Also one caveat to the above is that it does not decrypt signals. 40- 2 Crypto Module Etherstack’s FIPS 1. Crypto Module is a single- board security device that implements P2. 40- 2 standards. It can be used to provide FIPS 1. 5 mobiles, portables and base stations - or any other end point for voice or user data in a P2.
P25 is not Motorola. It is an APCO standard. Radios produced by Motorola, Harris, Tait, Kenwood and others are capable of operating with the P25 standard. AES encryption is the standard that is used by all of the radios as a common form of encryption among the various brands. It is hardware based.
If its truly encrypted voice your ability to crack the crypto is probably going to be quite an undertaking. There are some references to breaking encryption on a P25 system that I have come across. However if the agency in question changes the 'keys over the air' routinely its going to be a whole lot more trouble.

Also one caveat to the above is that it does not decrypt signals. Cryptographic Solutions. Etherstack offers all of the software required to build full information assurance into your radio device or system. The OP25 decoder program demodulates and decodes P25 signals and produces an audio stream and a queue of error-corrected APCO Project 25. Listening to Encrypted Police Frequency on a Radio Shack PRO 197 Digital Trunk Tracking Scanner - Duration: 1:26. Jboyd00 474,236 views.

From The RadioReference Wiki

APCO Project 25 (P25) Trunked Radio Systems (TRSs) because they follow the open APCO's Project 25 Standard for Public Safety TRSs. Multiple vendors make and sell Project 25 systems and compliant radios. Audio on these systems is exclusively digital using the APCO-25 Common Air Interface (P25 CAI) standard.

There are several 'Subsystem' features defined as part of the Project 25 Standard to enhance interconnectivity & interoperability and allow equipment from various manufacturers to work together.

These standards include

How To Decrypt Apco 25 Encryption Software

P25 Common Air Interface (P25 CAI)
- Over-the-air modulation (digital audio)
P25 Inter-RF Subsystem Interface (ISSI)
- The Inter-RF Subsystem Interface (ISSI) standard allows P25 systems from different manufacturers to be directly interconnected at the controller level, allowing seamless cross-system intercommunication, and system-to-system roaming for same-band systems.
P25 Console Subsystem Interface (CSSI)
- The Console Subsystem Interface (CSSI) allows dispatch consoles from different manufacturers to be connected to the controller/core of other manufacturers' systems. For example, a Zetron console could be connected to a Motorola system, or a Harris console could be connected to a Tait system.

1Different Types of Project 25 Trunking/Modulation
- 1.2Project 25 Digital Trunking
  - 1.2.1Project 25 Phases
- 1.3Scanner Support FDMA and TDMA
2Related Pages

Project 25 uses either IMBE vocoder. IMBE stands for Improved Multi-Band Excitation or AMBE Advanced Multi-Band Excitation, and both were developed & licences by DVSI Inc. Numerous vendors have produced Project 25 capable subscriber equipment, including EF Johnson, Motorola, M/A COM, Racal, Uniden, and others. There are Conventional and or Digital Trunk solutions, both available to use P25 Digital Voice via compatible transmitter, transceiver and/or receivers.

Currently, Motorola's implementation of P25 digital data & voice is marketed as 'ASTRO-25', for both older Motorola Type II and Phase I systems for two of their types of trunking solution, they utilize the P25 IMBE vocoder, with their newer AMBE or AMBE2 radios are backwards compatible with systems that use the IMBE packaging.

Motorola ASTRO IMBE

This is a P25 non-compliant Motorola digital solution, and is also called the 'ASTRO Digital CAI (Common Air Interface) Option'.This is a proprietary trunking solution that uses the Project-25 vocoder as its digital voice solution on top of a standard Motorola Type II Smartnet/Smartzone system.

The Motorola ASTRO IMBE solution uses the Motorola Type II 3600 Baud Smartzone control channel.
The Motorola ASTRO IMBE solution can allow both analog voice and P25 CAI digital voice radios to operate on the same network.

Project 25 Digital Trunking

This is the Project 25 (P25) Digital voice & data trunking solution, is one that is vendor independent and designed around the Project 25 Digital Trunking standards. Phase I(PI) is 4800 symbols per second - where each symbol encodes two bits of data for a raw bit rate of 9600 bps. Phase II(PII) is 6000 symbols per second where each symbol encodes two bits of data for a raw bit rate of 12000 bps and utilizes the AMBE vocoder.

P25 Phase I uses a 4800 baud, 9600bps control channel.
P25 Phase II uses a 6000 baud, 12000bps control channel with AMBE2 vocoder at half-rate.
All radios on a Project-25 Digital trunking system must use digital voice - NO analog voice capability is provided, except via patches.

Project 25 Phases

Project 25 Phase I 'FDMA'

Phase I FDMA consists of C4FM modulated signal or a CQPSK modulated signal. Both fit in a 12.5 kHz channel. Subscriber equipment transmit in C4FM. Site equipment may transmit in C4FM or CQPSK. Simulcast uses CQPSK modulation, however older Motorola ASTRO equipment used C4FM simulcast in a special mode called 'WIDE pulse' which is not P25 compliant. P25 CQPSK Linear Simulcast Modulation is P25 compliant and is referred to as LSM. LSM is defined in the P25 standards.

Motorola 'X2-TDMA'

Prior to the final Phase II standard being approved, Motorola developed and implemented their own TDMA protocol known as 'X2-TDMA' uses the same modulation as Phase 1. X2-TDMA was implemented on the following systems which may have been upgraded to Phase II since the standard was finalized in late 2013. Search the database for others:

Project 25 Phase II 'TDMA'

The Phase II standard is a 2-slot TDMA signal that fits inside a 12.5 kHz wide channel, providing a two 6.25 kHz-equivalent channels. Fixed site output modulation is H-DQPSK with subscriber units using H-CPM on the input. This allows existing 12.5 kHz wide license holders to double call capacity by upgrading their infrastructure to Phase II. The Phase II standard was Finalized and Approved in November 2010 [1], and Motorola has began shipping Phase II systems as of August 2011 [2][3].

Motorola ASTRO-25 Phase II systems can also have an optional feature known as Dynamic-Dual-Mode (DDM), which will seamlessly revert a whole talkgroup (TGRP) to FDMA operating mode if a Phase I-only radio affiliates with a Phase II TDMA TGRP, and only go back to TDMA once all Phase I-only are unaffiliated with said TGRP.

Scanner Support FDMA and TDMA

Scanner Support for FDMA

The following scanners can only decode P25 Phase I, but not Phase II

GREPSR-500, PSR-600

Radio ShackPro-96¹, Pro-2096¹, Pro-106, Pro-197, Pro-18, Pro-651, Pro-652

UnidenBC296D¹, BC796D¹, BCD396T, BCD996T, BCD996XT, BCD396XT, HomePatrol-1

WhistlerWS1040, WS1065

Notes

¹ Does not cover or will not properly track the 700 MHz band.

Scanner Support for TDMA

The following scanners can decode P25 Phase I, Phase II, and Motorola X2-TDMA systems.

GREPSR-800²

Radio ShackPro-18³, Pro-668

UnidenBCD325P2, BCD436HP, BCD536HP, BCD996P2, HomePatrol-2, SDS100, SDS200

WhistlerWS1080, WS1088, WS1095, WS1098, TRX-1, TRX-2

Notes

² Requires late