Bendix King GPH Command Portable Radio

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North Zone Communications Committee

• Bendix King GPH Command Portable Radio

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Important Information

• The content of this PowerPoint covers the basic
  operation of a Bendix King GPH Command portable
  radio. It will not cover the various priority
  settings or the toggle options available since
  these may be configured differently to meet
  specific agency needs. It will show the more
  common configurations utilized and found.

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Objectives

• Review basic specifications features
• Learn to switch between groups
• Learn to create and alter a scan list
• Learn to select a tone
• Learn to switch to the Command Group
• Learn to build and delete a Command Group
• Learn to operate within the Command Group

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Specifications Features

• 136-174 MHz VHF narrowband frequency range.
• 5 watts RF output.
• 500 channels, 25 users groups with 20 channels
  per group.
• On demand Command Group enables building a 20
  channel Command Group from any of the 500
  programmed channels.
• Note Group 15 left open for incident radio plan
  cloning

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Battery Removal Installation

• Lock tab on right side.
• Twist battery ¼ turn
• Battery twists 30 degrees
• Twist either direction

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Clamshell

• Holds 9 AA batteries
• Twice the life of the NiCad rechargeable battery

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Opening A Clamshell

• Press dot on terminal end
• Case pops up and out

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Battery Capacity

• Some older clamshells may take 10 batteries
• Do not remove installed spacer.
• Will Overvolt and damage the radio

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Top Of Radio
Squelch
Volume
Transmit Indicator (red)
Channel Select No bezel stops
DIR/RPT
Priority
Scan
Busy Light (green)
Remember, when the toggles are toward the front,
the feature is OFF, when the toggles are toward
the back, the feature is ON. When programming,
all features should be in the OFF position
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Common Toggle Configuration and Labeling

• Left Toggle
• DIR/TA
• DIR Direct
• TA Talk Around
• Middle Toggle
• SCAN
• Right Toggle
• PRI
• NOTE Toggle configuration and function can be
  individually configured by the agency. Some CAL
  Fire GPH Command Radios may be labeled Hi/Lo but
  the toggle function is RPT/DIR

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Switching Groups

• Press
• Enter desired group number
• Press ENT or wait five seconds
• Press by itself to display the current group.
  

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Adding Channels To A Scan List

• Turn off SCAN PRI
• Switch to desired channel.
• Press ENT to add to channel list. Beep will
  sound.
• Display will indicate SCN above channel
  description
• To scan to channels in the scan list, turn the
  SCAN toggle up
• Cant scan across groups
• NOTE Channels which should be in the scan list
  for an incident are Command, Tactical, Air to
  Ground and Air Guard if in the Incident 205

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Deleting Channels From A Scan List

• Turn off SCN PRI
• Turn channel selector to desired channel
• Press CLR button
• Channel removed from scan list

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Selecting A Tone

• Turn DIR/RPT toggle to RPT
• Press tone number on keypad.
• Tone number will be momentarily displayed in the
  display.

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Building a Command Group

• The radio allows construction of a Command Group
  of up to 20 channels, drawn from any of the
  programmed channels from any group in the radio.
• To add channels to the Command Group, turn both
  scan switches down before programming.
• Once a Command group is built, it will have all
  the same functions as found in any other group.

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Building A Command Group

• While operating in a group other than the Command
  Group (Groups 1-25), the user selects a channel
  in the radio and presses the key to enter
  the channel into the Command Group
• After adding a channel, the display momentarily
  shows, CMND CHAN XX where XX is the channel
  number (1-20)

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Accessing The Command Group

• To change from current group to the Command
  Group press twice and then press ENT
  key
• The rotary channel knob selects channels in the
  group.
• The channels brought into the Command group bring
  the attributes from the group they came from.

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Accessing The Command Group

• To delete channels in the Command group, press
  while on the selected channel.
• To delete the entire Command Group, press and
  hold until display reads CMND EMPTY. If
  the Command group is empty, continuous beeps will
  sound.
• To get out of the Command group navigate to
  another group. Press , the group number and
  ENT

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The Button

• Press once to display the Group
• Press again to display the channel and tone
  you are currently using.

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Priority Toggle

• There are several options for setting the PRI
  channel on either a EPH or GPH radio. As such,
  these settings may be agency specific.
• One of the more common settings is
• With a scan list entered
• What ever the channel selector is turned to will
  become the PRI channel when the PRI toggle and
  the SCAN toggle are both in the UP position.
• You are now scanning what is in the scan list,
  but giving priority to any transmission received
  on the channel selected using the channel
  selector knob.
• If you no longer wish to use the PRI function,
  turn the PRI toggle down. You will still continue
  to scan your scan list

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Locking The Key Pad

• To lock the keypad, press and hold the FCN key
  until the display reads LOCKED.
• To unlock the keypad press and hold the FCN key
  until the display reads UNLOCKED.

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After An Incident

• If your portable was cloned by the Communications
  Unit at the incident, have your agencies
  communication technician reprogram the radio with
  your agencies data file. This will ensure that
  all of the programming parameters are returned to
  their original settings.