Snohomish County PUD Radio Operations Manual • Rev. 6/03
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Section VI
Alert Tone Description Refer To
Time-Out Timer Your radio’s time-out timer limits
Warning the length of your transmission time.
When you are pressing the PTT
Switch (transmitting), a short, low-
pitched warning tone will sound four
seconds before the allotted time will
expire.
Time-Out Timer If you hold down the PTT Switch
Timed-Out longer than the time-out timer’s
allotted time, a continuous, low-
pitched tone will sound, indicating
that your transmission has been cut
off. This tone will continue until the
PTT Switch is released.
Phone Busy A “bah-bah-bah-bah” when tele-
phone interconnect is accessed indi-
cates that all available lines are busy
and the radio is in queue for the next
available phone line.
Page Received A group of four medium-pitched
tones every five seconds indicates
that you rradio has received a Page.
Page Sent A single, medium-pitched tone,
followed by a group of four medium-
pitched tones indicates that a Page
sent by your radio has been received
by the target radio.
Private Call Received A group of two medium-pitched
tones repeated every five seconds for
approximately 20 seconds indicates
that your radio has received a Private
Call.
Section VI:
Paging
Procedures
Section VI:
Paging
Procedures
Section VI:
Private Call
Procedures