Radio One Book

Question 1

Total radio failure procedure (if don’t hear any traffic)

Answer 1

OIC radio- zone “7V” ->
talk group “7V2 VHF DISP R” or
“7v1 VHF OPS R”

All other radios- zone “MA 800 IO”
Talk group “8call90”

Question 2

Simulcast system has ___ radio sites in the county?

Answer 2

22

Question 3

Term for system operating normally with a controller assigning channels?

Answer 3

Wide area mode

Question 4

___ ___ is when radio consoles are disconnected from the rest of the system?

Answer 4

Site trunking

Question 5

If there are no central controllers available, the system is in ____ mode

Answer 5

Failsoft (coverage remains the same)

Question 6

7v2 is always patched to ____ and
7V1 is NORMALLY patched to ____

Answer 6

7A2 disp
7A1 ops 1

Question 7

How do you know if we’re in failsoft?

Answer 7

You see word “failsoft” on radio screen

Question 8

How do you change operations during failsoft?

Answer 8

Treat it like condition red

No EB capability!

Turn off scan feature

Radio chirps every 20-30 seconds

No radio patches available

Question 9

During site trunking there are no radio ___

Answer 9

No radio patches

Question 10

If total radio failure and so I’m phone doesn’t work switch to ____ zone

Answer 10

U zone and select area in county you are working

Question 11

Signal 3 in other counties

Answer 11

Howard- signal 2
Fairfax- signal 1
Dc- 10-33
Arlington, alexandria, mwaa- dial 911