Hampton Roads Southside is everything now encrypted

[Anime]

Well that didn't age well. Portsmouth PD is now fully encrypted. STARS is next in 2024 and Norfolk PD is the next few years.

Well that sucks for the public and media. Thankfully, the encryption used in Virginia is dog crap so so some of us can still listen to it - a risk I'm going to keep taking until a judge has my stuff taken. Long live transparency!

 

[LeSueurC]

Well that sucks for the public and media. Thankfully, the encryption used in Virginia is dog crap so so some of us can still listen to it - a risk I'm going to keep taking until a judge has my stuff taken. Long live transparency!

So what’s the key since you know it? 100% guarantee you’re bsing

 

[foreverRich]

So what’s the key since you know it? 100% guarantee you’re bsing

As of 11/17/2023 Portsmouth is encrypted. Only thing I can get is FIRE.

 

[foreverRich]

Thank you. I am just now wanting to get back into scanning myself. I live in Norfolk and just don't want to spend a ton of money on a new scanner if I can't monitor Police, Fire, Coast Guard and the like if it's all encrypted. I was thinking about buying a Uniden SDS100. I'm sure there is some pretty cool stuff to monitor but those are my main interests.

Does the SDS100 pick up encrypted channels? I know the SDS200 does, but the price is out of reach for me.

 

[LeSueurC]

I know they’re encrypted. I’m calling bs for him having the encryption key. He said the same **** when VB went encrypted

 

[LeSueurC]

Does the SDS100 pick up encrypted channels? I know the SDS200 does, but the price is out of reach for me.

And neither pick up encryption. Soon as they detect it they skip over it

 

[kainixon2187]

also anyone know for sure if abingdon is using blackout encryption? if anyone knows of any more confirmed algorithms lmk

 

[BoxAlarm187]

Does the SDS100 pick up encrypted channels? I know the SDS200 does, but the price is out of reach for me.

No scanner picks up encryption, even the SDS series.

 

[Larry-G]

No scanner picks up encryption, even the SDS series.

Not quite true. you can receive and listen to Encrypted police channels very easily. You can not however decode that encryption.

Military encryption is something altogether different and in most cases can’t be received let alone decoded.

 

[LeSueurC]

Not quite true. you can receive and listen to Encrypted police channels very easily. You can not however decode that encryption.

Military encryption is something altogether different and in most cases can’t be received let alone decoded.

Do what? Dude it’s the same damn thing, either way you can’t hear what the transmission says. Just gotta get technical huh

 

[BoxAlarm187]

Not quite true. you can receive and listen to Encrypted police channels very easily. You can not however decode that encryption.

Military encryption is something altogether different and in most cases can’t be received let alone decoded.

That's simply semantics.

 

[Abqactive]

Thank you. I am just now wanting to get back into scanning myself. I live in Norfolk and just don't want to spend a ton of money on a new scanner if I can't monitor Police, Fire, Coast Guard and the like if it's all encrypted. I was thinking about buying a Uniden SDS100. I'm sure there is some pretty cool stuff to monitor but those are my main interests.

Keep in mind you can still listen to the downtown safety ambassadors (kind of like security for downtown) , the state police, fire, business bands, the fire police Talkaround, and state and national interop freqencies if Norfolk PD ever were to go encrypted.

 

[BoxAlarm187]

Keep in mind you can still listen to ...the state police...

VSP is in the midst of going ENC as we speak.