Im trying to find out if the PSR-500 can made to stop identify the status bit of a communication as being 'encrypted' and thus skipping over it. This is an issue on OH MARCS system (mixed analog control channel / digital coice). It will not stop on an encrypted comms and I therefore do not know one is occurring unless I manually monitor the voice channels in conventional mode. Of course, then I wont see the talkgroup ID of the encrypted comm.
This frustrates me because my BC-296d stopped on all OHIO MARCS encrypted comms. It showed the talkgroup ID, along with the unintelligible R2D2 voice. Which is fine. I would then hit the lockout button.
But at least I 'knew' an encrypted comm was occurring and 'who' was doing it.
Now, I have heard that on full digital (9600 baud control channel and digital voice), the PSR-500 will, in fact, stop on an encyrpted comm and show you talkgroup ID, radio ID, etc. - along with R2D2 voice. However, the system Im monitoring is not that way.
Im afraid if I asked this question to GRE customer service, that I would get misunderstood or something that I was looking to break encryption. That is not at all what Im looking to do.
Disclaimer: I know it is illegal/ impossible to decode an encrypted comm and thats not what im seeking to do. Im trying to get my PSR-500 to do the same thing that my 'older' BC-296D does.