RadioReference uses Systems under the state level to group
trunked radio systems that provide statewide coverage, such as
consolidated statewide trunked radio systems for use by multiple
state agencies, and in some cases, local agency use as well.
Many states have consolidated their communications systems to
a single statewide trunked radio system, which allows radio
users from multiple agencies to share a single sophisticated
radio system that provides coverage throughout the entire state.
If you wish to explore statewide trunked radio systems, scroll to
Systems and press the
to proceed to the next step.
NOTE:
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When selecting objects below the Systems level from either States
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or Cities/Counties, keep in mind that one or more Sites must be also
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be selected along with any individual talkgroup objects that you pick
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from a System. When in doubt about which Site should be selected,
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you can select all sites, or even the entire System, and the PSR-800
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will automatically find and use the best available site. For more
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information about Systems, see the Conventional Frequencies and
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Trunking Talkgroups section below.
More often than not, you
ʼ
ll probably want to explore counties and
independent cities for radio systems and users in your immediate
area, so for this step by step process, we
ʼ
ll use Counties/Cities
as our example.
Scroll to Counties/Cities and press the
key to proceed. You
ʼ
ll
be presented with a list of counties and independent cities for
your state, with the counties appearing first at the top of the list.
Now, scroll to your county or independent city and press the
key to proceed to the next step.
HINT:
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You can also press the
key anytime to navigate backward through
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the Library menu system.
For counties and independent cities, there will typically be three
options to choose from: Agencies, Categories and Systems. The
association of objects with each of these groups depends a lot
on how the RadioReference volunteers decide to group the
information they submitted to the RadioReference database.
You
ʼ
ll likely find businesses, airports, attractions, authorities and
other non-governmental entities under the Agencies group.
Government and public safety entities will likely be found under
Categories, or, if the county or city operates a trunked radio
system, under the Systems grouping.
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