MOTOTRBO DP3400

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MOTOTRBO DP3400

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Any idea if you can listen to these radios using a UBCD396XR scanner?
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numloxx wrote:Any idea if you can listen to these radios using a UBCD396XR scanner?
If the channel is analog yes, if it is digital no.

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Are you meaning the Uniden 396xt.If so i think it will pick up a digital signal.As long as the signal is not encrypted.So if you're trying to listern to police or SJA in Perth .Sorry no can do.
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Yes the UBCD396XT...
And no, not SJA, but someone at the airport.
Pretty sure it is digital.
Unsure if it is encrypted or not.
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There is a lot of customs and federal police at airport also.And they are also encrypted.Only digital unencrypted i know of in Perth is the Fire tenders at Perth airport.
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And the refuellers, as I discovered last night while playing around with the scanner at work :)
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numloxx wrote:And the refuellers, as I discovered last night while playing around with the scanner at work :)
The DP3400 is a analog / digital portable that uses MotoTRBO or TDMA transmissions in digital mode. It is NOT a P25 radio and therefore cannot be monitored using the UBCD396XT or other scanner currently sold on the market. The post heading clearly states MOTOTRBO DP3400.

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Yes but the refueller radios are not DP3400's.. They are Kenwood TK-5320's
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numloxx wrote:Yes but the refueller radios are not DP3400's.. They are Kenwood TK-5320's
As I said earlier, if the channel programmed in the DP is analog, then you will hear the transmission on the scanner. If the channel programmed in the DP is TRBO/TDMA digital then you will not hear it on the scanner.

Now, the Kenwood TK-5320 is an analog / P25 digital two way. The UBCD396XT is capable of receiving both analog and non encrypted Phase 1 P25 transmissions. Assuming the the refuellers are using either analog or non encyrpted Phase 1 P25, you will hear them on the scanner.

No scanner is capable of receiving TRBO/TDMA digital at the moment and for the forseeable future. And while Phase 2 P25 is TDMA, it is not the same as TRBO/TDMA. While they are using the same platform, they are not interchangable.

I hope that clarifys things.

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Thank you very much for that detailed explanation :)
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Ok, I'm given DSD a run, and having some luck but not fully decoding the transmissions.

493.525 and 498.725 I believe are 1 channel (With the first being the repeater output)
494.050 and 498.250 being channel 2 (With being the output).

Now to just decode it..
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