BRPD and EBRSO radio freq's

[dantheman]

Somebody asked me about listening to the local departments on a scanner . I thought they were encrypted . What's the story ?

 

[jmcrawf1]

Charlie12 listens to local law enforcement on the scanner if I remember correctly. Maybe he can chime in.

 

[MOTOR51]

They are encrypted. Some of the new technology is not fully operational yet but should be soon.


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[Ijaw]

Encrypted for now, but subject to change.

 

[jmcrawf1]

Encrypted for now, but subject to change.

Really? How is that?

 

[Ijaw]

Really? How is that?

The answer to your question is "stand by"

 

[MOTOR51]

The answer to your question is "stand by"

Ok. I'm confused. What do you mean?


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[jmcrawf1]

The answer to your question is "stand by"

No that's not the answer to my question. Do you know of something about to happen or are you putting me off while you find out. You make no sense as of now.

 

[JR1572]

Our system is encrypted.

JR1572

 

[alpinehyperlite]

We have like 7-8 channels that are all patched together now. I know that it's not really on topic, but it makes more since than posts above mine.

 

[Suburbazine]

If I understand correctly it is possible to get a public access token if you know where to send a letter and aren't afraid of sharing your personal information.

 

[MOTOR51]

If I understand correctly it is possible to get a public access token if you know where to send a letter and aren't afraid of sharing your personal information.

Are you LE? I have never heard of a public access token. I cannt imagine the departments would spend all that money to encrypt and then allow people to listen by writing a letter. I'm not saying you are wrong but maybe you can explain a little more in depth.


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[MOTOR51]

I do know that the media use to be allowed access to our radios but I don't know if that's still done.


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[JR1572]

Are you LE? I have never heard of a public access token. I cannt imagine the departments would spend all that money to encrypt and then allow people to listen by writing a letter. I'm not saying you are wrong but maybe you can explain a little more in depth.


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It makes no sense.

I wish our resident scanner experts would weigh in on this topic...

JR1572

 

[Suburbazine]

First off: I'm not LE.

Second: It's my understanding that the new encryption schemes came with access levels, basically group decryption limitations. For instance, general dispatch comms would be the base group, unit-to-unit another, private/tactical channels yet another group, etc. I don't know what media gets but imagine it is confined to just general dispatch.

Third: I may be totally wrong about the above ^^

Fourth: my letter writing is not first hand info. I heard it was possible to get access keys (tokens) either by foia or explaining your need to know. That's all. I do not own a scanner, either.

PS: I think most of our scanner gurus either got themselves banned or went to OCLA.

 

[themcfarland]

Dan, and the group.
The EBR transmissions are not encrypted.
They are public digital control channel and digital talk channels.
Meaning unless you have a scanner capable of 700 megahertz 9600 digital encoding you will not hear it, but it will sound like a digital mess, perhaps to the untrained ear, like encryption.

The encryption that some agencies use, do have a shared key as was mentioned but this is not in use presently. There was talk of it being offered free to other agencies, I am not sure about EBR specifically.

Judging by so few viewers of this thread, and comments.. I may need a show and tell of the radio world..

http://www.radioreference.com/ Is a working database of the spectrum.

 

[BR55]

I'm hearing BRPD and EBRSO loud and clear right now. The main dispatch channels are not encrypted at this time. I listen to them regularly and rarely hear any encryption used on the main Talk Groups. Some specific units may use encryption (such as unit 70 on BRPD District 1) but not all units.

 

[PrairieCajun]

Thanks neighbor. We are still able to hear BR traffic if you have a digital scanner. It will suck if we lose the ability to listen to our law enforcement and what is going on around us in the major metropolitan areas.

 

[JR1572]

Our system is encrypted.

JR1572

I just learned that we're encrypted, but our dispatch channels are not.

I have no problem with that.

JR1572

 

[MOTOR51]

Thanks neighbor. We are still able to hear BR traffic if you have a digital scanner. It will suck if we lose the ability to listen to our law enforcement and what is going on around us in the major metropolitan areas.

Our encryption has not been fully turned on. I think they are still working out some kinks


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