[FedCom] Central/Regional Dispatch Centers?

gary lists at lazygranch.com
Sun Sep 12 01:22:02 EDT 2004


http://www.kb9ukd.com/digital/

Since you don't have digital locally, you may just want to get a Pro-96, 
assuming you travel to where they use digital. The pro-96 virtual 
folders make setting up the scanner in different areas a breeze.

Steve Douglass wrote:

>
> I live in a city that has little Federal traffic. Only occasionally do 
> I hear traffic on 418.900 (usually DEA working drug busts with the 
> local task force) but lately I have been hearing what sounds like 
> white noise on 417.200.  Since not even the police in our city have 
> ever done any encryption (and no one is even thinking of going digital 
> yet) just what does APCO 25 sound like on a regular scanner? Does it 
> sound like DES encryption and if not and how can I tell the 
> difference? Does anyone have a samples posted online?
>
> Reason I ask, I am thinking of purchasing a digital capable scanner soon.
>
> -Steve Douglass



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