[TrunkCom] Re: PA Open Sky audio recordings

[JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON]

Well, the same in Oakland County.  I am not in that county, but even if
they were to go APCO-25 which is what they had originally planned before
this they would be monitorable.  They didn't announce the Open Sky plan
until January of 2002, and then and now on the current Motorola type II
system things are very clear, with very little encryption.  It has taken
PA so long to move things to the system though you never know.  I thought
it was 1998 when they wanted to be all on the new system be it the
original Motorola Astro system or this one.  The only two systems they
ahve that are Open Sky that I know of is Oakland County, which is being
tested and this one we are talking about.  Other then county officials
talking, most people feel pretty negative about the new system.  Are there
an other Open Sky systems out there besides these two systems?





On Sat, 12 Apr 2003, Ben Russell wrote:

>
> A few years ago, there was talk that the folks in charge of the Pennsylvania
> project ahd agreed to think about making a scanner that could track this
> system, especially if a lot of counties jumped on board with the project.
>
> Nothing ever materialized and I think the original rumor was based purely on
> speculation or maybe a statement from MA/COM to get the scanner listeners to
> shut up for awhile.
>
> I can tell you that since 9/11, people involved in the radio project have been
> very tight lipped in the name of homeland security.  I would no hold my breath
> for a scanner that can track Open Sky since it is still very much a minority
> system nationwide(other MA/COM systems coming online aren't even all Open
> Sky...some are, but some are technologies that MA/COM bought out in recent
> years).
>
> The clock is ticking for being able to listen to state government services in
> PA.
>
>
>
>
>
> --- JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON <at649@tcnet.org> wrote:
> > Has anyone said anything or heard anything about a scanner for this kind
> > of system?  I have heard that M/Acomm will be releasingssome kind of a
> > scanner for this system or this format.
> >
>
>
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