[TrunkCom] getting access to EDACS radio to monitor ProVoice systems?

Mon Jan 25 08:27:32 EST 2010

The county where I was born, Johnston County (SE of Raleigh, NC and Wake County where I now reside) uses Pro-Voice and the only people I am aware of who can monitor it are those who have purchased a radio specific to this system (usually $800+, and useless for other monitoring) AND who have been able to get the radio properly programmed.  No "common" OTC scanner can monitor Pro-Voice, or at least I have never heard of it, and they've been using Pro-Voice for about 6 or 7 years and I've been using scanners for 30+ years.

73,
Curt W4CP

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--- On Mon, 1/25/10, dmccorm at charter.net <dmccorm at charter.net> wrote:

From: dmccorm at charter.net <dmccorm at charter.net>
Subject: Re: [TrunkCom] getting access to EDACS radio to monitor ProVoice systems?
To: "Discussion of Monitoring Trunk Radio Systems" <trunkcom at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Monday, January 25, 2010, 7:15 AM

Hi Jeff,

Looking at those systems I do not see a link to the ProVoice systems with live audio. Let me know if you have a live link, I would like to listen to them.

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=257
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=2810

If you look at the left hand column there should be a live audio link if one is available for that system. This doesn't rule out someone using it on Shoutcast or some other feed provider.

---- Jeff Kenyon <jkenyon7 at rochester.rr.com> wrote: 
> Well, for Oklahoma City and Albrquerque there are feeds with analog and 
> Provoice TGS.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David McCormick" <dmccorm at charter.net>
> To: "Discussion of Monitoring Trunk Radio Systems" 
> <trunkcom at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 9:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [TrunkCom] getting access to EDACS radio to monitor ProVoice 
> systems?
> 
> 
> > P25 is open source able to be used by Uniden, GRE America, iCom, and AOR
> > America. The Motorola tracking was an patent exploit discovered by Greg
> > Knox, EDACS tracking was created by Terry Brennan and Sean Sullivan of
> > the G/Trac LLC.
> >
> > Both the Uniden and GRE latest radios are able to work with ESK on
> > regular EDACS systems.
> >
> > I don't see any live feeds for the ProVoice systems:
> > http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/List_of_Provoice_Digital_Systems_%28Police/Fire%29#List_of_Provoice_Digital_Systems
> >
> > On 1/24/2010 9:14 PM, Jeff Kenyon wrote:
> >> I'll have to check that out after work.  You know it took the city of
> >> Denver about 10 years or so to put ESK on their system, and I remember
> >> reading on either here or scan-l that they had some kid in about 2001
> >> who was actually coming on the air and playing cop and interfering.
> >>    IN the days of having to obtain an older Motorola Radio for access
> >> to Astro, did anyone get in trouble for that?  Moto systems did then
> >> and now have some sevurity measures, and I'm talking even about the
> >> older 3600 BAUD systems that are going out in favor of P-25;
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David McCormick"
> >> <dmccorm at charter.net>
> >> To: "Discussion of Monitoring Trunk Radio Systems"
> >> <trunkcom at mailman.qth.net>
> >> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 9:05 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [TrunkCom] getting access to EDACS radio to monitor
> >> ProVoice systems?
> >>
> >>
> >>> I've heard of digital voice conversion, a method that is legal. The
> >>> purchase and programming method got two guys put in jail a couple of
> >>> years back. I was looking for a reference to it, but have yet to find
> >>> it.
> >>>
> >>> http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Digital_Voice_Conversion_Method
> >>>
> >>> On 1/24/2010 6:58 PM, Jeff Kenyon wrote:
> >>>> Hi everyone, I had an interesting conversation with someone a while
> >>>> ago about getting access to EDACS radios to listen to ProVoice
> >>>> systems.  The person I talked to said if I wanted to I'd be paying a
> >>>> hefty price for one in access of $1000 or thereabouts.
> >>>>      This is starting to remind me of the old days prior to the
> >>>> APCO-25 scanners where one would have to pay a hefty price for a
> >>>> Motorola Portable.  I'm just wondering what success people on these
> >>>> lists have had with these portables and getting them programmed?  I
> >>>> know that radioreference has a few feeds of ProVoice systems.
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