http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060725/APN/607250676

IMHO- This is very well written. Peter Sz

zerg90 wrote:
http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060725/APN/607250676

IMHO- This is very well written. Peter Sz

Are they talking about APCO25 encryption of EVERYTHING? That's
ridiculous and outrageous.

Many confuse encoding with encryption. The use of APCO25 in and of
itself is not encryption.

Police companies far and wide love this stuff because only the most
expensive scanners can receive it. It also requires substantial
technical prowess to figure out what's what. Someone with that kind of
background isn't likely to be a threat. --Or so the theory goes.

That said, I concur with the editorial. Rodney King would never have
seen justice had it not been for the very quiet support of scanner
enthusiasts. Police forces far and wide have nothing to fear from a
citizen listening at home.

I do. My wife does too. We like to know what's going on around us. We
like to know where our tax money goes. What's wrong with that?

Jake Brodsky
Amateur Radio Station AB3A

IIRC - the local Sheriff is going to EDACS ProVoice. And since there
are no scanners that can decode EDACS ProVoice, then the public is
getting locked out. Peter sz

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IIRC - the local Sheriff is going to EDACS ProVoice. And since there
are no scanners that can decode EDACS ProVoice, then the public is
getting locked out. Peter sz

Somebody will eventually sell an external decoder to put on scanners, just
like in the 1970s.

H.J.

zerg90 wrote:
IIRC - the local Sheriff is going to EDACS ProVoice. And since there
are no scanners that can decode EDACS ProVoice, then the public is
getting locked out. Peter sz

I have a RS Pro-2051, purchased on sale which can track EDACS. Is
Provoice some sort of add on encryption?

ProVoice is a proprietary protocol and not an open standard. You cannot
receive it on a scanner either its open or encrypted form.

The State of Florida recently moved all it's communications to a ProVoice
encrypted system and can no longer be monitored.

Jake Brodsky wrote:
zerg90 wrote:
IIRC - the local Sheriff is going to EDACS ProVoice. And since there
are no scanners that can decode EDACS ProVoice, then the public is
getting locked out. Peter sz

I have a RS Pro-2051, purchased on sale which can track EDACS. Is
Provoice some sort of add on encryption?

I dont think that ProVoice is technically "encryption". I think it is a
proprietary method of voice encoding/digitization. I think this has
been discussed at www.radioreference.com - check the M/A-Comm forum.
Peter sz