I have a GP300 VHF with the frequencies of my fire dept here in Lima, Peru. This radio has the “selective calling” programmed for my station when dispatch sends us an emergency alert. This function allows the radio to be in a “silenced mode” and when my station recieves a call, my GP only transmits the selective call and the dispatchers emergency message (type, address, units etc) Recently, I bought a EP 450s and when I took it to the technician that checks the radios for the guys in my station, he told me that my EP could have the selective calling system but cannot be in “silenced mode” which means that if I have my EP on I will have to be listening to all stations callings in Lima, when I only want to have the radio on but in “silenced mode” with the selective calling activated.
This guy also showed me that the two buttons of the radio (tone and scan) cannot be asigned to be “selective calling mode” like the buttons in my GP. Is that true? The EP doesnt have a “silenced mode” for selective calling?
I would appreciate very much your help, since here there isn´t a lot of tech support for this devices.
We do use here any type of radio in the public service. Our government doesnt have the resources to give us all the professional and necesary equipment. We are volunteer firefighters and most of the time, we have to buy our own equipment with our own money. So some guys have radios, some guys dont, some guys have good ones, some have cheap ones. It’s a different reality Tower Tech. Thanks anyway for your answer.