HP-2: Home-Patrol II - Question

[caesarnero]

Hart County GA Public Safety Trunking System, Hartwell, Georgia

Hart County GA Public Safety Trunking System Profile

www.radioreference.com

Forgive me as I am not that knowledgeable about scanners and radios. Just got the Home Patrol 2, and it seems I cannot pickup (automatically through the scanner's database) EMS Dispatch, and Sheriff Tac 2. I am able to pickup the regular sheriff's radio, county and city fire, etc.

Are these encrypted? Or do I need to manually add them since they are talkgroups or what?

Thank you!

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

Welcome to the RR forums. Hate to be the bearer of bad news but:
#1 Yes the talkgroups of your interest are encrypted. Mode "TE" means full encryption & mode "Te" means partial encryption. No scanner can pick them up, PERIOD! Fire Dispatch is clear, Mode "T"

DEC	Mode	Alpha Tag	Description	Tag
150	T	School Buses	School Buses	Schools
155	T	County Fire Disp	Fire: Dispatch	Fire Dispatch
158	TE	Sheriff Disp 1	Sheriff' Dispatch (Ch 1)	Law Dispatch
159	TE	Sheriff Tac 2	Sheriff: Tactical (Ch 2)	Law Tac
170	Te	EMS Dispatch	EMS: Dispatch	EMS Dispatch
173	TE	EMS Ops 173	EMS: Ops	EMS-Tac

#2 The system is DMR Cap+ which the Home patrol-II cannot track anyhow. See supported receivers in link below if you'd like to track the mode "T" talkgroups. The Uniden offerings require a paid DMR upgrade to be bought & activated but they're the only scanners that properly trunk track MotoTRBO/DMR which is needed in your case. In addition to the price of the scanner add $60 for the paid upgrade if bought direct from Uniden. Other retailers upsell the DMR upgrade price a bit

1.4 Monitoring DMR

The decision is yours if you wish to move forward with another scanner to be able to track the mode "T" talkgroups...

DEC	Mode	Alpha Tag	Description	Tag
150	T	School Buses	School Buses	Schools
155	T	County Fire Disp	Fire: Dispatch	Fire Dispatch

Hartwell​

DEC	Mode	Alpha Tag	Description	Tag
161	T	Hartwell Fire	Fire: Dispatch	Fire Dispatch
164	T	Hartwell Police	Police: Dispatch	Law Dispatch

 

[caesarnero]

Welcome to the RR forums. Hate to be the bearer of bad news but:
#1 Yes the talkgroups of your interest are encrypted. Mode "TE" means full encryption & mode "Te" means partial encryption. No scanner can pick them up, PERIOD! Fire Dispatch is clear, Mode "T"

DEC	Mode	Alpha Tag	Description	Tag
150	T	School Buses	School Buses	Schools
155	T	County Fire Disp	Fire: Dispatch	Fire Dispatch
158	TE	Sheriff Disp 1	Sheriff' Dispatch (Ch 1)	Law Dispatch
159	TE	Sheriff Tac 2	Sheriff: Tactical (Ch 2)	Law Tac
170	Te	EMS Dispatch	EMS: Dispatch	EMS Dispatch
173	TE	EMS Ops 173	EMS: Ops	EMS-Tac

#2 The system is DMR Cap+ which the Home patrol-II cannot track anyhow. See supported receivers in link below if you'd like to track the mode "T" talkgroups. The Uniden offerings require a paid DMR upgrade to be bought & activated but they're the only scanners that properly trunk track MotoTRBO/DMR which is needed in your case. In addition to the price of the scanner add $60 for the paid upgrade if bought direct from Uniden. Other retailers upsell the DMR upgrade price a bit

1.4 Monitoring DMR

The decision is yours if you wish to move forward with another scanner to be able to track the mode "T" talkgroups...

DEC	Mode	Alpha Tag	Description	Tag
150	T	School Buses	School Buses	Schools
155	T	County Fire Disp	Fire: Dispatch	Fire Dispatch

Hartwell​

DEC	Mode	Alpha Tag	Description	Tag
161	T	Hartwell Fire	Fire: Dispatch	Fire Dispatch
164	T	Hartwell Police	Police: Dispatch	Law Dispatch

Thank you so much for the reply and the very useful information! It is much appreciated.