Why is the lie about the man in Buffalo scanning for the radio frequencies a Lie?

[LiberalArkie]

You can look it up on internet.. It is a public record.

460.35000 KSO552 RM 59 NAC BPD Ch.2 D/W Police Ch. 2 - Downtown/West Side B,D P25 Law Dispatch

460.42500 KSO552 RM 144 NAC BPD Ch.3 E/N Police Ch. 3 - East/North Side C,E P25 Law Dispatch

460.47500 KSO552 RM 350 NAC BPD Ch4 S Police Ch. 4 - South Buffalo P25 Law Dispatch

424.22500 WNMF545 RM 565 DPL BFD Ch1 Disp Fire Ch. 1 Dispatch FMN Fire Dispatch

424.35000 WNMF545 RM 251 DPL BFD Ch. 2 FG Fire Ch. 2 Fireground FMN Fire-Tac

423.90000 WNMF545 RM 114 DPL BFD Ch.3 HAZ Fire Ch. 3 HAZMAT FMN Fire-Tac

424.37500 WNKN751 RM 141.3 PL ADI Ch. 1 EMS Ch. 1 Primary FMN EMS Dispatch

[nolabear]

1. I thought he was supposed to have some magical blocker in his cell phone.

[phylny]

2. Can you explain what this means please? Thank you.

[gay texan]

4. Frequency listings

Its all public data that anyone can research.

[jmg257]

5. Theory was old guy was scanning for police frequencies using his phone.

Bullshit of course as they are easily available.

Actual theory was that he was scanning for police IR numbers supposedly built into their badges.

Or something.

[gay texan]

3. A bit of a complex answer

I got into an argument about this with a RW dipshit, as I have an extensive amount of experience in this field. so, here's the answer:

They think that they are scanning access codes of some form. Now, while most newer commercial radio systems do require a simple access code to gain entry into the repeater and/or talkgroup, it happens behind the scenes when you hit the push to talk button, but that data is typically encrypted anyway.

So if you did manage to get it, it wouldn't do you any good as there is so much more that happens behind the scenes.

Additionally, if your public safety radio system can easily be shut down by a single guy with a black box, well, you have an exceptionally shitty system that consists of walkie talkies from wal-mart.