Operator's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Front Cover
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to the OpenSky Network
- Network Organization
- Getting Started
- Display Screen Functions
- How to set your Dwell Display Selection
- How to set your Operational Mode
- How to set your Active Profile
- How to set your Active Talkgroup
- How to Assign Priority to a Talkgroup
- How to Lock Out a Listen Group
- How to Unlock a Listen Group
- How to set your Scan Mode
- How to Change the Channel
- How to Enable or Disable Side Tones
- How to Change Screen Brightness
- Basic Radio Operations
- How to Turn Your Radio On
- How to Log On to the Network
- How to Read the Self-Test Results
- How to Turn Your Radio Off
- How to Change the Volume
- How to Take a Voice Call
- How to Make a Voice Call
- What the Beeping Means
- How to Place a Talkback Call
- How to Place an Emergency Call
- Advanced Radio Operations
- How to Re-Provision for an Emergency
- How to Place Talkaround Calls
- CH-103 Control Head
- VTac Vehicular Tactical Network
- Indexes and Tables
- I
- Index
CHAPTER 8—VTac Vehicular Tactical Network
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Vehicular Tactical Network
The Vehicular Tactical Network (VTac-803) is an 800
MHz software-based digital mobile network repeater
for extending network coverage to portable radios,
providing scene-of-incident capability and the full
feature set of an M-803 mobile radio.
VTac supports the OpenSky communication protocol
in the 800 MHz SMR and NPSPAC frequency bands
with a high performance data modem that gateways
both voice and data to the OpenSky wide area wireless
data network.
More capable than a stand-alone M-803, the VTac-803
is a hybrid product that combines several hardware
components into a multi-use communications device to
extend the capabilities of a movable Base Station
wherever you position your vehicle.
Backward and Forward Compatibility
The software-based architecture allows the VTac-803
to be programmed for a variety of modulation
techniques, providing legacy support and guarding
against obsolescence.
VTac can host several applications simultaneously to
support users running the OpenSky digital protocol,
Conventional FM with CTCSS, or Project 25 Phase 1.
Over-the-Air Programmability
For agencies engaged in an analog-to-digital transition,
The VTac-803 can function with existing analog
infrastructure today and, when the time is right, receive
over-the-air field reprogramming for a virtually
seamless transition to fully digital communications
without replacing equipment.