Hi Guys,
First off, thanks in advance for your time and any info you guys can provide.
Second, I've searched this forum and haven't been able to find previous threads on this issue so I apologize if this has already been covered in the past.
I'm the communications officer for a volunteer police department and we just purchased a number of Baofeng UV-82's for our officers. This was not my first choice for radios, however we are operating on an extremely tight budget so the UV-82's will have to do for now.
What I'm trying to figure out is how to get each radio to broadcast the ID/call-sign of the officer each time the officer transmits so that dispatch can identify who is transmitting.
If I understand it correctly, this means changes need to be made to the ANI-ID, Signal Code, and PTT-ID settings via software? (I have CHIRP and the OEM software)
For instance, if I want the set a radio to transmit "00103" as the ID after each transmission, what settings do I need to change in the radio?
Am I correct in assuming that I can only set numeric characters as the ID? Or can I set the ID to be something like "MEMA103"?
Can you guys explain the relationship between ANI-ID, Signal Code, and PTT-ID (and any other setting involved in this)?
I've looked at miklor.com and while it's a great resource it hasn't helped me figure this ID issue out.
Any help/info you guys can give would be much appreciated.
Thanks guys!
First off, thanks in advance for your time and any info you guys can provide.
Second, I've searched this forum and haven't been able to find previous threads on this issue so I apologize if this has already been covered in the past.
I'm the communications officer for a volunteer police department and we just purchased a number of Baofeng UV-82's for our officers. This was not my first choice for radios, however we are operating on an extremely tight budget so the UV-82's will have to do for now.
What I'm trying to figure out is how to get each radio to broadcast the ID/call-sign of the officer each time the officer transmits so that dispatch can identify who is transmitting.
If I understand it correctly, this means changes need to be made to the ANI-ID, Signal Code, and PTT-ID settings via software? (I have CHIRP and the OEM software)
For instance, if I want the set a radio to transmit "00103" as the ID after each transmission, what settings do I need to change in the radio?
Am I correct in assuming that I can only set numeric characters as the ID? Or can I set the ID to be something like "MEMA103"?
Can you guys explain the relationship between ANI-ID, Signal Code, and PTT-ID (and any other setting involved in this)?
I've looked at miklor.com and while it's a great resource it hasn't helped me figure this ID issue out.
Any help/info you guys can give would be much appreciated.
Thanks guys!