My understanding is that the EDACS Security Key will prevent the programming of unauthorized radios intended to monitor a particular system. If this is correct, then isn't it a big waste of money to buy a radio in hopes of monitoring a Provoice system?
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mr_hankey
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pretty much ... yup.
MA/COM fragmented their security approach in programming ESK - you require a smartcard (hardware) programmer AND a passphrase AND some specialized software for ESK.
that is...if i remember correctly, which i probably don't, but whatever.
MA/COM fragmented their security approach in programming ESK - you require a smartcard (hardware) programmer AND a passphrase AND some specialized software for ESK.
that is...if i remember correctly, which i probably don't, but whatever.
If the ProVoice system is running ESK, then yes, it would be a big waste of money to purchase a ProVoice portable.
However....
One can conventionally scan the repeater outputs and monitor ProVoice traffic, but this is no different than the days w/o trunktrackers.
However.........
One can use the ESK enabled version of etrunker to control a radio that provides a 10.7 MHz IF output, which can be upconverted using a mini-circuits mixer and a signal generator, fed to a ProVoice radio sitting on a single conventional channel.
However....
One can conventionally scan the repeater outputs and monitor ProVoice traffic, but this is no different than the days w/o trunktrackers.
However.........
One can use the ESK enabled version of etrunker to control a radio that provides a 10.7 MHz IF output, which can be upconverted using a mini-circuits mixer and a signal generator, fed to a ProVoice radio sitting on a single conventional channel.
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blantonl said:
Wow.... that's just freaking cool.... sounds like the agencies using ESK are the ones that wasted the money!
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mr_hankey
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cool, yes.
easily portable - uh, no.
easily portable - uh, no.
precoislen
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Can you isolate specific TG's using ESK enabled E-trunker to the radio in an set-up like that? Or are you stuck with what ever comes thru?
precoislen
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Disregard that last question... found the answer while searching for something else......
Not really up to speed with the E-Trunker things, to my dismay, can't read electrical schematics and am not really mechanically inclined sometimes....
my apologies.... something for another discussion board though....
Now back to the original topic at hand before I get us off track...
Not really up to speed with the E-Trunker things, to my dismay, can't read electrical schematics and am not really mechanically inclined sometimes....
my apologies.... something for another discussion board though....
Now back to the original topic at hand before I get us off track...
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