Talkgroups

Talkgroup Viewer - a utility to show the active TG's on each repeater

Talkgroup List via the Repeater Map - handy to program all radios to include all PNWDigital.Net  talkgroups associated to a specific repeater.

This is our basic list of talkgroups.  We have more talkgroup details as well as an advanced talkgroup page.  MCT's are also a major component of our advanced use of talkgroups.

PNW Repeater Talkgroups - Short Descriptions
For talkgroup availability and timers, go to the Matrix and select
Talkgroup TS 1/TG # TS 2/TG # Timers Brief Description   --   More TG Details  //  Talkgroup Query
Audio Test   9999 PTT W7NCX's VU Meter (also listens to Parrot, Wash 2 and PNW Reg 2)
BC 3027   PTT British Columbia Local
Bridge (bm)   3100 PTT Worldwide talkgroup with Brandmeister (very busy)
California 3106   PTT California Statewide  with Brandmeister connectivity
Cal-TAC   3107 PTT California Statewide TAC, Hosted by PNWDigital.net
Cascades 1 3191   FT Full time talkgroup for repeaters located east of the Cascades range, PTT elsewhere generally.   Coffee Net Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 0800 local,
ECR 1-1, 2-2, 2-3     FT Region 1 Snohomish/ talkgroups for the Lookout UHF, Oso and Bremerton repeaters  [More Info]
EmComm 1 ----   FT EmComm or Public Service Groups Only, EmComm 1 and 2 are only available on select repeaters as a local only talkgroup and then is restricted to only ACS/EmCoMM uses.  [More Info]
EmComm 2   ---- FT
I-5 3168   FT NOTE: Not for general QSO's; I-5 corridor coverage area repeaters only from California to Washington, Traveler's talkgroup for users on I-5 related to I-5 travel
I-84   31419 FT New TG supporting the I-84 Group's repeaters with coverage along the I-84 corridor. <Info>
Hawaii 1   3115 PTT Very limited use on only a few repeaters by agreement with Hawaii
Idaho (bm) 3116   FT/PTT Idaho statewide is full time in-state, part time for out of state PNW repeaters.  QSO's are welcome. Brandmeister is connected
Inland   465263 PTT Wide area Full time TG in the southwestern states now hosted by PNWDigital, QSO's are welcome
Idaho-ARES (bm)   31160 FT/PTT ARES Idaho is generally full time on PNWD Idaho repeaters.  See guidelines for use and this is a Brandmeister talkgroup
Local 1 3181   FT Local 1 is used for QSO's between hams all using the same repeater, not linked to other repeaters.
Local 2 --> Metro 2   3166 FT New "Metro 2" is Local 2 (3166) relabeled for the new area groupings.  See: Metro 2 for details
MCT's 177xxxx 177xxxx 55/25 Master Control Talkgroups, no voice traffic
Montana (bm)   3130 PTT Montana statewide with Brandmeister
Mountain   3177 PTT DMR-MARC Interstate Regional for our region
MPRG1 (bm)   31301 PTT Montana-DMR, Mac Pass Repeater Group, Brandmeister
Net 1* 31001   PTT Spare for expansion / Nets from around North America / * Only active during actual net event
Net 2*   31002 PTT* Nets from around North America / * Only active during actual net event; see Net 2 for more details.
North America   3163 PTT DMR-MARC
Oregon (bm) 3141   FT/PTT Oregon statewide is full time in-state, part time for out of state PNW repeaters.  QSO's are welcome. Brandmeister is enabled.  NET
Parrot 9998   PTT Polly is our echo test server now living in Spokane, a free-range bird
PNW 1 (Calling Only) 3187   FT PNW Main All Repeaters; EmComm, Calling/Hailing or Standby use ONLY, No QSO's, NOTE: this TG lights up EVERY repeater on PNW
PNW 2 (Calling Only)   103187 FT PNW Secondary secondary Calling talkgroup; very short QSO's only, lights up EVERY repeater on the PNWDigital network
PNWR 2 (bm)   31771 FT/PTT PNW Regional is PNWDigital.Net's talkgroup with Brandmeister connectivity into the PNWDigital.Net network, QSO's OK
PS 1 ----   FT Washington EmComm or Public Service Events Only, no ker-chunking please  2 hour Hold-Off timer // nets, drills and pre-scheduled events should be calendared with PNWDigital.Net beforehand.  If not a statewide event, request PS 2.  [More Info or PS]
PS 2   ------ PTT Washington EmComm or Public Service Events Only, no ker-chunking please  1 hour Hold-Off timer // nets, drills and pre-scheduled events should be reserved with PNWDigital.Net beforehand.  [More Info or PS]
RACOM ARC 2 (bm)   315310 FT/PTT RACOM Amateur Radio Club  talkgroup, with Brandmeister connectivity
Simplex 99 99 99 --- Simplex talkgroup default is TG ID 99, TS 1, Talk Permit = Always  // WA Plan
SNARS1 2   31328 PTT SNARS main talkgroup, Nets Tuesdays at 2000 local, Source: SNARS / SNARS 1 is carried on PNW on timeslot 2
TAC 1   8951 PTT TAC 1 is PTT within PNWD, good talkgroup to use for extended 2 person QSO's as it is on most WA repeaters
TAC 2 & 3   8952-8953 PTT TAC 2 and 3 are PTT within PNWD only, available on fewer repeaters so less used but good alternative to TAC 1 which currently has more traffic, will expand with network growth
TAC 8   8958 PTT TAC 8 is only available on our MMDVM's - server to server QSO's are permitted but but not encouraged as it ties up 2 of the PNWD servers.
TAC English   123 PTT DMR-MARC PTT Worldwide English only TG (NO Brandmeister connection)
TAC 310-312 (bm)   310-312 PTT

