[ScanIndiana] To Whom It May Not...

[David L Norris]

On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 20:17 -0500, Dave Diehl wrote:
> Other than that, if you want a real "professional" radio as they use in the 
> news collection agencies within the Fort Wayne area, buy an actual system 
> radio with the co-operation of the communications director and allow him to program it...  They have the 
> transmit disabled but all other functions and channels are permitted...  

Upside: You have a very nice radio, much nicer than any scanner, with
the blessing of the police/fire officials.  On a system like SAFE-T you
might even be allowed to transfer far-off talkgroups to a nearby tower.
(Consuming system resources in the process at considerable expense.)

Downsides: They decide which talkgroups you can receive, dispatch can
trivially see when you are listening, who you are listening to at any
point in time, roughly where you are listening to it from (on a
multi-site system), and can lock out your specific radio at the drop of
hat.

-- 
 David Norris
  http://www.webaugur.com/dave/
  ICQ - 412039