WA Police Changeover to Digital Radio

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Post by Turbo »

slipknot wrote:my friend cracked it!
it was really really hard but hes got it.
im not tellin you how or what program you use .

weve cracked it and we are the only ones.

plus we are going to be able to listen to it while you guys cant.
HAHAHAHA!
CHEV4EVR wrote:When it starts for real I can't wait for "I cracked it" post
I think we will be waiting a very very long time...
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Post by WPXZBP »

cat21 wrote:Does this mean that we will still be able to listen for the next 6 months?

I thought they were going over this month?

Cath
With all the information (DISinformation) who really knows? :lol:
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Post by shazdazz »

From what I can tell they have switched over to digital but I`m still able to hear them. I did get told we wouldn`t be able to but I still can so it`s all good.
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Post by yorky »

If you read back a page:

for the next 6 months only one channel (West Metro) will be digital, patched through to the existing analogue network
"VKI, NJ050 will you be attending the job?"
"Negative VKI, my desk is bolted to the floor".
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Post by Wing_Nut »

The system WA police use is based around the APCO Project 25 standard.
http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Project_25
Also it is encrypted, I've heard using 256 AES.
http://www.radioreference.com/trunked/s ... crypt.html

And the new system also has another subsystem that includes touch screens in the cars, GPS tracking, map displays and other info. It runs on around 800 Mhz or something.

So, if Slipknot and his uber hacking buddy managed to crack 256 AES, then we're in trouble.
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Post by nightnewz-crew »

Lol

:roll: Analog speech encryption can be as simple as speech inversion, where the human voice is "inverted", resulting in the radio traffic sounding like a popular Disney character, or quite complex, with the voice split at about 1500 kHz, inverted at both ends, with the center carrier swept randomly up and down several kHz from the center transmit frequency.
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nightnewz-crew wrote:Lol

:roll: Analog speech encryption can be as simple as speech inversion, where the human voice is "inverted", resulting in the radio traffic sounding like a popular Disney character, or quite complex, with the voice split at about 1500 kHz, inverted at both ends, with the center carrier swept randomly up and down several kHz from the center transmit frequency.
You forgot the most important point when you took that quote off this website.

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Post by Turbo »

Hahaha... ouch. :lol:
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Post by Bobby »

The dead give away that it wasnt his words was the fact that there were lots of big words and it made sense. Oh - and there were no SPELLING mistakes.
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My life as a teacher - can pick a "cut and paste" job at 5 metres.

:wink:
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Post by nightnewz-crew »

ehh no it wasnt my words coz i pout LOL and then eyerolls at wat the quote meant. geeez. LOL but hey thanks for spotting it out.

wasnt like i was trying to make a point :shock:
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Post by Turbo »

Just an update. Looks like the digital will run parallel with the analouge til the end of the year - not sure on encryption but they may start encrypting some channels through-out the year for full encryption by the end of the year.
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Post by luke »

not sure if it full encryption RIGHT now, but cops asking what channel for digtal and yer, not much been said on the old channels atm.
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Post by AV201 »

Every Week I get a message saying "apparently the WAPOL are going digital within a week"...

Well...I got an update for y'all:

Transcript

AV201: uhh...VKI, book us clear from this job the bloody POI has decamped, and he has a knife and a scanner on him......Oh when are we going digital!

VKI: AV201, we can go digital now, just no one will answer you

Well there you go.... :lol:
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AV201 wrote:
VKI: AV201, we can go digital now, just no one will answer you
They'll know that nobody can listen in after they've gone digital when traffic cars arrive at the scene of an accident one day... and have to phone for a tow truck :-)
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