Beavis & Butthead

[GROL]

You need to get out more.

Why do these discussions turn into pissing contests with folks needing to one-up others? Time to take another long break from these forums.

 

[KevinC]

Why do these discussions turn into pissing contests with folks needing to one-up others? Time to take another long break from these forums.

I still attribute the pissyness to the dust the balloon spread over the country. People don’t seem to have a sense of humor anymore.

And that’s a joke.

 

[Project25_MASTR]

Of course not, and didn't mean it wouldn't be; however, I have yet to see encrypted P25 single channel that wasn't federal. Of course non-trunked exists, but is usually trunked.

It's going to depend on where you are in the country. I provided two counties within 60 miles of Bosque county which are in fact running encryption on conventional P25 which I know as I've done work for the counties at one point or another either on radios or repeaters. Funny story actually, Miliam's primary SO dispatch repeater is licensed on the same uplink as a multi-use TAC repeater in Coryell county and a backup repeater in Blanco county...all within 90 miles of one another with a bit of co-channel issues. Not a month ago I configured four conventional 800 MHz repeaters for a small Texas county, two of which are to be used with encryption.

 

[mwjones]

Stolen VFD handheld radio recovered; suspects identified by investigators

The Bosque County Sheriff’s Office has recovered the stolen Valley Mills volunteer fire department radio.

www.kbtx.com

The perpetrators of this act now get to learn the lesson of their actions make it a Federal offense, and this is not likely going to be just a "slap on the wrist"

 

[Ensnared]

The first mistake made was to reply to them over the air and confirm they can interfere. During training exercises in the military, radios would be taken by the enemy to see how we would respond.

Bosque county is P25 trunked. The radio could be deactivated or taken off the system. Maybe they have a VHF conventional HH that is used on simulcast to dispatch?

Hopefully some local concerned Hams will try and do a fox hunt on these idiots. They will eventually be caught. I image they have no idea they are soon to be felons due to interfering on purpose with the duties of public safety.

The trunked system for Hill County was within the recent past. I would imagine LE would have priority on the digital radios.

Although the hick city of Gatesville, Texas uses "E", I doubt Valley Mills has the bucks to do this. Hell, they can't even fix their sewer system. Funds might be an issue for Valley Mills. Oddly enough, per inside informants, the "E" issue in GV was tied to a riff between LE and F/EMS, childish behavior on both parts.