Post by BrianGive it a rest Nick. Your chasing your own tail thinking you can listen to
the SA cops. The only way to listen is with a Motorola branded digital
trunking two way radio, with the correct encryption card, with the
encryption card registered on the Police system, with the correct encryption
key/s loaded into it, plus another couple of factors.
Encryption changes on a manufacturer to manufacturer basis. i.e. Motorola
encryption is proprietry based which means only they manufacture it for
their radios (and Transcrypt radios), it will not work in any other radio,
and no other manufacturers encryption card will work in a Motorola radio.
The encryption system itself is not all that secretive, as there are only a
small amount of Motorola encryption standards, but the keys (the vital part)
are kept under extremly high security. Without knowing the a corrupt copper
(read: corrupt radio tech) who knows the valid key (and is willing to sell
it), and without having the encryption card registered on the encryption
database you have no hope in this world of listening to the coppers.
Give the coppers a rest, and go find something else to listen to. There is
heaps more on the SA GRN and on the PMR and other trunking bands.
I'll just say it once more in case you haven't read this previously "YOU
CANNOT MONITOR THE SA POLICE WITH A SCANNER"
Is that clear?
If you do want to listen to them, you will need to either join the coppers
or go and spend some lengthy time in the waiting room at your local Police
station, listening to the station radio.
Post by Nickhttp://users.chariot.net.au/~mattb/scan/ubc780.htm
The top paragraph says that it follows users on the SAGRN, i
mis-understood
Post by Nickit. I assumed that if it follwed users on the SAGRN, it would pick up
police
Post by Nickalso. This is all very new to me. Dont spose you know what encryption
SAPOL
Post by Nickuse?
Post by kevcatwhere did you hear that a 780 can hear the Police?
it will work on the SAGRN,
the 780XLT is not a digital capable scanner
the 785XLT is, but again it needs the additional card to decode the
digital
Kev
Post by NickDamn, this gets more confusing everytime. Thats the first ive heard
that
Post by NickPost by kevcatPost by NickSAPOL use a digital encryption. I've heard that the 780XLT hooks into
SAPOL
Post by kevcatPost by Nickno worries, so that particular scanner must have a decoder card