We use P25 system to dispatch but still alert on conventical VHF Tones. How can I set up my G5 so it listens to the 800 P25 but opens when the VHF tones go off??
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G5 pager help
- Thread starter jerrylib637
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You can not monitor a P25 system and conventional at the same time.
ArkTex
KA5AAA
Technically you can put conventional in one zone, and P25 on another zone. Would be annoying having to switch but that's about the only way to get both your tones and your radio traffic.
Okay, if you have the conventional in one zone (or knob position) and P25 in another, how will you be able to monitor both at the same time like the OP asked about? The pager ONLY monitors one zone one knob and one type of comms (system or conventional) at a time. You can scan multiple conventional frequencies, but not system and conventional.
Thats exactly how I setup a few pagers for friends. alerts on UHF conventional then they switch to UHF TLMR. When they want quiet they switch back to A. Simple.
ArkTex
KA5AAA
I'm not saying you can monitor both at once. I said the best option would be to have tones in a conventional zone and then the actual TG's in another zone. The OP can have it listening for tones then he'd have to switch zones to be able to listen to the TG's. It's not perfect by any means but it's something.
tvengr
Well Known Member
You can setup the alert tones on one knob position and the P25 system on an adjacent knob position in the same zone. When you get an alert, one click of the knob is all it takes to switch to the P25 system. It is much more difficult and time consuming to change zones. You can change the knob position without looking at it.
