Temple University

[ericswims]

Hey Guys,
Was looking for help to program my scanner to the Temple University Police scanner frequency in Philadelphia PA. I've tried a few ways and no luck so far. Anything you can assist with will be greatly appreciated!

 

[mark40]

They have been using DMR for awhile now, since at least since 2013 when my daughter started as a freshman. No scanner can decode it, not sure how much you know about DMR, but you can read up on the links below:

http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/MOTOTRBO

http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/DMR

I have a DMR HT but I haven't brought it along since I purchased it last summer. Will give it try next visit.

 

[ericswims]

Thanks Mark, thats very helpful. Would I be able to hop on that frequency without any special codes from Temple PD? Also what kind of DMR HT do you use?

 

[mark40]

THX, happy to help. I have a Tytera MD 380 UHF HT.

Besides the DMR capable radio and frequency, you need to know the: time slot, color code and talk group.

You'll need a computer and software such as DSD Plus and a scanner with a discriminator tap to interface with the computer.

If the user has encryption enabled you will be out of luck. So far the system I monitor does not.

I went through the "Digital Voice Formats" forum here on RR and learned how to do it.

These are some of the places I learned about it

Digital Voice Formats - The RadioReference.com Forums

DSDPlus - The RadioReference Wiki

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPrSyfu_nvg