White Co. scanner question

[bupper]

My dad lives in White Co. and his scanner barely picks up anything anymore. It has the right frequencies put in that are listed here on radio reference. Is this because of the digital changeover? I'm assuming it is but I wanted to confirm for him.

 

[1268]

My dad lives in White Co. and his scanner barely picks up anything anymore. It has the right frequencies put in that are listed here on radio reference. Is this because of the digital changeover? I'm assuming it is but I wanted to confirm for him.

Has more to do with narrow banding up there. Range and voice quality are lousy. SO/PD traffic up IS digital or encrypted .... hope this somewhat answers your question.

 

[bupper]

Appreciate the reply. Thanks for your help.

 

[RobertsRadio]

White County, GA

White County S.O. and Helen PD are still on VHF, but they switched to MotoTRBO digital technology about a year ago. You can't monitor it with a scanner.

 

[MTS2000des]

You can monitor unencrypted MotoTRBO traffic using DSD and a discriminator tap.

Digital Speech Decoder (software package) - The RadioReference Wiki

 

[rapidcharger]

Does anyone know if it's encrypted?

 

[MTS2000des]

easy way to tell, walk by and glance at one of their XPR's and see if the "padlock" symbol is "unlocked" on a display radio.

 

[1268]

easy way to tell, walk by and glance at one of their XPR's and see if the "padlock" symbol is "unlocked" on a display radio.

Yes it is locked or encrypted on Law enforcement

 

[MTS2000des]

oh well, forget that.

guess Helen is a terrorist target.

 

[rapidcharger]

I guess they aren't proud of the work they're doing. Because if they were, they wouldn't keep it secret.

When I was in my teens and I'd come home late at night after a night of doing things my sleeping parents wouldn't approve of, the next day they'd always ask me what I did the night before. And I'd plead the 5th. And they always would say to me, "If it's a secret, you must not be proud of it."

They were right.