Did Nashua PD go encrypted?

[awattam]

I hooked up a Uniden BCD346xt (analogue) scanner to Unitrunker and instead of showing Nashua PD as `dig' it now shows `enc'.

Does this mean that Nashua PD is now encrypted or is the scanner giving false readings?

 

[jmorrissey23]

I hooked up a Uniden BCD346xt (analogue) scanner to Unitrunker and instead of showing Nashua PD as `dig' it now shows `enc'.

Does this mean that Nashua PD is now encrypted or is the scanner giving false readings?

Not sure if it was temporary but the were completely encrypted yesterday afternoon it appeared.

 

[awattam]

I am thinking that spending $200 on the BCD346xt and not $469 on the BCD396xt was a good idea after all. Our town (Hudson) is encrypted and looks like Nashua will soon follow.

 

[KB1VLA]

Hudson PD is 100% encrypted?

 

[mainetrunk]

I heard Nashua last night, NO encryption. Hudson? Will check

 

[jmorrissey23]

Nashua and Hudson could have selectible encryption that the shift commander decides whether or not to activate it. Since today Nashua and Hudson is in the clear (or at some units are in the clear)

 

[awattam]

Hudson PD is 100% encrypted?

I understand that part of Hudson is encrypted. Sometimes you can hear a traffic stop called in but when it comes to the dispatcher releasing driver details, that part gets encrypted.

 

[NYRHKY94]

Hudson PD has had select units Encrypted for several years now. The majority of radio traffic however remains in the clear. There has been no change to this.

 

[n1das]

I hooked up a Uniden BCD346xt (analogue) scanner to Unitrunker and instead of showing Nashua PD as `dig' it now shows `enc'.

Does this mean that Nashua PD is now encrypted or is the scanner giving false readings?

I was listening last night on my 396xt and all routine chatter on TG 49168 and 49200 were in the clear. The TGs used by the "David" units appear to be ENC'd all the time. It's been that way for a long time.

Did the scanner happen to stop on an ENC'd TG?

IIRC, when the 396t and 396xt models are scanning a Moto trunked system, they automatically ignore a TG whenever ENC traffic is detected. You may hear a short burst of ENC traffic and then it mutes then resumes scanning. When scanning conventional channels it doesn't know if received P25 traffic is in the clear or using ENC and you'll hear both types come through.

When using Unitrunker, does it treat Nashua's system as conventional channels? If so, that might explain hearing the garbled sound of ENC traffic coming thru on one of the TGs instead of automatically muting it. I haven't used Unitrunker in a while so I'm not sure.

Good luck.

 

[n1das]

I've been listening to NPD on my 396xt this evening without any problem. The primary TGs 49168 and 49200 have all been in the clear. Everything seems to be business as usual.

 

[awattam]

I suspect its the scanner misreporting. I am going to solder in a discriminator tap this weekend so I will see what that tells me.