MTS2000des
5B2_BEE00 Czar
But the real question is, can I use my AES-256 enabled XPR7550e's? I want my conversations safe from stalkers and streamers! Or do they only support welfare encryption aka ARC4?
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My own opinion
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celestis
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every TG on the system is AES encrypted
Project25_MASTR
TX-COMU
As far as SMR type systems go...that's pretty cheap. Basically works out to about $14 per radio (for multiple radios) and the going rate these days is between $25 and $30 a radio not including the radio.
But it's an eyebrow-raiser when you tell people who paid $35 for their license plus $25 for a cheap, Chinese radio plus maybe $25 for a "club membership" that they now have to buy a $250-500 radio plus $200/year to get on the system just to talk to the same people. The negative reactions are understandable.
mmckenna
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MTS2000des
5B2_BEE00 Czar
If its a CapPlus/Max it's proprietary trunking and even more so if they are using RAS- MSI subs only and no CCRs support CapMax (unless the it's optioned for Tier 3). Womp womp womp
But why bother? Rapid Radios are much less, work nationwide, and are natively encrypted on LTE and they have models that support CopMikes™ but no CopSounds™, FireSounds™ or CADSounds™.
mmckenna
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You left out HVAC sounds and 38MHz CB.
I know very little about Rapid Radios other than they are PTT-over-cellular (POC).
How do you find new people to talk to using POC? How do you contact specific people using POC radios? How do you engage a group in conversation using POC radios?
With a GMRS repeater, you can just key up, throw out your callsign, and maybe someone will come back to you. Same thing for a linked GMRS repeater network, only you are fishing from a larger lake. If you already know who you want to talk to, you can call them directly, though everyone listening to the repeater(s) hears your call. Or, if you want to engage a group, you have a "net" or a "roundtable" whether formally or informally.
The points I made in the above paragraph sound like amateur radio to me. Which begs the question...
MTS2000des
5B2_BEE00 Czar
Running AES encryption, people aren't likely to join in either. PoC radios and services like Zello do have publicly available "virtual" channels, and one can always invite as many users as they wish, without the hassle of things like keyloading, RAS, programming/provisioning devices, etc. It's easy to see why PoC is REPLACING LMR in many business applications: it's cheap to procure, deploy and maintain.
