Software?

[AZScanner]

<drivel-snip>Was this thread locked? No. Was it supposed to be locked, at my request? Yes!

Look everyone, it's Lindsay's boss! :lol:

Dude, you need to get over it, OK? You'll never convince people like me, who have been in this hobby for more than 5 minutes, that scanning is dead. There will always be something to monitor: Planes, trains, security guards, taxi cabs, boats, mil-air, school busses, drive thru's, ham radio, news media - these are just a few of the many, many aspects of scanning that you obviously never thought about. Trust me - if all public safety encrypted tomorrow I'd still have plenty of fun listening in on everything else. Scanning will not die, it will simply adapt and evolve, just like it always has before.

-AZ

 

[AZScanner]

Well, I did not here you say, that you heard SYSTEM USERS complaining, jut that YOU could not hear.

As many have said before; there is a BIG difference between the performance of a radio designed for the system, and a scanner.

Right now, on this system at least, the biggest difference is the $2500 difference in price. Other than that the performance of the system users' AS3 and my PRO-96 is about the same. Oh, and they can transmit (sometimes).

-AZ

 

[crayon]

Trust me - if all public safety encrypted tomorrow I'd still have plenty of fun listening in on everything else.

I agree.

 

[colheli]

What is being overlooked here is that, just because a system may have a channel or two encrypted, that does not mean that ALL traffic will be encrypted. Note the letter to the media that someone posted previously. Some channels will undoubtedly be left in the clear, if for no other reason than to keep the flaming liberal gov'mint haters from going nuts. Regardless of whether or not AES or DES can be cracked, there will still be traffic on the air in the clear. As long as there is that, people will scan. This whole debate is kind of pointless.