:-)) The levity was needed for this thread.... don/k0kuz ZUT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Thought for the

Exactly. With analog, you could hear a weak signal if you were close enough, but with digital, you’re absolutely correct: it’s all or nothing. If you’re not 100% “in” you’re not “in”

Wow, guess we know what you are smoking down there in Colorado! Mick

Here is a stupid chief...went to DMR,going to wait until people buy the expensive scanners , then encrypt. Minden Louisiana. Jerry

You all seem to forget... That unencrypted police radio means it is unencrypted for YOU and the criminals in town too. 26 years as a police officer in Denver, CO and while not frequent, there were

It's useless to add decryption when you will never get the key. (I know - the users will pay off the system operators for them.) ;-> Joe M.

Never is a very long time. Sad to say that if the manufacturers see a big enough profit in it they can buy a dispensation from the F.C.C. Very little if anything (that I know of) has been done by the

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99 percent of police traffic should be in the clear, unencrypted. And you are quite right, when everything is encrypted and in the shadows it will smack of "secret police." With very few exceptions,

I lived most of my life in kali and never heard CHP crypto. They have changed some freq's but always in the clear, 10-4? A terrific day in Nebraska! Don More Live Radio Fun and a Whole Lot

That sounds like a huge training issue. Not a problem with encryption. Most people who demand things to be in the clear seem to have some issues with authority. They are also the same people who say

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ain't gonna happen. illegal for one thing. Rich via iPad

It's all been added struggle since digital was forced on cities of the US. First, there was some grant to get started. Then they had to replace or modify their equipment to motorola monopoly radios

We have about 9 LE agencies in my county. ONE of them insists on being encrypted 24/7. A few years ago they had an officer chasing a suspect across several municipalities. None of the other agencies

No they won't, it's illegal to decrypt an encrypted signal. Besides which, you need the encryption key which is either 128 bytes long or 256 bytes long. Decoding a digitally encoded key is legal as

I agree if by "Won’t be long" you mean "NEVER". There are a few issues preventing this. 1. The manufacturers will never make decryption available. It would never pass FCC Type Acceptance for a

CHP does NOT use encryption. I listen to them all the time. Where did you get that from?

You pretty much covered it Mr. Klamp, with the exception of, a lot of the trunking systems and encryption is being promoted to Police and Fire Departments as necessary, when the real reason is, it's a