Alpha tagging radio ID's

[Freqed]

Uniden models 536 and SDS200, I have been watching and recording radio ID's for input into the radios. I have several ID's listed on paper with the same officer having 2 different ID's. Is it possible to have an ID for the handheld that would be different than the car radio, or is this a possible radio coding issue when displaying the ID's.

 

[Firefox10]

yes. Many depts. give each car its own ID and each officer.
I programmed radios for several departments, its very common.

 

[radio3353]

Yes for me too. My local fire departments have multiple IDs (for vehicle and portables.)

 

[GTR8000]

That's exactly how it should be done. Each physical radio gets a unique ID on the system, no matter how many radios one individual may be issued. It's especially common for a mobile and portable issued to the same person.

 

[ofd8001]

And some places have multiple portable radios assigned to one person. Monitor dispatch and tactical channels at the same time.

The agency I retired from would use a scheme of 180010 -180019. First 1 signified its a fire radio. 8001 is the call number. Last digit signified the type of radio 0 is a mobile, 1-9 are portable radios.

Pretty labor intensive to set up. Hard to ID a voice when muffled by breathing apparatus. Supposedly they now favor some type of lookup table in the console, which is fine if maintained.

 

[Freqed]

Thanks for the input.