[ScanIndiana] Hoosier SAFE-T digital reception

[Matthew C. Payne]

> I have it on good authority that some of the agencies coming on-line in
> Hendricks County are either using SAFE-T's digital mode now or plan to
> use it  in the near future. That's great for them, but it poses an issue
> for scanner  listeners.

Danville Police and Fire, and Montgomery County Sheriff are currently
using SAFE-T.  Their talkgroups can be found on IndyScan.  Pittsboro Fire
Departent is rumored to be joining soon.

>From the Hoosier Project SAFE-T annual report:


A third communications site, an existing commercial tower structure in
Crawfordsville, provides coverage to most of Montgomery County. In October
2002, the Crawfordsville Police Department joined SAFE-T and the Montgomery
County Sheriff Department and the city and township fire departments may
soon join. The Indiana State Police (ISP), DNR, SEMA and INDOT either are or
will be will be operating off the Crawfordsville tower. This combination of
agencies is the quintessential example of interoperability; not only
interoperability in regard to interagency communication, but also in the
practical sense of tactical, multi-agency response to combat crime and
natural disaster.

Communities in Hendricks County have aggressively sought to join the
SAFE-T network. The town of Danville has elected to come onto the SAFE-T
network having purchased portable and mobile subscriber equipment for both
fire and police departments. Also, the Pittsboro Fire Department has radio
equipment and is expected to be operational soon.


The 2002 annual report can be downloaded from the following URL:

     http://www.in.gov/ipsc/safe-t/pdfs/2002_Report.pdf

You need Adobe Acrobat to read it.

> I know the digital version of Uniden's Trunktracker is either on the
> market or  soon to be released. The big question in my mind is will
> these new scanners  decode the digital audio used by the SAFE-T system?

Yep.  They work just fine, although the digital audio decoding is a bit
buggy.  For the most part though, you can hear what you listen to....

Matt