Winnemucca PD.

[Smokey4176]

If any one travels through or is in the Winnemucca area and happens to hear the Winnemucca police on their scanner would you please let me know on this thread what make and model you have? I'm looking to buy a new scanner and don't want to spend hundreds of dollars if I cant hear any more than I already can with my trunking PRO-94. It has been mentioned to me in another thread to get a PSR-800 but don't want to spend that kind of money if it isn't going to work. Please only post if you know for sure you have herd them in the last two months.

 

[IDCowboy1]

I went through there last week and they are either running digital, encrypted, or both. I was using a BCT-15X when I went through, so I'm not going to speculate on exactly how they are configured other than it's definitely not an "analog" system.

 

[Smokey4176]

I do realize they are no longer analog and have gone digital. What I am in hopes some one with a 396XT or equivalent will know if they are encrypted or not before I go and spend the big bucks on a new scanner or just keep the Pro-94.

 

[xts3000r]

if i had a way out there i would try and see if there just p25 or encrypted. i have the radios. to do this. just no way out there

 

[IDCowboy1]

I have to run back out that way on ~15th of this month. I have a P25 portable I can tune up and find out for sure what they are running and let you know.

 

[Smokey4176]

That would be sweet. Here is the frequency they were using on analog.(154.845). I hear static on it now so since i'm not sure how the digital P-25 thing works maybe it will help.

 

[IDCowboy1]

With Moto P25 systems the "noise" sounds kinda like a couple of old dial up modems trying to link up. When you run certain types of encryption(DES, DES-OFB) it sounds pretty much like regular white noise static with some varying degrees of pitch, for lack of a better word. Either way we'll have an answer here soon.

 

[xts3000r]

what kind of p25 radio do you have.? and will you be passing neer reno

 

[IDCowboy1]

Moto XTS5000, and no I'll be making a left turn at Fernley headed for Fallon.

 

[xts3000r]

ok cool. well i hope there just fdma. and not p2

 

[IDCowboy1]

We will certainly find out won't we......LOL. If it's P2, I guess smokey will be shelling out the big bucks for one of those new PSR-800s.

 

[com501]

Humboldt County and Winnemucca PD appear to be running encryption.

 

[IDCowboy1]

Curious as to whether or not they are running encrypted to hide the little interagency dustups from the general public and each other. Super Troopers anyone?? LOL

Investigation into Winnemucca Police Office - My News 4 - KRNV, Reno, NV

 

[com501]

Curious as to whether or not they are running encrypted to hide the little interagency dustups from the general public and each other. Super Troopers anyone?? LOL

Investigation into Winnemucca Police Office - My News 4 - KRNV, Reno, NV

Probably not, since both Humboldt SO and WPD have had AES capability since I was a Kenwood dealer in California in 2003.:roll:

 

[xts3000r]

wow aes is some hared. enc.

 

[IDCowboy1]

Well folks, it appears that Winnemucca is P25 Phase 1 with no, I repeat, no encryption......yet. LOL. I guess Smokey will be coughing up those big bucks after all.

 

[xts3000r]

is sheriff on the same system. and are they trunking or conventional. i know phase 1 in know as trunking but i have see people refer to it fdma phase 1 conventional. thanks

 

[IDCowboy1]

I didn't hear tiddly squat from the SO and the PD was fairly quiet too, so I will see if that's the case on the way back Friday. I'm thinking it must have been a lounge day. It's Phase 1 FDMA conventional, as "Plain Jane" as it gets. Any P25 scanner on the market today will have no problems picking them up.

 

[xts3000r]

ok thanks for the update

 

[com501]

I wouldn't count your chickens....

If you attended the county board meetings in the last year they voted on spending money on encrypted radios and it was approved. Check the public record. Do your homework.

Almost every county in Nevada is buying new radios, and they are all getting grants and spending money for new P25 encrypted radios or some Harris EDACS equivalent.