Worldwide "TAC" talkgroups engage the fewest repeaters, with Brandmeister connectivity
TAC 313 to 319   313-319 PTT No Longer Available North America c-Bridge Repeaters only; (NO Brandmeister connections)
TG 9 9   FT Only available on MMDVM servers as annunciation TG only
USA   1776 PTT Worldwide; unlimited conversations, QSO's are welcome.
Utah (bm)   3149 PTT Utah statewide with Brandmeister connectivity
Washington 1 3153   FT/PTT Washington statewide is full time in-state, part time for out of state PNW repeaters, generally having Brandmeister connectivity.
Washington 2   103153 FT/PTT Full time in-state, QSO talkgroup, move to TAC TG if longer than 15 minutes PLEASE // Not-a-Net Gathering Wed; 1900
Worldwide   3161 PTT DMR-MARC; hailing and short QSO (limited use only)
Worldwide Eng   13 PTT DMR-MARC FT TG on their side, PTT on PNW, English language use only

National Digital Simplex Frequencies - 12.5Khz or less  -  WA Plan

UHF: 1) 441.0000   2) 446.5000   3) 446.0750   4) US & Europe 433.450    --    VHF: 1) 145.7900   2) 145.5100

TG ID: 99 / CC 1 / TS 1 / Anytone TX Permit: Always  // 446.0750 & 145.5100 are PNW's primary simplex
NOTES:   Talkgroup ID numbers and timeslots are listed on the Talkgroup How-to page  //  Not all repeaters carry all PNW talkgroups; see our PNW Talkgroup Matrix
 Timeslot 1 has PNW's primary TG's, Timeslot 2 has other Network's TG's primarily; general rule  //  Statewide talkgroups are fulltime for instate repeaters and PTT for out-of-state repeaters
PTT:  On timer:15 minutes / Hold-off timer: 3 min; default unless noted above  (PTT Info)  //  Some talkgroups may be available via PTT but are not listed.  See TG-Matrix for most complete info
New repeater network managers will be created using the MCT concept, now the primary method of talkgroup arbitration  //  Repeaters owners:  Have any talkgroup issues, changes, etc...Email Tech