Scanning in the Rapid City Area

[ArkTex]

Heya fellas.

I’ll be moving to rapid city in the spring, and I’d love to get any intel on how the environment is out in that part of the country.

Any ideas or info would be appreciated.

 

[clayburgh]

Most traffic will be on the South Dakota P-25 trunked digital system. Some traffic is still on analog, but it is rare. Mil Air from nearby Ellsworth is also easily received. Much weather related activities will be on all services. The databases here on Radio Reference are mostly accurate, but thngs do change. Also, Welcome to the area.

 

[ArkTex]

Most traffic will be on the South Dakota P-25 trunked digital system. Some traffic is still on analog, but it is rare. Mil Air from nearby Ellsworth is also easily received. Much weather related activities will be on all services. The databases here on Radio Reference are mostly accurate, but thngs do change. Also, Welcome to the area.

appreciate it.

does mt Rushmore have anything that’s usually interesting to listen to? Like Law Enforcement or Park operations?

 

[tvengr]

On the P25 statewide system:

National Park Service

DEC	HEX	Mode	Alpha Tag	Description	Tag
1827	723	D	NPS Badlands	Badlands National Park	Federal
1990	7c6	D	NPS Mt Rushmore	Mt Rushmore National Memorial	Federal

 

[KC0LOE]

FYI, Rapid PD, Pennington County SO, and Highway Patrol are going to be encrypting their talk groups this spring.

 

[bbtkd]

FYI, Rapid PD, Pennington County SO, and Highway Patrol are going to be encrypting their talk groups this spring.

Wonder if they're encrypting all of their talk groups or only special ops, car-to-car, and info? Some places in the country have left dispatch unencrypted with an eye towards public accountability, and they only encrypt what really needs privacy. If they encrypt all police talk-groups, listening is going to get a lot more boring, and accountability and trust take a hit.

 

[KC0LOE]

Wonder if they're encrypting all of their talk groups or only special ops, car-to-car, and info? Some places in the country have left dispatch unencrypted with an eye towards public accountability, and they only encrypt what really needs privacy. If they encrypt all police talk-groups, listening is going to get a lot more boring, and accountability and trust take a hit.

My understanding is all LE talk groups for Rapid PD and Pennington SO will be encrypted. I was also told Sioux Falls PD and Minnehaha SO will be encrypting, once their P25 upgrade is complete this year sometime.

 

[Rlahey]

appreciate it.

does mt Rushmore have anything that’s usually interesting to listen to? Like Law Enforcement or Park operations?

Late reply, but Mt Rushmore does not use the SD State System much, they have a park local Astro system they primarily use. Find that under Federal.