Common Radio Features
Send an Emergency Call
An Emergency Call will send a type of dispatch giving your radio priority access to channels.
1 With your radio turned on, | • Short tone |
press the Emergency |
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button. A short, medium- |
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pitched tone sounds. |
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Note: To exit emergency at any time, press and hold the Emergency button.
2Press and hold the PTT button and announce your emergency into the microphone.
3Release the PTT button to end the transmission and wait for a response from the dispatcher.
4Press and hold the Emergency button for about a second to exit emergency.
The radio operates in the normal dispatch manner while in Emergency Call, except, if enabled, it will return to one of the following:
Using this operation: | means you will talk... |
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1. | on the channel you |
| selected before you |
| entered the emergency |
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2. | on a preprogrammed |
| emergency channel. The |
| emergency alarm is sent |
| to this same channel. |
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