Dobbs Ferry PD
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What do you mean they changed their radios?
When was the last time you were able to hear them?
When was the last time you were able to hear them?
Since the Summer. I asked one of the officers and he told me they are on a new system with new radios... I found online the town purchased APX4500 radios. See link. 11-discusion5-police_radio.pdf (dobbsferry.com)
Looks like they purchased UHF radios, so they should still be operating in that band. Check all three of their licensed frequencies for activity, and don't assume that they're still using the same NAC as listed in the RRDB, they could've changed.
460.475
482.450
482.575
460.475
482.450
482.575
Archie
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Per the documents above, they did not buy ADP encryption. So they remain in the clear for you to continue monitoring.
Actually, the exact opposite. The quotes from MSI clearly show the ADP Only option for the 4000, 4500, and 8000.
Doesn't necessarily mean they've encrypted their channel, but the option to do so is certainly there, assuming they followed through with the purchasing as quoted.
Proscan... bcd536hp. close by. A few very weak hits on 460.475, (analog I think, prob Newark (c123.0) and Westhampton (d331). Nothing close and nothing on the the 482 mhz freqs. If Enc, I don't think I hear anything on that scanner, correct?
I believe Uniden ignores encryption if you're actually scanning the frequency normally, however if you force it to scan those frequencies as Analog audio type (not All or Digital), it should let anything through. Perhaps you could do that and enable attenuation on them so that you'd only pick up anything strong/nearby.
Interesting mystery. I see nothing in any of their recent village minutes to indicate that they would've gone to another system like MRRS. Looks like that resolution to purchase the UHF APX radios passed last year, and another resolution over the summer to renew the maintenance contract with Goosetown.
Interesting mystery. I see nothing in any of their recent village minutes to indicate that they would've gone to another system like MRRS. Looks like that resolution to purchase the UHF APX radios passed last year, and another resolution over the summer to renew the maintenance contract with Goosetown.
Since the summer, I am still scanning the three frequencies, and twice I heard in the clear "Dobbs Ferry" in a brief statement, more like a quick ID statement...but no actual PD traffic. That was set as a conventional configuration. The officer who I spoke to admitted to being non-technical and he said the new setup was more like cell phones than radios.....
I've been listening (or not) for a while on MRRS talk group 9560, and have not heard anything yet this evening. We'll see... FYI, my bcd325p2 cannot receive much of anything on the MRRS system anywhere in lower Westchester (simulcast issues), but the sds 100 does ok. It mostly comes through the Metro-25 site (zone1) rather than Westchester Zone 3 (site81) below i287 for me. p25....
Same Here. Haven’t seen a new TG pop up yet.
