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I believe the delay this time was an issue with Motorola and the licensing, what the exact problem was I don't know. Yep its just a matter of upgrading each vote group and when the last vote group is digitized then the channel will be encrypted.

Yeah thats it, car crew to vkg is encrypted but vkg to car crew is in the clear, unless you are in an area on the old vhf network you can only hear the dispatcher. None of this run it in the clear for a few months and have the old analogue as a secondary channel, the old analogue is decommissioned t...

And so it continues, Narrabri, Wee Waa, Piliga and Bellata went digital at the end of April, thats the Oxley PD done. Armidale and Uralla switched over yesterday. From a conversation I had today, Channel Q will be encrypted by the end of September. Then it's Dubbo's turn.

Its up and running tonight and with a new layout..

A new PF ACMA site was added yesterday... TANTANGARA (Radio Station Snowy Mountains) - ACMA Site: 9774 163.5875 163.6125 It's more or less in the middle of nowhere, about halfway between Adaminaby and Yarrangobilly as the crow flies. Andrew Andrew Correct me if I'm wrong but dont those frequencies ...

Walcha, Nowendoc went digital at the end of February. Gunnedah, Werris Creek,Tambar Springs and Curlewis went digital late yesterday 20.3.2019. It will either be Narrabri or Armidale next. They are definitely running behind schedule, apparently the entire western region is supposed to be done by the...

Police are still using the vhf networks out that way. They are slowly rolling out the new uhf digital system to western region. New England and North West NSW is first then the rest of the region. What i understand is that the North coast and metro will join the Grn first then it will go from there.

Ok thanks that definitely makes sense. So I presume that when the analog is switched off and the last areas are switched over and told to go to zone 4 the entire channel will be encrypted. There wont be any of this go from zone 3 to zone 4 that the rest of the regional channels did a few years ago.

So it appears Channel Q is the first of the last 3 remaining NSWPF dispatch channels (Q,Y and Z) to go over to digital. It appears the techs have started on the Oxley police District, with the Tamworth, Kootingal and Manilla sectors switched over at the end of November. Today Nundle, Willow Tree and...

Haha i was just thinking that. Just checked acma and was just about to jump on here to let you know. But you already beat me to it. No doubt they monitor this forum lol