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Does anyone know of a way for me to listen to an encrypted astro 25 talk group? Im up in fort wayne and I wouldnt mind listening to thier fire ops channel. I currently own an XTS2500.
 

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Does anyone know of a way for me to listen to an encrypted astro 25 talk group? Im up in fort wayne and I wouldnt mind listening to thier fire ops channel. I currently own an XTS2500.
You can't. It's encrypted for a reason.
 

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Yeah, the whole purpose behind encryption is to keep people from hearing traffic that are not authorized. If encryption could be bypassed with a simple programming change, that would defeat the whole purpose of it.
 

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Does anyone know of a way for me to listen to an encrypted astro 25 talk group? Im up in fort wayne and I wouldnt mind listening to thier fire ops channel. I currently own an XTS2500.
You would have to be one of their employees, as mentioned, unless you could somehow convince the agency to trust you with their radio communications and program your radio with the encryption keys. The latter isn't likely to happen. When an agency implements encryption, they've decided they don't want outsiders hearing their radio communications. Also consider that even if it were technically possible for an unauthorized person to listen to encrypted communications (it isn't without getting the keys), it would be illegal.
 
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