Low-cost scanner

[Singlestack]

So trunked systems are not encrypted????

They may or may not be. My understanding is the large majority of current systems are not encrypted.

[cmailliard]

Truncked systems are not encrypted by default. Users can choose to encrypt some or all channels or talk groups.

You can get a new Uniden Scanner, enter in a zip code, and get all traffic including from the Stste DTRS system. You will not get any encrypted channels still though. Pretty sure you can get the MAC channels and Network First channels as well. I don't have one and have never tried but you should be able to as those channels are not encrypted.

[David_J]

I have no clue what he said, but it sounds interesting. I have an old police scanner, pretty useless since they went to cell phones & laptops. It does function in bumfuk kansas.

Ditto here. When I get worried I just buy and tuck away 500 or 1000 more rounds of ammo and it calms me down.