Whistler WS1040 Won't pick up DMPD but will pick up WestCom in Des Moines, Iowa

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Hi All! I have a Whistler WS1040 which is dead silent on anything other than WestCom for some reason. I have tried a handful of different configurations and am at a loss. I initially thought it was an issue related to the transmission, but then I found that a Uniden BCD996P2 was able to pick up DMPD just fine. I'm using ARC500 PRO software to program this scanner. Any thoughts? I'm at a loss.
 
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If you look in the database, Westcom is P25 Phase 1 (D in Mode column). Des Moines is P25 Phase 2 (T in Mode column). The WS1040 is capable of decoding P25 Phase 1 only. It cannot receive Des Moines. Any talkgroup with a Mode of DE or TE is fully encrypted and cannot be received by any scanner. Modes De and Te are encrypted part of the time. The BCD996P2 is capable of decoding P25 Phase 2.

Polk County - Westcom​

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DECHEXModeAlpha TagDescriptionTag
110144dDWESTCOM LAW 1Law Enforcement 1Law Dispatch
110244eDWESTCOM LAW 2Law Enforcement 2Law Dispatch
110344fDWESTCOM LAW 3Law Enforcement 3Law Dispatch
7007DWESTCOM LAW 4Law Enforcement 4Law Dispatch
1750afDWESTCOM FIRE 1Fire 1Fire Dispatch
1770b1DWESTCOM FIRE 2Fire 2Fire-Tac
1790b3DWESTCOM FIRE 3Fire 3Fire-Tac
1610a1DWESTCOM TAC 5TAC 5Multi-Tac
1630a3DWESTCOM TAC 6TAC 6Multi-Tac
1650a5DWESTCOM TAC 7TAC 7Multi-Tac
1670a7DWESTCOM TAC 8TAC 8Multi-Tac
1690a9DWESTCOM TAC 9TAC 9Multi-Tac
1710abDWESTCOM TAC 10TAC 10Multi-Tac

Polk County - Des Moines​



DEC

HEX

Mode

Alpha Tag

Description

Tag
48915bf13TDMPD DISPATCHPolice DispatchLaw Dispatch
48871bee7TEDMPD INFO 2EPolice Info 2ELaw Tac
48872bee8TDMPD 3Police 3Law Tac
48873bee9TEDMPD 4EPolice 4ELaw Tac
48874beeaTEDMPD Chat 5EPolice Chat 5ELaw Tac
48875beebTDMPD 6Police 6Law Tac
48876beecTDMPD AIR 7Air 7Law Tac
48877beedTDMPD AIR TAC 8Air TAC 8Multi-Tac
48886bef6TDMPD EVENT 1Police Event 1Law Talk
48887bef7TDMPD EVENT 2Police Event 2Law Talk
48888bef8TDMPD EVENT 3Police Event 3Law Talk
48889bef9TDMPD EVENT 4Police Event 4Law Talk
48890befaTEDMPD EVENT 5EPolice Event 5Law Talk
48891befbTEDMPD EVENT 6EPolice Event 6Law Talk
48902bf06TDMPD TRAIN 10Police Training 10Law Talk
49021bf7dTDMFD ALARMFire AlarmFire Dispatch
49022bf7eTDMFD MEDIC 2Medic 2EMS-Tac
49023bf7fTDMFD MEDIC 3Medic 3EMS-Tac
49024bf80TDMFD MEDIC 4Medic 4EMS-Tac
49025bf81TDMFD FIREGRD 5Fireground 5Fire-Tac
49026bf82TDMFD FIREGRD 6Fireground 6Fire-Tac
 
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tvengr said:
If you look in the database, Westcom is P25 Phase 1 (D in Mode column). Des Moines is P25 Phase 2 (T in Mode column). The WS1040 is capable of decoding P25 Phase 1 only. It cannot receive Des Moines. Any talkgroup with a Mode of DE or TE is fully encrypted and cannot be received by any scanner. Modes De and Te are encrypted part of the time. The BCD996P2 is capable of decoding P25 Phase 2.

Polk County - Westcom​

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DECHEXModeAlpha TagDescriptionTag
110144dDWESTCOM LAW 1Law Enforcement 1Law Dispatch
110244eDWESTCOM LAW 2Law Enforcement 2Law Dispatch
110344fDWESTCOM LAW 3Law Enforcement 3Law Dispatch
7007DWESTCOM LAW 4Law Enforcement 4Law Dispatch
1750afDWESTCOM FIRE 1Fire 1Fire Dispatch
1770b1DWESTCOM FIRE 2Fire 2Fire-Tac
1790b3DWESTCOM FIRE 3Fire 3Fire-Tac
1610a1DWESTCOM TAC 5TAC 5Multi-Tac
1630a3DWESTCOM TAC 6TAC 6Multi-Tac
1650a5DWESTCOM TAC 7TAC 7Multi-Tac
1670a7DWESTCOM TAC 8TAC 8Multi-Tac
1690a9DWESTCOM TAC 9TAC 9Multi-Tac
1710abDWESTCOM TAC 10TAC 10Multi-Tac

Polk County - Des Moines​



DEC

HEX

Mode

Alpha Tag

Description

Tag
48915bf13TDMPD DISPATCHPolice DispatchLaw Dispatch
48871bee7TEDMPD INFO 2EPolice Info 2ELaw Tac
48872bee8TDMPD 3Police 3Law Tac
48873bee9TEDMPD 4EPolice 4ELaw Tac
48874beeaTEDMPD Chat 5EPolice Chat 5ELaw Tac
48875beebTDMPD 6Police 6Law Tac
48876beecTDMPD AIR 7Air 7Law Tac
48877beedTDMPD AIR TAC 8Air TAC 8Multi-Tac
48886bef6TDMPD EVENT 1Police Event 1Law Talk
48887bef7TDMPD EVENT 2Police Event 2Law Talk
48888bef8TDMPD EVENT 3Police Event 3Law Talk
48889bef9TDMPD EVENT 4Police Event 4Law Talk
48890befaTEDMPD EVENT 5EPolice Event 5Law Talk
48891befbTEDMPD EVENT 6EPolice Event 6Law Talk
48902bf06TDMPD TRAIN 10Police Training 10Law Talk
49021bf7dTDMFD ALARMFire AlarmFire Dispatch
49022bf7eTDMFD MEDIC 2Medic 2EMS-Tac
49023bf7fTDMFD MEDIC 3Medic 3EMS-Tac
49024bf80TDMFD MEDIC 4Medic 4EMS-Tac
49025bf81TDMFD FIREGRD 5Fireground 5Fire-Tac
49026bf82TDMFD FIREGRD 6Fireground 6Fire-Tac
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Thank you so much for this answer, I've been dealing with this for a couple of weeks now and it has been super perplexing.
 
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