bad They weren't encrypted when I lived out that way, but we're talking 5 years ago now.

 

[frankh]

We can all hope they start a new trend and flip the switch the other way!!

 

[Muxlow]

SO is it digital or analog they are transmitting in righ tnow?

 

[Forts]

P25 digital.

 

[Muxlow]

I think they have the encryption back. I was in sarnia today with my 396T and it was like its always been. Digital encrypted

 

[Forts]

Was in Sarnia yesterday. Clear as a bell on my Pro-96.

 

[Muxlow]

I can only get CH 1. The other 3 i didnt hear a peep on. And now that im back home i can hear them.. But couldnt when i was in sarnia
Odd

 

[Muxlow]

Did they get their enctyprion back?
Last 2 days i havnt been able to hear them and had to lock them out

 

[MilBil]

Yes for the last few days .

 

[Muxlow]

Figured so.. Guess they got their problem fixed up. Good for them... Blah for us

 

[Forts]

I've been in Sarnia the past few days and it was a mixed bag. Wednesday it was all in the clear. Thursday.... about 50/50. From what I heard it sounds like the have their radios programmed on the same channel using clear/secure modes (instead of turning encryption on and off). For example... channel 1 is 142.2450. I was listening to that channel yesterday and it was mostly encrypted traffic. Then a unit came on in the clear asking to do a 28/29 check on a driver. The dispatcher asked him to switch to the encrypted channel, to which he replied 'this portable doesn't have that channel'. Another unit then jumped in and said 'Are we using this channel again?' and the dispatcher advised them that all units should be on the encrypted channel and officer #1 should return to the station ASAP for another portable. So, for us in scanner land it just 1 channel... 142.2450... but it looks like they have it programmed twice into their radios... once using digital clear, once using digital encryption. Also, on a somewhat unrelated subject... Strathroy-Caradoc PS had Spectrum Communications out a week or so ago doing digital coverage testing in the area. They were very happy with the results and should be migrating to digital sooner than later. Hopefully they leave the encryption option on the bench.