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May 2007 North Zone – Communications
Bendix King EPH and GPH Bendix King EPH and GPH Portable RadiosPortable Radios
North Zone Communications Committee
May 2007 North Zone – Communications
WARNING
The contents of this PowerPoint covers the operation of a Bendix King EPH or GPH portable radio which has been programmed with the respective
North Zone data file. Radios which are programmed with another data files may have switch functions and
other parameters which may be different than discussed here.
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Objectives
• Review basic specifications & Review basic specifications & featuresfeatures
• Learn to switch between groups Learn to switch between groups • Learn to create and alter a scan listLearn to create and alter a scan list• Learn to select a toneLearn to select a tone• Learn to set a Priority channelLearn to set a Priority channel
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Specifications & Features
EPH:EPH: 210 Channels210 Channels15 Groups, each group has 14 channels15 Groups, each group has 14 channels
GPH:GPH: 240 Channels240 Channels15 Groups, each has 16 channels15 Groups, each has 16 channels
Field ProgrammableField Programmable
Rechargeable battery and AA Battery “Clamshell”Rechargeable battery and AA Battery “Clamshell”
User Programmable Scan and Priority ScanUser Programmable Scan and Priority Scan
User Programmable Repeater Access TonesUser Programmable Repeater Access Tones
Note:Note: Group 15 left open for incident radio plan cloning Group 15 left open for incident radio plan cloning
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Battery Removal & Installation
• Lock tab on right side.
• Twist battery ¼ turn
• Battery twists 30 degrees
• Twist either direction
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Clamshell
• Holds 9 AA batteries
• Twice the life of the NiCad rechargeable battery
• Standard issue is Orange
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Opening A Clamshell
• Press dot on Press dot on terminal endterminal end
• Case pops up Case pops up and outand out
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Battery Capacity
• Some “older” clamshells may take 10 batteries
• Do not remove installed spacer.
• Will “Overvolt” and damage the radio
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Top Of Radio
Channel Select
PriorityScan
Hi/Lo5/1 watt
Volume
Squelch
Priority Light (green)
Busy ChannelIndicator(red)
Remember, when the toggles are toward the front, the feature is OFF, when the toggles are toward the back, the feature is ON. When programming, all features should be in the OFF position
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Switch Options
• Some Fire Cache Radios or other agencies radios may have a HI /LOW Power Switch
• HI is 5 Watts Transmit• LO is 1 Watt Transmit• No Talk Around
available, unless programmed.
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Repeat & Talk Around• Places radio in
“Talk-Around” Mode (car-to-car), for any repeated channel. Flip switch UP to activate Talk-Around.
• Note: Some EPH’s may have a Dir & Rep label. The GPH may have a letter “A” for this function. Flip UP to activate.
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Switching Groups
• Press “#”Press “#”• Enter desired group Enter desired group
numbernumber• Press “ENT” or wait five Press “ENT” or wait five
secondsseconds• Press “#” by itself to Press “#” by itself to
display the current group. display the current group.
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Adding Channels To A Scan List
Turn off SCAN & PRI
• Switch to desired channel.
• Press “ENT” to add to channel list. Beep will sound.
• Display will indicate “SCN” above channel description
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Deleting Channels From A Scan List
Turn off SCN & PRI
• Turn channel selector to desired channel
• Press “CLR” button
• Channel removed from scan list
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Selecting A Tone
NOTE: If operating with Enabled or Disabled groups, manually selecting a tone will only work on Enabled groups.
• Press tone number on keypad.
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The “#” Button
• Press “#” once to display the Group• Press”#” again to display the
channel and tone you are currently on.
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Priority ChannelThere are several options for setting the PRI channel.
Priority – Scan ModePriority – Non Scan Mode
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Priority ScanEstablish a Priority Channel
1st1st• Establish a scan list Establish a scan list
2nd2nd• Set a Priority Set a Priority
channelchannel• Turn Turn ScanScan and and PRI PRI
switches off.switches off.• Turn channel Turn channel
selector to the selector to the channel you wish to channel you wish to be the priority.be the priority.
• Press the PRI Press the PRI button. A short beep button. A short beep will sound and will sound and PRPR will appear in the will appear in the display.display.
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Priority Scan “Scan-Mode”
• Flip SCAN (B) and PRI (C) Switches Up. Radio is now in Priority Scan Mode.
• The radio will scan until it The radio will scan until it locks onto an active channel.locks onto an active channel.
• If activity occurs on the If activity occurs on the priority channel, the radio priority channel, the radio overrides the active scan overrides the active scan channel, changes to the channel, changes to the priority channel, and holds priority channel, and holds for the duration of the for the duration of the transmission. transmission.
• NOTE: Priority channel may or not be in the scan list.
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Priority Scan “Non-Scanning Mode”
• Flip PRI (C) Switch up and SCAN (B) down. Radio is now in the Non-Scanning Priority Mode.
• You will hearing traffic on the channel the selector is turned to.
• If the priority channel If the priority channel becomes active, the becomes active, the radio changes to the radio changes to the priority channel for the priority channel for the duration of the duration of the message.message.
• To reply to the message To reply to the message on the Priority channel, on the Priority channel, turn the channel turn the channel selector knob to the selector knob to the Priority channel.Priority channel.
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After An Incident
• If your portable was cloned by the If your portable was cloned by the Communications Unit at the incident, Communications Unit at the incident, have your agencies communication have your agencies communication technician reprogram the radio with technician reprogram the radio with your agencies data file. This will your agencies data file. This will ensure that all of the programming ensure that all of the programming parameters are returned to their parameters are returned to their original settings. original settings.