Radio Dispatch

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Attention tones

Repeater and test

Use the 1 kHz test into a dummy load to set the transmit level in Setup without over-deviating.

DTMF

Digit length, ms

Gap, ms

Paging tones

Two-tone sequential, single long tone, or DTMF code.

Add a paging tone

Name Type

Tone A, Hz

A length, s

Tone B, Hz (0 = none)

B length, s

Station identification

Callsign CW ID text (blank = callsign)

Speed, WPM

Pitch, Hz

Add CW ID to transmissions when due ID interval, minutes

Radio (Digirig serial PTT)

PTT line

Invert

Key-up delay, ms

Tail, ms

Time-out, s

Audio

To radio (Digirig output) From radio (Digirig input) Dispatcher microphone (headset) Transmit level Mic level

Play radio audio on PC speakers Speaker volume Busy threshold Warn before transmitting on a busy channel Log received transmissions

Setup guide

Connect the Digirig by USB, and to the Baofeng with the Kenwood-style (K1) cable. Turn the radio's VOX off when using serial PTT.
Program channels with CHIRP and choose the channel on the radio itself.
Use desktop Chrome or Edge. Click "Allow audio and list devices" and pick the USB audio device for "To radio" and "From radio."
Click "Connect Digirig" and pick the CP210x port. Send the 1 kHz test into a dummy load and lower the transmit level until it's clean.
Turn on Training mode to rehearse without keying the radio.

Data on this computer

Nature

Priority

Address (or click the map)

Cross street

Caller and callback

Destination hospital

Patients

Alarm level

Water supply / hydrant

Notes Units

Before paging

Net name

Frequency or channel

Served agency

Net type

—Net time

0Checked in

0With traffic

Net control script (read on air)

Callsign

Name

Location (or click the map)

Tactical call

Resources / capability

Has traffic

Precedence

Notes

Incident name

Precedence

To (name, position)

From (name, position)

Subject Message Approved by

Messages

	Station	Heard	Distance	Comment

To (callsign-SSID) Message 0/67

Newest first. Your own transmissions are marked TX.

Callsign

SSID

Symbol

Path

Comment

Latitude

Longitude

or click the map

Beacon every, minutes

Send automatically

Status text

North America uses 144.390 MHz for APRS; most of Europe uses 144.800. Set the radio to that frequency. Keep the transmit level moderate: too loud distorts and other stations can't decode you. Fixed stations should beacon every 10 to 30 minutes, not more often.

Units

Unit	Status	Since	Page