[TrunkCom] Pagers

[Brian J Cathcart]

On Fri, 21 Jun 2002 14:42:53 -0700 (PDT) JERRY NONE
<thepolishdude@yahoo.com> writes:
> They might use what is known as a Status Bit.  Like
> say for instance a Fire Department is on a Talk Group
> of 16.  Well as we all know; 16 is divisible by 1 and
> by 16 so that is a perfectly legit(imate) Talk Group.
> But say you would want to use this particular Type II
> Motorla Trunked Radio System for paging then you would
> take the number 16 and maybe add a number 4 to it to
> create a special Talk Group just for paging and
> nothing else. 

NO.  Status bits are NOT used for paging functions and have nothing to do
with paging.  They are used for indicating a specific status to all of
the radios on that particular talkgroup.  Thus when an Emergency
Crosspatch is initiated the Status Bit switches to 4 and all radios on
that talkgroup hear the traffic being crosspatched.


> Sometimes a frequency that is used for Trunking by the system,
> might also be used in Conventional ( Non-Trunked )
> mode for paging or for M.D.T.s.

Again NO.  If the frequency is part of the trunked system it will not be
used conventionally unless the trunked system goes into failsoft due to a
controller failure.  EDACS systems do transmit data on the trunked system
but it is not conventional - it is done as part of the trunked system.

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The Scanner Dude
Brian J. Cathcart - KE4PMJ
South Florida Frequency & Trunking Guide - 6th Edition (On CD-ROM too!)