Network Compromised

westernwedgey · Post by **westernwedgey** » Sun May 14, 2006 7:56 pm

VKI asking cars to refrain from using Channel 13 as it has been compromised by illegal radio transmissions

Turbo · Post by **Turbo** » Mon May 15, 2006 11:38 pm

Someone stole a portable I think... Its scary how much it disrupts the police.

scanvictoria · Post by **scanvictoria** » Wed May 17, 2006 6:47 am

Probably someone with half a brain,

These days anyone can program a radio these days to illegally transmit on Police frequencies, well infact most frequencies.

Bit hard for someone to steal a portable dont you think

This problem has been around for years, not just to police but on many other frequencies/services.

I take it VKI are not Digital yet??

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Wed May 17, 2006 7:23 am

The police in Bunbury had a Motorola GP339 handheld stolen a few days ago.

Turbo · Post by **Turbo** » Wed May 17, 2006 8:07 pm

scanvictoria wrote: Bit hard for someone to steal a portable dont you think

I take it VKI are not Digital yet??

At least one seems to get stolen every new years eve in the crowds.

No, not yet - though I believe TRG, Gang Response etc are already testing/using it???

radiohead · Post by **radiohead** » Wed May 17, 2006 8:51 pm

Te-he..
So someone actually pinched a policeman's radio oh my..

Do they take the radios home with them? Could be someones kids mucking around with the radio or something like that perhaps..

Post by **Bonez** » Thu May 18, 2006 5:51 am

Most cops don't take radios home with them, it would be only a select few that would be allowed, most likely detectives, motorbike police etc. The general cops who use police vehicles take all their gear back to the station with them before clocking off shift...

westernwedgey · Post by **westernwedgey** » Thu May 18, 2006 7:09 pm

it was more than one voice and it was adults, if it was a stolen police radio then why only stick to central channels and not all the others also

Post by **vk6hgr** » Sat May 20, 2006 11:57 pm

westernwedgey wrote:it was more than one voice and it was adults, if it was a stolen police radio then why only stick to central channels and not all the others also

Might not know how the radio works or may even think it was a CB and starting playing silly buggers after realising the radio was a police one.

This is probably one of the top reasons why the WA Police want to go to digital. Stolen radios can be killed over the air and rendered useless. (There are ways to do this over analogue radio too, but I digress...

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