[ScanIndiana] SAFE-T question

[Bob Burns K4RXR]

At 02:04 PM 12/2/2006, Terry Hoover wrote:

>Let me see if I get this Safe T System right I live in Danville on 
>Safe T if I get the right a PRO 96 I can program in the Evansville 
>Towers and will I be able to monitor the Evansville Towers here in Danville.

No.

SAFE-T is a statewide communications system and there are some 
statewide talk groups. A user on a statewide talk group who was 
physically located in one end of the state would be able to talk to 
another user on that talk group in the opposite end of the state.

But most talk groups are local and the system will only let a user on 
those talk groups affiliate with a certain numbers of towers away 
from his home area. For instance, I have a SAFE-T radio assigned to 
me by Hendricks County Emergency Management. Hendricks EMA has a talk 
group on SAFE-T. I can use that talk group within a radius of about 
40 miles of Danville, but if I get outside that area, my radio won't 
affiliate when set to that talk group. If I switch to a state wide 
talk group, however, my radio will affiliate.

Bob...