• Statewide talkgroups—used by an agency to communicate with public safety members in other regions.
Statewide talkgroups, as their name suggests, enable public safety agencies to communicate with each other
from one end of the state to the other.
• Special event talkgroups—may be used to manage emergencies encompassing a large area, or even events
such as visits by heads of state.
Talkgroups are configured during set up and cannot be created by the radio user.
Talkgroups can be assigned to each channel, to allow a users to:
• initiate a call to a talkgroup by pressing PTT
• listen and respond to conversations on none, one or multiple talkgroups
The channel may be named to reflect its talkgroup association. When making a call, the talkgroup name will appear.
Your radio may also be programmed to show the
Talkgroups
menu which allows users to change the talkgroup they
want to call and listen to on the current channel.
Making a talkgroup call
1. Press the PTT key.
Changing a talkgroup
This option may not be available.
1. Press
Menu
and select
Talkgroups
.
Depending on how the radio is programmed, it may be possible to use a Quick Access menu to go to
the Talkgroup menu.
2. Scroll through the list of talkgroups to the desired one and press
Select
.
3. Press the PTT key to make a call to the currently selected talkgroup.
Making a Call
The radio’s behavior when making a call changes depending on the type of channel selected.
Channels can be programmed for:
• DMR calls over a DMR network
• DMR calls between radios
• analog calls between radios
• analog calls over an analog network
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