Where are you and your police would have to use some voice at some point
when they are away from cars.
On Sun, 20 Nov 2005, Bob Humbert wrote:
> I don't think our police cars around here use any voice at all. It is all
> keyboard and screen. I could be wrong but that is what I heard.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 6:50 AM
> Subject: Re: performing firmware upgrades for the Radio Shack Pro-96
>
>
> > Hi Bob and Lou and the group. I would have thought that Detroit would
> > have gone all encrypted, but they haven't yet anyway, but in 1991 I was
> > trying to obtain some frequencies, and this was long before they even
> > thought of going digital, but were on 453 MHz for police and 154 for
> > fire/EMS and some detectives and specialized units in Detroit were on an
> > old analogue system on 800 MHz, and surprisingly very little encryption.
> > However, when I talked to someone in communications she said that they
> > couldn't even give the levels of frequencies, and she wasn't rude about
> > it, but she said it like she meant business. Now, since Detroit has gone
> > digital they admit that you need a special scanner that will cost more to
> > monitor, but unless you have the necessary firmware upgrades you will have
> > trouble with monitoring, and hopefully in a week or so when my 96 gets
> > back we'll see what happens as I am half way between two of the towers for
> > Detroit's new system.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 20 Nov 2005, Bob Tinney wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Lou,
> >> I agree with your observation. Our society is moving from one of trust
> >> and
> >> respect to one of suspicion and paranoia. Police used to enlist the help
> >> of
> >> the public all of the time, now they want to hide from the public by
> >> scrambling their radio signals and resorting to a supposedly centralized
> >> 9 1
> >> 1 dispatch center which is in some cases hundreds of miles from your
> >> local
> >> police station. Something is wrong with this picture!
> >> 73
> >> Bob, [log in to unmask], K8LR
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: "Bob Tinney" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 8:19 PM
> >> Subject: Re: performing firmware upgrades for the Radio Shack Pro-96
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi.
> >>
> >> I'm far more concerned about what is happening to our constitutional
> >> rights
> >> in this country than whether or not our scanners will pick up police
> >> calls.
> >>
> >> 73, de Lou K2LKK
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> At 10:58 AM 11/19/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> >> >Hi Jeff,
> >> >
> >> >Does the new firmware help with scrambled signals? I'm hearing more and
> >> >more of these types of signals. If the police do resort to completely
> >> >scrambled communications, it will mean that we've taken another step
> >> >toward
> >> >a police state.
> >> >73
> >> >Bob, [log in to unmask], K8LR
> >> >Take my advice, I don't use it anyway.
> >> >
> >> >----- Original Message -----
> >> >From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> >Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 3:10 PM
> >> >Subject: performing firmware upgrades for the Radio Shack Pro-96
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Hi everyone, I have had to take my Pro-96 in for servicing because of a
> >> >bad antenna connection and loose connector and possibly a bad solder
> >> >joint. When I took it in this morning I mentioned to the sales person at
> >> >my Radio Shack that I was having a lot of trouble with the Detroit
> >> >simulcast digital system that requires a firmware upgrade in order to be
> >> >monitored with no drops in the transmissions or anything like that. The
> >> >sales person told me taht I didn't have the upgrade, and they are giong
> >> >to
> >> >upgrade it when it is in the shop, but a few months back I tried
> >> >upgrading
> >> >the firmware from home, and I got a message telling me that I had what I
> >> >needed, and today come to find out I don't. Has anyone else had this
> >> >problem before with a false message like that? I had been told also
> >> >that
> >> >once the
> >> >firmware update was in people have been able to monitor this system
> >> >with
> >> >no problem.
> >>
> >> Louis Kim Kline
> >> A.R.S. K2LKK
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> >>
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