I had been under the impression that KDPS encrypted, and I wasn't
surprised with the mentality of some people there.





On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Bob Tinney wrote:

> Hi,
> After the City of Kalamazoo went over to the State of Michigan digital
> system, the township of Kalamazoo switched to WMU's system.  They both then
> switched to the state system along with the Kalamazoo county sherrif's
> department.  There is one police department around here that hasn't switched
> and that is Portage, that's the only one for 30 miles around.
> Bob, [log in to unmask], K8LR
> Skype name:  bobtinn
> One of the best days of my life is today!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 8:20 AM
> Subject: Re: has anyone had the chance to try out the new PSR500 scanner?
>
>
> I thought that it was just the city of Kalamazoo.  Is the trunked systemused
> by the college still active?  I had heard they hadn't switched over.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Tinney" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 4:26 PM
> Subject: Re: has anyone had the chance to try out the new PSR500 scanner?
>
>
> > Hi Jeff,
> > Over a couple of years ago, I started to notice scrambled speech on some
> > transmissions on the state system,but they were less than 5% of the
> > traffic.
> > Then the City, the County, the Townships and WMU all switched over to the
> > state system and about 4 months ago, instead of hearing voice
> > transmissions,
> > all that my pro96 can pick up is the control channel noise and the display
> > shows error decoding talk groups.  Since all city services have moved to
> > the
> > state system, that means that even bus drivers and public service workers
> > are also encrypted.
> > The only local services that I can now here are community repeaters and
> > local fire and medical services.  The fire departments are supposed to
> > switch over to the state digital system but the local chiefs are fighting
> > it
> > because of the problems that other fire departments have had with APCO25
> > systems, but when and if they do switch, my scanner will become worthless
> > here.  That's why I'm looking for alternatives.
> > Bob, [log in to unmask], K8LR
> > Skype name:  bobtinn
> > One of the best days of my life is today!
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 3:46 PM
> > Subject: Re: has anyone had the chance to try out the new PSR500 scanner?
> >
> >
> > Same here but if it is the state system the control channel isn't
> > encrypted.
> > Try WMU's TRS as I think the township is on there.
> >
>