king portable radio ops sierra fire protection district refresher countryman 04/09

KING PORTABLE RADIO OPS

Sierra Fire Protection District

REFRESHER

Countryman 04/09

Objectives

• Identify the different models in use

• The basic operation of each model

How to identify your radio

• All radios should have a sticker on the back of the radio with the model number on it

• The different models are• EPH• GPH• GPHCMD• DPH• DPHCMD

EPH

• The EPH is a 210 channel radio

• The channels are broke into 15 banks of 14 channels

GPH and DPH

• Both the GPH and the DPH are 240 channel radios

• The channels are broke into 15 groups of 16 channels

• The key difference is the DPH is capable of digital operation

GPHCMD and DPHCMD

• The command versions of the GPH and DPH increase the channels to 500

• They are broke into 25 groups of 20 channels

• The DPHCMD is capable of digital operation

Common Features

• On/Off and Volume• Squelch• Hi/Lo power• Scan on/off• Priority on/off• Busy indicator

• Channel selector

Changing CG Tones

Turn scan and priority off

Push the number of the CG tone (1-9)

Press 0 to clear the tone and reset to the original program

For EPH, GPH, and DPHCG (Code Guard) Also Called PL Tones

Display on the EPH

On the EPH radio the CG channel will flash on the screen when you transmit

Transmitting on CG 2

This only means you are transmitting on this channels CG tone

Transmit channel

CG TonesFor the EPH, GPH, and DPH

1. 107.2 TM Slide, NDF McClellan, Lyon county Pond, and Sparks VHF Repeater

2. 118.8 TM Peavine, NDF Peavine,

3. 136.5 TM Virginia Peak, NDF Pinenut, HTF Rawe

4. 127.3 TM Gerlach, NDF Snow Valley

Changing CG Tones For the Command models

Turn scan and priority off

Press FCN

Press 8

Now you pick 1-32 and Press ENT

You can also press PRI repeatedlyto scroll thru the CG tones

Changing GroupsAll Models

Press #

Press the number of the group1-15 (1-25 on CMD models)

Press ENT

Scan List

Turn to the channel you wish to add or delete

Turn scan and priority off

Press ENT to add

Press CLR to deleteNote: This only deletes from the scan list not from the radio

All models

The Command GroupCMD Model radios only

The command radios allow you to take any channel from theradio and put it in the command group

Turn scan and priority off

Turn to the channel you want in thecommand group

Press the * key

Press ENT

The Command GroupContinued

To delete the channel from the command group

The radio needs to be on the command group

Turn to the channel you wish to remove

Press the * key

Press CLR

Questions

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