amount of talkgroups

[pdfdems286]

although i'm somewhat trunking literate,it really is not my radio forte.i think i read somewhere that with a 2 way trunking radio of any model,the user is limited to just 32 talkgroups.is this correct ?.

[KE4ZNR]

Originally Posted by pdfdems286

although i'm somewhat trunking literate,it really is not my radio forte.i think i read somewhere that with a 2 way trunking radio of any model,the user is limited to just 32 talkgroups.is this correct ?.

Nope...try explaining that to someone here in NC affiliated with the VIPER Medical Network...their radios have access to around 200 talkgroups...then again it depends on the type of radio and the system you are speaking about..
Marshall KE4ZNR

[ILMRadioMan]

Yea...my radio can do 1000 channels

[KE4ZNR]

Originally Posted by ILMRadioMan

Yea...my radio can do 1000 channels

Oh yeah...well I have one sitting here that can do 25,000 channels punk
Take yo' measly 1K channel rig down the road to the retirement home
73's
KE4ZNR

[ILMRadioMan]

Originally Posted by KE4ZNR

Oh yeah...well I have one sitting here that can do 25,000 channels punk
Take yo' measly 1K channel rig down the road to the retirement home
73's
KE4ZNR

Yea well I bet it cant do your laundry and cook you dinner

BAM!

[K8TEK]

Smartzone systems are limited to 4,094 talkgroups. Before somebody argues with me and says that number is 65,504 you are incorrect. Just because a talkgroup has a status bit doesn't make it a new talkgroup.

[KS4VT]

Originally Posted by pdfdems286

although i'm somewhat trunking literate,it really is not my radio forte.i think i read somewhere that with a 2 way trunking radio of any model,the user is limited to just 32 talkgroups.is this correct ?.

With the Motorola line it can range from 48 to 1000 and is model dependent, but really the limitation is the number of personalities one can program into the radios codeplug.

[RKG]

Originally Posted by K8TEK

Smartzone systems are limited to 4,094 talkgroups. Before somebody argues with me and says that number is 65,504 you are incorrect. Just because a talkgroup has a status bit doesn't make it a new talkgroup.

Actually, 2,047, at least if you are running the SmartNet II feature set with scanning. Only hex "even" values (i.e., ending in 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, B, D or F) are valid for TGIDs.

[ILMRadioMan]

Originally Posted by K8TEK

Smartzone systems are limited to 4,094 talkgroups. Before somebody argues with me and says that number is 65,504 you are incorrect. Just because a talkgroup has a status bit doesn't make it a new talkgroup.

True.

But P25 systems can go to FFFF = 65535 (man does anyone love math as much as I do? )

[K8TEK]

Originally Posted by RKG

Actually, 2,047, at least if you are running the SmartNet II feature set with scanning. Only hex "even" values (i.e., ending in 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, B, D or F) are valid for TGIDs.

Motorola Type II - The RadioReference Wiki

I know it says 4095, but TGID 4095 is reserved. Don't confuse the person with that stuff, and I think you mean odd values.

[greenthumb]

And the odd TG values for SmartNet are for TGs that you want to allow priority monitor on. If you don't want priority monitor on that group, it can be even.