Homepatrol-2 Uniden Scanner

[penny72]

I have a Homepatroll-2 and i can no longer get the Marshalltown Iowa police department. I used too get them. I can get the sheriff and fire department. I am not sure if any of you know if they changed frequencies or radios. Please let me know if you find anything out. I miss listening to the calls.

 

[jonwienke]

How about looking your county up in the database to see if anything has changed, and maybe updating the database in your scanner?

 

[SteveSimpkin]

I have a Homepatroll-2 and i can no longer get the Marshalltown Iowa police department. I used too get them. I can get the sheriff and fire department. I am not sure if any of you know if they changed frequencies or radios. Please let me know if you find anything out. I miss listening to the calls.

A quick search in the database shows the Marshalltown PD uses the SARA P25 network. This system has several Simulcast sites which may explain why the HomePatrol 2 is not picking it up. It was not designed to properly receive P25 Simulcast transmissions.

SARA Network Trunking System, Various, Multi-State

SARA Network Trunking System Profile

www.radioreference.com

 

[N9JCQ]

A quick search in the database shows the Marshalltown PD uses the SARA P25 network. This system has several Simulcast sites which may explain why the HomePatrol 2 is not picking it up. It was not designed to properly receive P25 Simulcast transmissions.

SARA Network Trunking System, Various, Multi-State

SARA Network Trunking System Profile

www.radioreference.com

Or that the operator has not updated his HP2 to listen to SARA. It's being rolled out across Iowa now.

 

[richwig]

OP states he's getting Sheriff and Fire now, so he has SARA. Question is when did he lose MPD? They've been on SARA for a few years. They were already encrypting their Info talkgroup, perhaps they've expanded encryption.

 

[iascanguy]

Unitrunker is showing Marshalltown Police Dispatch, TG 36403, as encrypted.

Donald

 

[penny72]

A quick search in the database shows the Marshalltown PD uses the SARA P25 network. This system has several Simulcast sites which may explain why the HomePatrol 2 is not picking it up. It was not designed to properly receive P25 Simulcast transmissions.

SARA Network Trunking System, Various, Multi-State

SARA Network Trunking System Profile

www.radioreference.com

Is there a scanner that would pick up the Marshalltown police department? they are on the Central Iowa Regional Public Safety Communications System now.

 

[penny72]

Unitrunker is showing Marshalltown Police Dispatch, TG 36403, as encrypted.

Donald

Is there a police scanner i can buy that wuld pick up encrpted channels for the Marshalltown Police Department?

 

[u2brent]

NO

 

[jonwienke]

No scanner can receive an encrypted transmission. You'll just hear noise, but no intelligible voice. The whole point of encryption is to make it mathematically impossible for unauthorized listeners to hear the transmission.

 

[burner50]

Is there a police scanner i can buy that wuld pick up encrpted channels for the Marshalltown Police Department?

No, and asking to get around encryption is against forum rules.

So my advice is to accept this as a no, and drop the idea altogether.