EBRCS Update

[gottria]

Wow, a lot has changed since I was scanning ALSO on a regualar scanner. Looking at getting back into the hobby and thinking the SDS100 is the one to get. If everything goes encrypted then even the SCS100 will be dead?

 

[qc]

Wow, a lot has changed since I was scanning ALSO on a regualar scanner. Looking at getting back into the hobby and thinking the SDS100 is the one to get. If everything goes encrypted then even the SCS100 will be dead?

Hi, Depending on where you live, ALSO, some police agencies are encrypted, but not the Sheriff's dispatch and Oakland and none of the Fire Dispatch. You can look at East Bay Regional Communications System (EBRCS) Trunking System, Various, California. any of the modes that ends with E is encrypted,

 

[Oakland_Tower]

Hi, Depending on where you live, ALSO, some police agencies are encrypted, but not the Sheriff's dispatch and Oakland and none of the Fire Dispatch. You can look at East Bay Regional Communications System (EBRCS) Trunking System, Various, California. any of the modes that ends with E is encrypted,

Many agencies, including Fremont, Newark and Union City have had their mobile, portable and dispatch radios encrypted. I don't know when the switch over will be or if other agencies are going encrypted as well, but keep this in mind before spending $$$ on a new scanner. Also...CHP likely to move to CRIS encrypted system in the Bay Area within the next few years, from what I have read.