mass state police

Is listening to a public safety trunked system legal? I have heard mixed answers, and would like as much advice as possible so I don't commit a crime. I would not be transmitting and would disable the PTT in the radio settings. I have a Motorola XTS 2500 UHF 2 and XTS 5000 7/800 that are...

I've been occasionally picking up TG 40128 on the MSP trunk system. It's not currently in RR. It seems to be a mutual aid but I haven't been able to pin it down. I've also got logs of UID 65520 on this TG, which also shows up on LPS-10 (TG 36624) and WMLEC PD (TG 40208) and Greenfield PD (TG...

I am working with a friend to program his BCT15X using the Freescan software, currently we have programed all the Barnstable county public service channels, these of which work perfectly fine. (BCSO2-5.pdf has the system written out for review). Now we have worked to program all of the Mass...

Good evening, I have been programming Mass State Police into my BC346XT for years. Recently the scanner is locking up on the trunking frequencies and not releasing the banks. Also, when I program certain State Police troops such as Troop H, or Troop D of Mass State Police, I am now getting a...

Please bear with me as I am new to this: Has anybody else had reoccuring issues with the MSP trunked freq going dark? I executed the firmwhere update and am now able to pick up MA Environmental PD, but MSP is still lacking. I have gone so far as create an entire new profile using the Win500...

Good Evening, I just bought a Uniden BC346XT, and am wondering a few things in regards to programming it. The Massachusetts State Police primarily use a trunked system (which I have programmed in properly for my area), but they also use low band VHF for car to car and informal communications...