WA Police radio unencrypted conversations

[penriffhoons]

@FCVP71 yeah you can use the to listen to em you just need the channel

[penriffhoons]

We use TETRA radios at our mine site, there a good $1000 each but you can still get em

[FCVP71]

@penriffhoons But you can't use it :)

[ReefAdvicer]

now can you talk to people throu this

[kylian272]

reply , heya how u doin LOL

[MrDonses]

Will this work in the UK to listen in in the police?

[ooLJCoo]

@MrDonses Police use Tetra now - you can't listen FULL STOP.

[BigDon62]

I find the PRO96 a more sensitive scanner, pity the thing looks like a toy. I have a 396T as well, looks good & gotta love the free software too. Police listening so so much harder these days.

[CaliforniaOceanGrown]

is it also possible to use these to communicate with two radios(UHF). My family uses them for camping and i'm thinking of purchasing a yaesu vxr3 for sense of mind while in the hills, but would also like to communicate with the family.

[chianaqishbandi]

@vk6hgr Is it illegal and is it alright to have on your phone? Im from Adelaide by the way!

[vk6hgr]

@FederalPolice620 I think the radio op is Canadian, but this was recorded in Western Australia.

[ichwill272]

@vk6hgr The Police Operations Centre has several dispatchers of North American origin, as well as a multitude of other non Australian origins.

[scpd613]

Sadly the day is quicly coming where we will no longer be able to listen to our tax dollars hard at work by public services. so I am told this at least by fellow scanner listerners and on radio forums due to encrypted radio transmissions and email like calls going right to in car computer screens.

[2ezee2011]

I suppose that depends on your view of what is expensive. $400 per unit is fairly expensive for some departments that have gotten used to the price of a radio that is not that much more in cost than the cost of just the encryptions. Couple that with the number of units that would be outfitted and a there is a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth!! And I agree the OTAR changes that but just as in the military you never know when folks who are not suppose to be listening ...ARE LISTENING.

[2ezee2011]

most radio conversations even if in P25 are not encrypted. The encryption is a very expensive option on the radio. AES/DES are primarily used by tactical squads, drug enforcement etc. The more radios that have the encryption the less likely to keep the codes secret which is true of all secrets.

[astrak1001]

@2ezee2011 You couldn't be more wrong, adding AES/DES/ADP encryption to a radio is not expensive. The keys will never be exposed if the person who holds them is trustworthy........not to mention OTAR.

[megatox100]

Where do you buy it and how much did it cost ?

[j0han1]

In my country the government use TETRA radio's which is encrypted with strong and also officially undisclosed algorithms. And they use this radio for all their weird semicriminal activities also. Because in my country the government is basically one big criminal organization. Or so it seems.

[mrcakin25]

im from houston,where can i get that scanner and how much...

[AcerofAces]

@mrcakin25 Yo, you can that that off amazon for a cheap price.

It's one of the best Uniden radio's you can get, also Digital.

Although it seems so good, Motorola has a Zeon edition which costs

about the same but is much better. Trust me, you don't need this radio to listen to police

this is just an unencrypted digital channel. Houston doesn't completely use digital yet

so go ahead and by a UHF Scanner.

[dieselpower7789]

I don't see why they have to encrypt this shit! I listen to my scanners all the time, and soon by the end of this month every thing will be encrypted! Fucking government fucking every thing up!

[tfreakvids]

@dieselpower7789 This is not encrypted. Its just digital.

[weedandsasha]

mate how do you setup a apco system on this scanner, im in tassie dont know if apco25 is used down here ?

[GhostTech100]

ok I just looked at your freqs meaning its anolg there on this video butt hey probly do the trunken 700HZ higher were that if thats a anolg scanner you cait pick trunken up ttill you get a trunken scanner?

[GhostTech100]

What do you mean unecncryted conversations? Do you mean thats not a trunken but your local police are mostly on a trunken but there using there old anolog system for speaical events?I have few trunkens and I never get any decyptions on mine .I am sorry i am little confuse lol.

[happykoala4]

The best phrase is decrypted instead of unencrypted.

[UFOAUSTRALIA]

i use my UBCD369T for work .keep a look out on the GRN ive hear unencrypted P25 conversations on that network.and yes it was police.

[Fighter303]

Which scanner is it?

Looks like my 3500xlt, but my screen is yellow.

[vk6hgr]

@Fighter303 It's a Uniden UBCD396T

[Fighter303]

@vk6hgr Thanks, so is this the following model after my current scanner?

Does it have close call?

[vk6hgr]

@Fighter303 It does. I haven't used it much at all though.

[PeteAndJakee]

@vk6hgr i got a uh720sx. im in australia too u wanna talk on channel 2

[teamfab]

Brief is the word..........................

[blueman4444444]

The encryption not only stops people listening in but any radios that is stolen is useless as they can disable them.

You might be able to hear bits and pieces but not all the communications.

[dudeYXY]

here in portugal frequencies are the same xD (ct2gkd)

[Fighter303]

Which model is this?

I have the Bearcat 3500xlt.

[xpentagon]

or Radioshack Pro 137

[Doggieman1111]

I want my 41 seconds back

[A1nzfan]

nice scanner. what model is it?

[engeladam409]

Its A uniden bearcat 396t.

Good but complicated.

[samcarlisle]

hi VK6-HGR,

Quick Question,

How often are these P25 conversation unencrypted? and what sort of conversations are those, eg enquires, tasking, car to car, etc

Cheers.

[vk6hgr]

It's fairly rare, unfortunately

[Jackcc5]

nz police are moving to this system now so do you think it's worth getting one of these scanners they are going to use encryption 256 bit

[ballm0use]

whats the point of encryption when it is broken?

[Jackcc5]

@ballm0use because encryption is good protection against eves droppers. not only that they can always change the encryption key.

that's like saying why do you lock your front door when you go out?

[ballm0use]

good point. but i think locking doors (btw I can pick the front door too) is more secure than simple forms of encryption. and more people are into listening to police etc than robbing houses

[Jackcc5]

the point is some protection is better then no protection. i don't know any one that can break it where i liv. and so can i you should view my videos

[KD8FJI]

It's the same way in my area. Dispatch is always encrypted but sometimes the encryption switch on the portables is flipped to the clear channel option.

[oterotularosa]

idk about this agency but all of ours we use p25 des all the time. now there are times we dont but thats for basic chatter or basic organizing during public events on a county interagency freq. our radios which imn sure this agency he has radios power up with des enabled. basically with the digital switch. which i wanna add sucks due to major issues right now bc its new, it is decided by many agencies why not go to des or other encryption when its standard with new radios. so every is.

[oterotularosa]

also its possible that depending on what radios there using, a few i seen its easy to accidently hit the off knob for des. some radios it only programmed on primary channels and others you have to manually enable the encryption. why this is idk. figure for fire tac ops so they can hear us or them as they dont have access to our police encrypted channels but can monitor our secondary channels or inter agency ones

[augeight]

@samcarlisle Dude, the police don't encrypt their radio traffic. you just need a scanner that car pull in the freq. they use. If its analog any scanner will work. If its a trunking system you need a digital scanner that will trunk. Get one on Ebay. Icom ic r5. Radio shack pro 97. look around. its easy and not illegal to listen to the police. Just don't use the radio while doing a crime.