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Therefore, if a user was transmitting a multi-select call on talkgroup 1808, the scanner would
actually receive those transmissions on 1815. Some common uses of these status bits are as
follows:
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When a user hits their emergency button, all conversations on the talkgroup revert to
the emergency status talkgroup (ID+2) until the dispatch clears the emergency status.
Therefore, if someone hit their emergency button and their radio was on talkgroup 16, all
communications would switch to talkgroup 18.
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A lot of Fire and EMS departments dispatch tone-outs and alarms as Multi-select
communications (ID+7). Therefore, if your fire department dispatch talkgroup is 1616, and
they do dispatch tone-outs and alarms as Multi-selects, then those communications will be
on talkgroup 1623.
