Tacoma public safety

[carddude99]

Do you need a apco digital scanner since the voice on this system says analog voice? I am on Mercer Island and can't get anything from them. (Currently I use a pro 107 and a BC898xt

Thanks

 

[im800mhz]

Analog trunking is all you'll need. Anything digital is encrypted.

 

[SouthSoundScanner]

Analog trunking is all you'll need. Anything digital is encrypted.

There is one exception, Bonney Lake PD is digital and not encrypted.

 

[dste]

I am on Mercer Island and can't get anything from them.

Do you even hear a control channel? I would say the main thing you might need from Mercer Is is altitude.

 

[carddude99]

So Tacoma police are encripted? No one can moniter public safety there? That seems unusual since Seattle is not that way. Also the trunked system is Motorola type 2 with both analogue voice and apco voice. And I am actually in a place with a big antenna and I can get counties further out than Tacoma. So wouldn't I hear something? Also in this area, is a digital scanner an advantage or not worth the trouble?

 

[SouthSoundScanner]

So Tacoma police are encripted? No one can moniter public safety there? That seems unusual since Seattle is not that way. Also the trunked system is Motorola type 2 with both analogue voice and apco voice. And I am actually in a place with a big antenna and I can get counties further out than Tacoma. So wouldn't I hear something? Also in this area, is a digital scanner an advantage or not worth the trouble?

Tacoma Police are not Encrypted but some Tac channels are.

"Also in this area, is a digital scanner an advantage" Only if you live in Bonney Lake.

 

[FreeOperator]

There is one exception, Bonney Lake PD is digital and not encrypted.

If Bonney Lake PD is digital, wouldn't that make Sumner and Puyallup digital as well, since all three operate out of Puyallup Dispatch?

 

[Wilrobnson]

If Bonney Lake PD is digital, wouldn't that make Sumner and Puyallup digital as well, since all three operate out of Puyallup Dispatch?

No. It's a mixed-mode system. As indicated in the 'database', Puyallup is in analog mode. BLPD made the choice go with P25 CAI. Sumner is not yet on the system; I think it's a budgetary thing. They're still being dispatched by Puyallup, but on their legacy VHF.

 

[pizzaandbeer]

No. It's a mixed-mode system. As indicated in the 'database', Puyallup is in analog mode. BLPD made the choice go with P25 CAI. Sumner is not yet on the system; I think it's a budgetary thing. They're still being dispatched by Puyallup, but on their legacy VHF.

Can you help me find the 'database'? :lol:

 

[DickH]

Can you help me find the 'database'? :lol:

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