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Your scanner is not encrypted.
First off, are you sure that your scanner is programmed correctly? Is your scanner capable of monitoring the agencies you want to hear? What scanner do you have and what agencies are you trying to monitor?
Secondly, the systems you are trying to monitor may have switched on encryption at their end. A way out? No. The agencies that are using encryption believe that they have good reasons for doing so. You can complain to the governing boards of these agencies, but they are not likely to reverse their decision.
There are lot of things to listen to. Check the RadioReference database for your county to see what else is out there.
First off, are you sure that your scanner is programmed correctly? Is your scanner capable of monitoring the agencies you want to hear? What scanner do you have and what agencies are you trying to monitor?
Secondly, the systems you are trying to monitor may have switched on encryption at their end. A way out? No. The agencies that are using encryption believe that they have good reasons for doing so. You can complain to the governing boards of these agencies, but they are not likely to reverse their decision.
There are lot of things to listen to. Check the RadioReference database for your county to see what else is out there.
The only way out is to
#1 join the agency
#2 stand near the police car
#3 walk close to the police officer
#1 join the agency
#2 stand near the police car
#3 walk close to the police officer
haa funny! i guess no more hearing nonstop crime here! thanks for letting me know about this.
y85csm
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Bloomington PD and McLean Co are now encrypting their main dispatch channels.
I thing they started around 11/10.
Right now it is ADP but the plan is to move to AES in the future.
Buddrousa states your best ways to get access.
I thing they started around 11/10.
Right now it is ADP but the plan is to move to AES in the future.
Buddrousa states your best ways to get access.
the bottom line is once an agency goes encrypted, the monitoring of those agencies is over period end of story, AES and ADP are just encryption algorithms, the result is the same, no more scanning, and even if someone had the key it is a FELONY on a federal scale to listen if you are not officially authorized
kraziebill
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Where? Peoria and Tazwell counties are in the clear and working great
I don’t believe that ISP is encrypted down your way. They aren’t here in the Chicago area. All the local PDs are encrypted but fire and EMS are still in the clear.
GTO_04
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There is A LOT more encryption in Florida than there is in Illinois! From what I have seen there is not much encryption in central Illinois. Illinois State Police are in the clear on STARCOM21 .
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The bottom line is police comms in McLean county are encrypted. Encryption had been planned for a couple of years but the riots seemed to put a fire under their butts to do it now. Bloomington was ready and just 'flipped the switch'. Normal and McLean Sheriff had their patrol units encrypted within a month or so with dispatch still clear for a while until they eventually disappeared as well. The best you can hope for is monitor the fire/ems groups as well as ISP which is still in the clear. Once an agency encrypts, it is very unlikely to revert back to in the clear.
I'm not from your area, but i'll comment - there is a lot out there to listen to besides public safety (aviation, railroad, utilities, schools, businesses, ham radio, etc.) Your scanner is far from useless. It probably wont be chattering like before, but I think some of the fun is finding other things to listen to in other parts of the spectrum.
ISP should most definitely be in the clear
I didn’t even start scanning many years ago to listen to public safety, I got a scanner in my teens to railfan
I didn’t even start scanning many years ago to listen to public safety, I got a scanner in my teens to railfan
Since you asked about Bloomington, have you looked at the RadioReference database for McLean County? Looks to me like there is still a lot to monitor, though law enforcement mobile units are reportedly encrypted.
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