asc805
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Is the power level adjustable in programming on a APX 8000 for the emergency button?
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APX Emergency Button
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asc805
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Need to know if when you hit the orange button will the transmit go to high power even if the system is set to low power
kayn1n32008
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Why are you programming for anything but high power? Especially if this is used for life safety communications.
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FDNY does this and has done this for years. The best way to handle is a dedicated channel for emergency activations. It could be your same operations channel just add a high power instance in the radio. Orange button directs the radio to that channel.
asc805
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What I am trying to find out is if we use the emergency button on a low power channel will the emergency go out at high power when presssed
ok. yeah your post originally was way too vague. So you would need to have the radio revert to a specific programmed channel that would be programed to force high power only to have that.
asc805
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Thank you
I have seen a few systems that will program their mobiles to be low power on the trunking system due to frequency reuse and site saturation. If you are in an urban area with lots of sites/subsites you do not need high power to have very reliable comms into the system., 15 watts even on a 1/4 wave is more than enough. The portables would remain at full 3 watts.
