Tait 9400 User manual

BASIC CONTROLS

ON/OFF – Volume

Turn the radio on by rotating the

Power/Volume control knob

clockwise. Adjust the volume to

a comfortable level (usually

about 33% of full)

HOME select

Press the blue button to change

to the radio to the HEALTH

talkgroup.

PTT – Push To Talk

Press and hold the PTT button

and wait for the triple beep

(permission to talk) signal from

the AWIN network before

speaking.

Display backlight

To see the display in dark

locations, press the backlight

button. This is a toggle button

that turns the light on and off.

To conserve battery the light

should be off when not in use.

TAIT 9400 User Guide

When in use the TAIT radio is always

searching for the tower with the

strongest signal. When it associates

with a new tower it will sound three

beeps to let you know service is

available.

ADHuser version June 2013

ZONE SELECTION

The Scroll keys on the face of the

radio can be used to change

directly between zones on the

radio.

Just like the function of a

spreadsheet, the scroll down

button steps to a higher zone

number until you pass the last

zone, after which it will roll over

to the first zone.

The scroll up button functions

the same way, and will roll to the

last zone when you pass the first

zone.

The channel selector knob is

used to select a Talkgroup in the

currently selected zone.

The programming template is

described on the second page of

this document. The highlighted

Talkgroups are of particular

interest to ADH users.

DO NOT TRANSMIT on other

talkgroups unless directed to

do so by proper authorities.

Arkansas State User Group 'ASUG' Template (ADH version)

ZONE &

Selector

Matrix

Selector 1

Selector

LHU ZONE 1

County

Emergency

A-LAW

B-LAW

C-LAW

D-LAW

E-LAW

F-LAW

G-LAW

H-LAW

I-LAW

J-LAW

K-LAW

L-LAW

PRISON

SO-

NET1

SO-NET2

ZONE 1

A-LAW

B-LAW

C-LAW

D-LAW

E-LAW

F-LAW

G-LAW

H-LAW

I-LAW

J-LAW

K-LAW

L-LAW

PRISON

SO-

NET1

SO-

NET2

ASMD

ZONE 2

A-DISPn

A-

DISPs

B-DISP

C-DISP

D-DISP

E-DISP

F-DISP

G-DISP

H-DISP

I-DISP

J-DISP

K-DISP

L-DISP

ZONE 3

MAC CALL

MAC 1

MAC 2

MAC 3

MAC 4

MAC 5

MAC 6

MAC 7

MAC 8

MAC 9

MAC 10

MAC 11

MAC 12

MAC 13

MAC 14

MAC 15

ZONE 4

A-EMS

B-EMS

C-EMS

D-EMS

E-EMS

F-EMS

G-EMS

H-EMS

I-EMS

J-EMS

K-EMS

L-EMS

ZONE 5

ACIC

AHP

ALETA

CRIME

LAB

HEALTH

HMN SRV

ADPT

ADM

ADPT

TAC

ADPT

TAC2

ARNG

ADEQ

CAP

AG&F

DIS

DIS TECH

ZONE 6

ASU

TAC1

UALR

ABC

ABC-

ATBC

ATCB

8CALL90D

8TAC91D

8TAC92D

8TAC93D

8TAC94D

8CALL90

8TAC91

8TAC92

8TAC93

8TAC94

ZONE 7

AFC

LAW

AFC

TAC1

DOC

PRISON

DOC

TAC1

JC DISP

SYS NET

JC OES

JC VFD

CLEVLAND

EMER

NET

INTEROP

DIRECT

ZONE 8

ADEM 1

ADEM

CENTRAL

NW 1

NW 2

NW 3

NW 4

NW 5

WEATHER

FIRE

ACAD

ZONE 9

SW 1

SW 2

SW 3

SW 4

SW 5

SE 1

SE 2

SE 3

SE 4

SE 5

NE 1

NE 2

NE 3

NE 4

NE 5

HOSP

SWEST

SEAST

METRO

NWEST

ARVAL

NEAST

NCENT

County Emergency Management talk-groups may be programmed in some ADH radios.

LHU Radios have County Emergency Management in ZONE 1 CHANNEL 1 as shown above. Region Staff Radios have all region County Emergency Management in ZONE 11 and 12.

Radio checks can be requested from the Arkansas Department of Health Comm Center on Zone5 Chan 5 (call “Arkansas Health, this is <your name or ADH title>”) at any time.

The ADH Comm-Center is manned 24/7 and is able to handle emergency traffic for ADH users at any time.

The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (ADEM) Comm Center monitors MAC-CALL 24/7 and can assist with emergency traffic to any agency as required. (call “ADEM this is ADH <your

title> on MAC-CALL”) In the event of major emergencies, the combined radio response will be assigned to a MAC channel, or if all MACs are busy to an EMS channel. (Zone 3 & 4)

During any severe weather event (or the threat of same) you should monitor MAC-CALL for announcements from the NWS office. These announcements often are several minutes ahead of public

media announcements. NWS will also accept reports of ongoing severe weather events, and answer relevant questions to clarify bulletin information in support of public safety. Remember the NWS

staff is very busy during weather events, so use this resource wisely.

8TACxx and 8CALL90 (Zone 6) The National Interoperability channels are for large (Federal) multiagency events, or for use when the AWIN network is not available. Due to no tower system

support for these channels they have very limited range. During large scale events repeaters for these channels may be set up. The useful range of these channels will vary with terrain and on

average will only be 2-3 miles at most. Use selector setting 7 – 11 for use without a repeater and selector setting 12-16 to use channels with repeaters .