Well, scanners may be going the way of guns.

I mean criminals can get guns but the average citizen won't be able to.

It just doesn't make any sense.

Maybe when Hillarie gets in things will change.

HI HI!

73 De Anthony W2AJV
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Tinney" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: Pro96 scanner can no longer pick up police calls


> Thanks Anthony!
> I think that completely encrypting signals is a really bad idea as the
> average citizen will no longer be able to help their local police and the
> only people who will be able to pick up the police radio are criminals who
> have spent big bucks to decode these signals
> Bob, [log in to unmask], K8LR
> Skype name:  BobTinn
> No trees were harmed in the sending of this message,
> but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 11:28 AM
> Subject: Re: Pro96 scanner can no longer pick up police calls
>
>
>> Hey Pal;
>>
>> I'm going to forward your message to my friend Ed, KB3IV.
>>
>> He is the king of scanners and I am sure he'll have a solution.
>>
>> 73 De Anthony W2AJV
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>> ECHOLINK NODE NUMBER: 74389
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Bob Tinney" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 10:52 AM
>> Subject: Pro96 scanner can no longer pick up police calls
>>
>>
>>>    Hi,
>>> When the pro96 scanner first came out from Radio Shack, I bought one
>>> because
>>> our local police were switching to 800 mhz trunked digital apco25.  Now,
>>> they have completely encrypted the digital signal and no scanner that 
>>> I'm
>>> aware of can decode these signals.  Does anyone have any info on a
>>> solution
> to this problem?
>>> 73
>>> Bob, [log in to unmask], K8LR
>>> Skype name:  BobTinn
>>> No trees were harmed in the sending of this message,
>>> but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
>>> --- 
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>