Understanding Talkgroups - Tait TM9300 User Manual

Understanding talkgroups

46 Operating in conventional mode
Dialing a group
This feature is only available for radios with
alphanumeric keys.
To dial the group number from the default display:
1 Dial the number associated with the group using
the alphanumeric keys.
Clear
2 Press Select, and the programmed group is now
shown on the display. The orange LED glows and
the scanning icon
This feature is available for digital channels only.
A talkgroup is a collection of radio users with whom
you want to have private conversations. For example,
a state's public safety agencies could have the
following talkgroups:
Local talkgroups—used by a specific agency to
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communicate within their own local agency. It may
even be made up of a county of public safety offi-
cers.
Regional talkgroups—used by large state agen-
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cies that have regional divisions.
Statewide talkgroups—used by an agency to com-
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municate with a public safety member in another
region. Statewide talkgroups, as their name sug-
gests, enable public safety agencies to communi-
cate with each other from one end of the state to
the other.
Special event talkgroups—may be used to man-
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age emergencies encompassing a large area, or
even events such as visits by heads of state.
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Select
appears on the display.