BCD396T/BC996T: Fire Tone Out for TGID?

[pwelsheimer]

Since we are on a P25 System with Fire/EMS paging on its own TG, anyone know if its possible to Tone Out on a TG?

 

[doctordialtone]

Tone Out on a TG?

No

setting up toneout

 

[RBMTS]

On a Uniden scanner with FTO - no. They will only decode on a conventional frequency, not on a trunked system.

However Unication G-series will decode tones on a P25 system.

 

[a417]

Can you get a tone out on 33.9?

 

[n1chu]

Some agencies saved a few bucks when they went to a trunked system by maintaining their current systems and dedicating them to alert paging, using their existing pagers. When you buy a batch of pagers for 150 people it gets expensive. But 33.90 MHz, an analogue frequency, has no problem broadcasting audible tones. You just need to add a tone generator.

 

[a417]

His county has multiple FD/EMS analouge frequencies listed, so my guess is they are simulcasting the dispatch TG. That's precisely what other counties in that state were doing several years ago, and I assume still are.

 

[doctordialtone]

His county has multiple FD/EMS analouge frequencies listed, so my guess is they are simulcasting the dispatch TG

That's what my department did, so they didn't need to purchase lots of Unication pagers.

The Minitors still work on the VHF frequency for tone out only.

 

[pwelsheimer]

Can you get a tone out on 33.9?

You bet -- just looking ahead when low band goes bye-bye. You are correct on the simulcast for the TG

Thanks all.

 

[a417]

Don't hold your breath.