Motorola trbo. Are we dead in the water???

[W4EMS]

As they can with P25. Causes problems though with interop when you are under fire and don't have time to switch off encryption.

 

[JRayfield]

Encryption can be programmed on a per-channel basis. So, if when switching to an 'interop' channel, encryption is off. When operating on 'regular' channels, encryption is on.

John Rayfield, Jr. - CETma

 

[jackj]

Encryption using 40 bit keys is pretty easy to break. It can be broken using a reasonable fast PC and the proper software. It can be made a little more secure by generating a new key at every shift change. Now if they really want secure encryption, they need to use at least 128 bit keys.

 

[Gatorman]

Times Change

It might have helped if the federal government hadn't chosen a 'standard' that is 20 years old, hasn't been completely finished until recently (if it's finished now), the subscriber equipment for it costs 3 to 4 times more than other, newer digital standards-based equipment (like DMR), and the infrastructure equipment costs 10 times more than other, newer digital standards-based equipment (like DMR).

Oh, and the other, newer digital standards-based equipment (like DMR) is more spectrally efficient and works better than the 20 year old 'federally-chosen' 'standard'.

John Rayfield, Jr. CET-ma

Times change, right??????

 

[markallenclayton]

mototrbo

Yea, all the public safety in my area wen't mototrbo too. I've heard lots of agencies are going that way all over the nation. I would like to know what forum to read that could get me started with DSD/Linux software.

 

[ka3jjz]

You can go here...

http://forums.radioreference.com/tr...ing/189035-dsd-1-4-mbelib-1-2-3-released.html

best regards...Mike

 

[markallenclayton]

mototrbo

Thanks, It looks kind of complicated, but I'm willing to try anything to get back to scanning. Maybe it won't be that hard to do I hope.