crossroads Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 Does anyone know why the scanner is no longer getting dispatched calls for the police? The only calls coming being dispatched are from Ambulance services. Link to post Share on other sites
mei lan Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 Didn't they move to a proprietary system that can't be monitored? (Which also doesn't interact with surrounding counties, IIRC.) Link to post Share on other sites
crossroads Posted January 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 The last call i heard was they were going from law 1 to law 2. This sucks. Link to post Share on other sites
vslade Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 I can hear them now. Link to post Share on other sites
Mrs G Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 They should be starting the new trunk system at anytime now, I may be using the wrong words but, a new system that we (scanner listeners) can't hear. Link to post Share on other sites
billh Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 They are on 154.310 now. I don't know why they moved. Link to post Share on other sites
crossroads Posted January 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 They should be starting the new trunk system at anytime now, I may be using the wrong words but, a new system that we (scanner listeners) can't hear. I found out thats happened. Guess hubby will get a new trunking scanner for his birthday. Link to post Share on other sites
Nitro Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 I found out thats happened. Guess hubby will get a new trunking scanner for his birthday. The old system is a trunking system. It has nothing to do with trunking, both old and new systems are trunking systems. The new system is digital. The old one is analog. Link to post Share on other sites
dawneykids Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 The old system is a trunking system. It has nothing to do with trunking, both old and new systems are trunking systems. The new system is digital. The old one is analog. That is correct and according to my info, scanners won't pick up any of the calls now. Link to post Share on other sites
crossroads Posted January 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 Well walmart sells digital police scanners, will they work? There is also a place in Powder Springs that sells police scanners, but, i can't remember the name of the place. It's in the shopping center behind Martins. Link to post Share on other sites
Nitro Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 (edited) That is correct and according to my info, scanners won't pick up any of the calls now. They haven't moved completely to the new system yet. They are actually running both systems simultaneously. Radio transmissions have been reduced by a good bit because of the MDT's in the Sheriff's vehicles. They are silently dispatched to most calls. Only priority 1 calls go out over the radio, unless a deputy doesn't respond to the MDT dispatch. It won't be too long before they are on the new system completely... and that will indeed prevent most scanners from picking up the transmissions. Edited January 29, 2013 by Nitro Link to post Share on other sites
HardwareDJ Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 The old system is a trunking system. It has nothing to do with trunking, both old and new systems are trunking systems. The new system is digital. The old one is analog. Well truck it then. Link to post Share on other sites
Mrs G Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 When the new system is in full operation, I'm pretty sure that NO ONE will be able to hear Police transmission on any scanner, I could be wrong but, we will se! Link to post Share on other sites
VoicesInMyHead Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 They went with a MotoTRBO system which is digital but is not decoded by any commercially-available scanner. Scanner listeners are out of luck with the new system. And just so you know, MotoTRBO is a proprietary system by Motorola that was never intended for use for public safety; it is a business radio system. (Idiot move number one of our county commission). The "standard" for digital public safety radio systems is the P25 system, which is not only open (non-proprietary) but is also what is used by EVERY county that surrounds us that has gone digital. (Idiot move number two of our county commission). When our county chose the proprietary MotoTRBO system, they instantly killed any hope of interop between our neighboring counties with P25. Link to post Share on other sites
xxrsellars Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 They went with a MotoTRBO system which is digital but is not decoded by any commercially-available scanner. Scanner listeners are out of luck with the new system. And just so you know, MotoTRBO is a proprietary system by Motorola that was never intended for use for public safety; it is a business radio system. (Idiot move number one of our county commission). The "standard" for digital public safety radio systems is the P25 system, which is not only open (non-proprietary) but is also what is used by EVERY county that surrounds us that has gone digital. (Idiot move number two of our county commission). When our county chose the proprietary MotoTRBO system, they instantly killed any hope of interop between our neighboring counties with P25. Really !! Are they really that stupid???? Link to post Share on other sites
dawneykids Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 When the new system is in full operation, I'm pretty sure that NO ONE will be able to hear Police transmission on any scanner, I could be wrong but, we will se! You're correct. Link to post Share on other sites
billh Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 (edited) Check out some of the reasons why this was a stupid move. Someone must have taken a bribe to want this system. What happens when you let anyone make decisions that don't know and don't care except what they want or can make money from. http://forums.radior...2-mototrbo.html http://forum.motorol...php?topic=372.0 http://www.trboconne...o/platform.html http://www.firehouse...117788-Mototrbo Edited January 29, 2013 by radiohead Link to post Share on other sites
lucky64 Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 Well walmart sells digital police scanners, will they work? There is also a place in Powder Springs that sells police scanners, but, i can't remember the name of the place. It's in the shopping center behind Martins. I think the name is Code Red?!? It's near the Domino's, if the Domino's is still there. Link to post Share on other sites
VoicesInMyHead Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 (edited) Just to reiterate, you will *not* be able to listen to the MotoTRBO system that Paulding County is moving to with *any* digital scanner. The encoding that Motorola uses for MotoTRBO is proprietary and they do not license it out to any other radio company. Unless Paulding County simulcasts their traffic on an analog channel, we're all going to be in the dark very soon. It is possible, albeit with flaky success, to decode the audio with some software that hobbyists have written that can (sort of) decode the audio, but you have to modify your scanner and solder in a tap to a circuit within then route that to a computer running the software. But, as it stands right now, the software doesn't "follow" conversations across frequency changes, so it's not easy to follow along. And, it's pretty flaky. Edited January 29, 2013 by VoicesInMyHead Link to post Share on other sites
crossroads Posted January 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 They went with a MotoTRBO system which is digital but is not decoded by any commercially-available scanner. Scanner listeners are out of luck with the new system. And just so you know, MotoTRBO is a proprietary system by Motorola that was never intended for use for public safety; it is a business radio system. (Idiot move number one of our county commission). The "standard" for digital public safety radio systems is the P25 system, which is not only open (non-proprietary) but is also what is used by EVERY county that surrounds us that has gone digital. (Idiot move number two of our county commission). When our county chose the proprietary MotoTRBO system, they instantly killed any hope of interop between our neighboring counties with P25. Thank you for the information. I am very upset now that I can't listen. There are so many "things" that go on in the county no one will ever know about now. I listened out for break in and such. I would think this is a public issue and should be open for all to listen to. This really sucks for us scanner listeners. Now I guess I will have to listen to music while cleaning my house. Link to post Share on other sites
GeorgiaTornado Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 The name of the store is Code7 Link to post Share on other sites
crossroads Posted January 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 The name of the store is Code7 Thank you GT. But I think it's hopeless now. Went to Radio Reference chat and they say noway to listen. Link to post Share on other sites
mei lan Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 Check out some of the reasons why this was a stupid move. Someone must have taken a bribe to want this system. What happens when you let anyone make decisions that don't know and don't care except what they want or can make money from. I figured somebody's brother-in-law was selling the Motorola system. Not that any elected official would ever make a decision based on something like that. No, never. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
24pawz Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 Does anyone know why the scanner is no longer getting dispatched calls for the police? The only calls coming being dispatched are from Ambulance services. for some reason they are back up now. so i will listen will i can. Link to post Share on other sites
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