- TS1 has no full-time talkgroups
- assigned. It may be used for any talkgroups available on Brandmeister. Several popular talkgroups are listed below:
- 91: Worldwide Calling
- 93: North America Calling
- 310: TAC 310
- 3142: Pennsylvania Statewide
- 31421: Pennsylvania TAC
- 3172: Northeastern US Regional
- 3173: Mid-Atlantic Regional
- 9990: "Parrot" Echo Test (private call)
- TS2 is to be used only for the full-time talkgroups listed below. No other talkgroups may be used or activated on TS2. Please see Talkgroup Usage Policies below.
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- 2: NEPA DMR Cluster ("Local 2")
- 8: Control Op Use Only ("Control")
- 9: Local Repeat Only ("Local 9")
- Only the talkgroups listed above may be used, and only on the timeslots indicated. Use of a given talkgroup on the wrong timeslot will result in either the traffic not being repeated through the network to other systems and/or violates usage policies.
- Use calling channels to establish contact, and then move to an approriate local, regional, or TAC talkgroup. Do not occupy calling channels for extended QSO's!
- Be mindful of which talkgroup you are using -- always choose the talkgroup that ties up the fewest repeaters required to communicate. For example, do not use a nationwide talkgroup for local communications. Talkgroup 9 on timeslot 2 does not repeat beyond the local repeater; if two (or more) users are on the same repeater, they should use TG9.
- Always state which talkgroup you are on when making a directed or "listening" call. For example, "W3XYZ listening on local 2" or "N3ABC, this is W3XYZ on PA Statewide". Often other users will be scanning multiple repeaters/talkgroups, or they may have multiple talkgroups in their group list, and they may not know which talkgroup you are on unless you explicitly announce it. When listening on TG9 (local repeat only), also announce which repeater you are on, such as "K3ZZZ listening, Wilkes-Barre local 9").
