PeterGV
K1PGV
From the issue that was discussed in the Littleton thread:
This use of Direct (AKA Talkaround) on scene is apparently more common in New Hampshire than I thought it was. If you weren't following that thread, "direct" mode is on-scene, user-to-user communications, on the repeater OUTPUT frequency (in other words, not going through the repeater). Note that Direct mode is also typically (though not necessarily) analog (non-P25) with a PL.
I initially thought it was almost never used around here... apparently that's very wrong. I guess the advantage is that on-scene units that have a need for lots of local comms can talk to each other at will (without worry about monopolizing the main dispatch channel) but simultaneously monitor that dispatch channel for any additional infomation? Is that the idea?
According to the programming for one radio I was looking at (an EMS radio -- Thank you, Code Plug SuperSite), NHSP also can use Direct mode. Can anybody confirm that it's actually used by NHSP? Anybody heard this in use?
Any other well-known agencies use direct mode?
Thanks,
de Peter K1PGV
This use of Direct (AKA Talkaround) on scene is apparently more common in New Hampshire than I thought it was. If you weren't following that thread, "direct" mode is on-scene, user-to-user communications, on the repeater OUTPUT frequency (in other words, not going through the repeater). Note that Direct mode is also typically (though not necessarily) analog (non-P25) with a PL.
I initially thought it was almost never used around here... apparently that's very wrong. I guess the advantage is that on-scene units that have a need for lots of local comms can talk to each other at will (without worry about monopolizing the main dispatch channel) but simultaneously monitor that dispatch channel for any additional infomation? Is that the idea?
According to the programming for one radio I was looking at (an EMS radio -- Thank you, Code Plug SuperSite), NHSP also can use Direct mode. Can anybody confirm that it's actually used by NHSP? Anybody heard this in use?
Any other well-known agencies use direct mode?
Thanks,
de Peter K1PGV