It could be. Why bother with looking for rogue radios when you can strap the system and be done wasting resources on finding and inhibiting rogue radios? My county did it when we left analog conventional and went to P25 trunking. Too many locals with access to cheap radios and free software who didn’t know how to properly set up an RX only frequency. That and there was always a few locals who would inevitably end up on the scene of something big just to see what was going on while they were listening to their $15.00 Butfang.
ok a challenge, get a hundred XTS5000's program them u;p and sell them to anyone that wants one, how far do you think you would get?
We know they aren't illegal to own. It's that whole part of the process (including NAS) where you NEED a system key. That can be had from the system admin or by using illegal stolen software (not the same as cps) from Motorola. Using a radio that doesn't require a piece of stolen software to program is fine to use to listen with as long as it can't affiliate. Since it appears to not only be a radio shack but also a radio shop may be they are using a legitimate system key they got from the local sys admin. But if that is happening I bet the admin would absolutely love to find that out.
