We had a 2 1/2 hour power outage last night due to a nearby lightning strike. I called the power company and found there were quite a few in our neighborhood in the same boat.
I decided to use the even to test my capabilities, it had been a couple of weeks since I had my scanners on due to a recent camping trip.. I turned the one I usually listen to the PD on and the one I usually listen to the local SD on… crickets…
When the power was restored I immediately went on RR and found the entire county had switched just about everything to P25v2 and just about everything is DE. Bummer!
I did some GoogleFu and found that some departments MIGHT provide the key for a price. Fingers crossed. If that doesn’t work I’ll convert everything over to MILCOM monitoring…
More to come…