Tait TP9500 - Understanding Talkgroups

Dialing a scan or voting group
Thisfeatureisonlyavailableforradioswithalphanumerickeys.
Dialingascanorvotinggroupmaybeavailablefromtheradio’sidledisplaybutisalwaysavailablewhileintheChan-
nelsmenu.
Todialthegroupnumberfromthedefaultdisplay:
1.Dialthenumberassociatedwiththescanorvotinggroupusingthealphanumerickeys.
2.PressSelect,andtheprogrammedscanorvotinggroupisnowshownonthedisplay.Thescanningicon
appearsonthedisplay.
Understanding Talkgroups
ThisfeatureisavailableforDMRdigitalchannelsonly.
Atalkgroupisacollectionofradiouserswithwhom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communicatewithintheirownlocalagency.Itmayevenbe
madeupofacountyofpublicsafetyofficers.
•Regionaltalkgroups—usedbylargestateagenciesthathaveregionaldivisions.
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Tait International Ltd December 2019