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Emergency Operation
Sending an Emergency Alarm with Emergency Call
ADVANCED FEATURES
This feature gives your radio priority access on a channel for
conventional system, and to a talkgroup for trunking system.
If the radio has both emergency call and alarm features
enabled, it automatically proceeds to the call mode after the
alarm is acknowledged.
Procedure:
1 Press the preprogrammed Emergency button.
A tone sounds and the display alternates EMERGENCY
and the home display.
A dispatcher acknowledgment
ACK RECEIVED display
follows.
AND:
A high-pitched tone indicates that the alarm has been
received by the trunked system’s central controller.
2 Press and hold the PTT button.
Speak clearly into the microphone.
3 Release the PTT button to end the transmission and wait
for a response from the dispatcher.
4 Press and hold the emergency button or the PTT button to
return to normal operation.
Turning the radio off also cancels the emergency state.