General Radio Operation
Alert Tones
An alert tone is a sound or group of sounds. Your radio uses alert tones to inform you of your radio’s conditions. The following table lists these tones and when they occur.
Table 7: Alert Tones
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| Invalid | when wrong key is pressed | |
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Short, | Radio | when radio fails its | |
Fail | test | ||
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Reject | when unauthorized request is | ||
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| four seconds before time out | ||
| Warning |
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| No ACK | when radio fails to receive an | |
| Received | acknowledgment | |
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| after time out | ||
| Timed Out |
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| Talk Prohibit/ | (when PTT button is pressed) | |
Long, Low- | PTT Inhibit | transmissions are not allowed | |
(when PTT button is pressed) the | |||
Pitched Tone | |||
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| radio is out of range of the system | |
| Invalid Mode | when radio is on an unprogrammed | |
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| Individual Call | when radio is in an individual call | |
| Warning Tone | for greater than 6 seconds without | |
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| any activity | |
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A Group of | Busy | when system is busy | |
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