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does anyone know if they are still on vhf p -25 154.400.
Or have they moved to the airs network
thanks and happy day of turkey
Or have they moved to the airs network
thanks and happy day of turkey
Tom, your 100 percent correct .I'm sorry, but I think the attitude that it's easier to encrypt everything is a cop-out, if you'll pardon the pun.
Fire and EMS ran in the clear in analog for decades, including after HIPAA was a thing. Protocols for handling patient information would have been in place long (1996) before digital radio technology made encryption easier. There are hundreds of fire and EMS agencies across that run in the clear while sensitive police ops are encrypted on the same system, so it can't be that complicated. Several agencies around me run partial encryption and seem to manage just fine after decades of simple VHF analog repeater work.
It's understandable that certain police functions like investigations (including FD investigations), records checks and detectives would be encrypted, but for the fire departments and EMS to be in that as well reeks of either laziness or having something to hide from the public. I don't really blame the radio techs or even the big radio companies; it is the local agency's prerogative so I think the blame lies solely with them.
I hate to say it but a lot has to do with the sales people trying to get a bigger cut of the pie. I can say from personal exper. people looking to upgrade a radio system have told me. That john doe with xxx told them that the fcc/ homeland security mandates full encryption.
I just shake my head and laugh at that statement . 0