ButchGone
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Has Savannah Police now encrypted their newest digital talkgroups? Are all encrypted full time now or just for certain occasions? Does this mean no more scanning in Savannah?
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Savannah encryption?
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ButchGone said:
As for the first question, the answer for now is no. I have no idea if they have plans to encrypt in the future. As of tonight, most everything is in the clear. They do have the ability to encrypt though, as I have heard a few encrypted transmissions. As for the second question, the only talkgroups I have ever heard fully encrypted are some of the technology/radio shop talkgroups (not a bad idea, as they used to pass IP addresses, etc. in the clear).
Now I'd like to tackle the third question. Is law enforcement monitoring the only form of scanning there is? Even if SCMPD does encrypt their transmission, no that would not mean the end of scanning in Savannah. Almost all other users on the system are still analog; you can still monitor Fire, EMS, and if you like - public works. Let's say that the Chatham-Effingham system does go completely encrypted; it still would not mean the end of scanning in Savannah. There is still aviation, marine VHF, military, and commercial radio traffic to be monitored (just to name a few). Therefore, the answer to the third question is No, it is not the end of scanning in Savannah (and it won't be even if they do encrypt!)
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N8IAA
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I live in Gwinnett county. Hall county went encrypted on all but 3 TG's. Is it in the scanner? No. I listen to a lot more than PD, Hall FD is still able to be heard on their vhf dispatch frequency. Am I missing out on something the Sherriff's departement is doing, probably. Do I care, yes. I believe that what our Public Safety departments do is our business. We pay taxes so they have wages. I don't need to hear when they are making a drug bust, or , have someone cornered and don't want them to know(listen up news media!). Where I lived before moving to Georgia, went digital (VSELP). Not able to be monitored by scanners. Was I unhappy, yes. Did I stop scanning, no. I have always had something to listen to--mall security, milcoms, trains, and in the clear public safety. To much other stuff out there to hear;>)ButchGone said:
Larry
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Re: encryption
Thanks for your replies! I used to live in Savannah and still get back one or two times a year. What got me concerned is this recent posting in the data base under the Chatham/Effingham County system:
"The new Savannah Chatham Police talkgroups in the 50xxx range are not only digital but are also encrypted"
I was there a couple weeks ago and listened to the digi groups. The system sounded a little more "watery" than other mixed mode systems I hear. Probably because I didn't tweak the P25 settings that much. I see Savannah Fire has come a long way in ten years in terms of stations and equipment (used to be limey-yellow) but still don't do much medical.
And yes, plenty to monitor there from marine to civil and military aviation. I used to get a hoot out of listening to Adam Cab!
Thanks,
BG..
Thanks for your replies! I used to live in Savannah and still get back one or two times a year. What got me concerned is this recent posting in the data base under the Chatham/Effingham County system:
"The new Savannah Chatham Police talkgroups in the 50xxx range are not only digital but are also encrypted"
I was there a couple weeks ago and listened to the digi groups. The system sounded a little more "watery" than other mixed mode systems I hear. Probably because I didn't tweak the P25 settings that much. I see Savannah Fire has come a long way in ten years in terms of stations and equipment (used to be limey-yellow) but still don't do much medical.
And yes, plenty to monitor there from marine to civil and military aviation. I used to get a hoot out of listening to Adam Cab!
Thanks,
BG..
N8IAA said:
They pay taxes too. :roll:
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