diff --git a/src/dmr/Control.cpp b/src/dmr/Control.cpp
index 66d6c8a1..ff12b93d 100644
--- a/src/dmr/Control.cpp
+++ b/src/dmr/Control.cpp
@@ -153,10 +153,12 @@ void Control::setOptions(yaml::Node& conf, bool controlPermitTG, const std::vect
     case 1U:
         m_slot1->setTSCC(enableTSCC, dedicatedTSCC);
         m_slot1->setControlPermitTG(m_controlPermitTG);
+        //m_slot2->setTSCCPayload(true); // this is not the correct way this should be done
         break;
     case 2U:
         m_slot2->setTSCC(enableTSCC, dedicatedTSCC);
         m_slot2->setControlPermitTG(m_controlPermitTG);
+        //m_slot1->setTSCCPayload(true); // this is not the correct way this should be done
         break;
     default:
         LogError(LOG_DMR, "DMR, invalid slot, TSCC disabled, slotNo = %u", m_tsccSlotNo);
diff --git a/src/dmr/DMRDefines.h b/src/dmr/DMRDefines.h
index 5c843fb1..5791a04d 100644
--- a/src/dmr/DMRDefines.h
+++ b/src/dmr/DMRDefines.h
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ namespace dmr
     const uint8_t   SLCO_NULL = 0x00U;
     const uint8_t   SLCO_ACT = 0x01U;
     const uint8_t   SLCO_TSCC = 0x02U;
+    const uint8_t   SLCO_PAYLOAD = 0x03U;
 
     // Reason Code(s)
     const uint8_t   TS_ACK_RSN_MSG = 0x60U;                 // TS - Message Accepted
diff --git a/src/dmr/Slot.cpp b/src/dmr/Slot.cpp
index 5c335054..9e9599a3 100644
--- a/src/dmr/Slot.cpp
+++ b/src/dmr/Slot.cpp
@@ -414,6 +414,12 @@ void Slot::clock()
         }
     }
 
+    // increment the TSCC counter on every slot 1 clock
+    m_tsccCnt++;
+    if (m_tsccCnt == TSCC_MAX_CNT) {
+        m_tsccCnt = 0U;
+    }
+
     // if we have control enabled; do clocking to generate a CC data stream
     if (m_enableTSCC) {
         // clock all the grant timers
@@ -438,12 +444,6 @@ void Slot::clock()
 
             if (m_ccPacketInterval.isRunning() && m_ccPacketInterval.hasExpired()) {
                 if (m_ccRunning) {
-                    // increment the TSCC counter on every slot 1 clock
-                    m_tsccCnt++;
-                    if (m_tsccCnt == TSCC_MAX_CNT) {
-                        m_tsccCnt = 0U;
-                    }
-
                     if (m_ccSeq == 3U) {
                         m_ccSeq = 0U;
                     }
@@ -464,6 +464,10 @@ void Slot::clock()
         }
     }
 
+    if (m_tsccPayloadSlot) {
+        setShortLC_Payload(m_siteData, m_tsccCnt);
+    }
+
     m_rfTimeoutTimer.clock(ms);
     if (m_rfTimeoutTimer.isRunning() && m_rfTimeoutTimer.hasExpired()) {
         if (!m_rfTimeout) {
@@ -1072,7 +1076,6 @@ void Slot::setShortLC(uint32_t slotNo, uint32_t id, uint8_t flco, bool voice)
 /// <summary>
 ///
 /// </summary>
-/// <param name="slotNo"></param>
 /// <param name="siteData"></param>
 /// <param name="counter"></param>
 void Slot::setShortLC_TSCC(SiteData siteData, uint16_t counter)
@@ -1132,3 +1135,66 @@ void Slot::setShortLC_TSCC(SiteData siteData, uint16_t counter)
 
     m_modem->writeDMRShortLC(sLC);
 }
+
+/// <summary>
+///
+/// </summary>
+/// <param name="siteData"></param>
+/// <param name="counter"></param>
+void Slot::setShortLC_Payload(SiteData siteData, uint16_t counter)
+{
+    assert(m_modem != nullptr);
+
+    uint8_t lc[5U];
+    uint32_t lcValue = 0U;
+    lcValue = SLCO_PAYLOAD;
+    lcValue = (lcValue << 2) + siteData.siteModel();
+
+    switch (siteData.siteModel())
+    {
+    case SITE_MODEL_TINY:
+    {
+        lcValue = (lcValue << 9) + siteData.netId();
+        lcValue = (lcValue << 3) + siteData.siteId();
+    }
+    break;
+    case SITE_MODEL_SMALL:
+    {
+        lcValue = (lcValue << 7) + siteData.netId();
+        lcValue = (lcValue << 5) + siteData.siteId();
+    }
+    break;
+    case SITE_MODEL_LARGE:
+    {
+        lcValue = (lcValue << 5) + siteData.netId();
+        lcValue = (lcValue << 7) + siteData.siteId();
+    }
+    break;
+    case SITE_MODEL_HUGE:
+    {
+        lcValue = (lcValue << 2) + siteData.netId();
+        lcValue = (lcValue << 10) + siteData.siteId();
+    }
+    break;
+    }
+
+    lcValue = (lcValue << 1) + 0U;                          // Payload channel is Normal
+    lcValue = (lcValue << 9) + (counter & 0x1FFU);
+
+    // split value into bytes
+    lc[0U] = (uint8_t)((lcValue >> 24) & 0xFFU);
+    lc[1U] = (uint8_t)((lcValue >> 16) & 0xFFU);
+    lc[2U] = (uint8_t)((lcValue >> 8) & 0xFFU);
+    lc[3U] = (uint8_t)((lcValue >> 0) & 0xFFU);
+    lc[4U] = edac::CRC::crc8(lc, 4U);
+
+    //LogDebug(LOG_DMR, "setShortLC_Payload, netId = %02X, siteId = %02X", siteData.netId(), siteData.siteId());
+    //Utils::dump(1U, "setShortLC_Payload", lc, 5U);
+
+    uint8_t sLC[9U];
+
+    lc::ShortLC shortLC;
+    shortLC.encode(lc, sLC);
+
+    m_modem->writeDMRShortLC(sLC);
+}
diff --git a/src/dmr/Slot.h b/src/dmr/Slot.h
index 7e155f75..45b76565 100644
--- a/src/dmr/Slot.h
+++ b/src/dmr/Slot.h
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ namespace dmr
 
         /// <summary>Helper to enable and configure TSCC support for this slot.</summary>
         void setTSCC(bool enable, bool dedicated);
+        /// <summary>Sets a flag indicating whether the slot is a TSCC payload slot.</summary>
+        void setTSCCPayload(bool payload) { m_tsccPayloadSlot = payload; }
         /// <summary>Sets a flag indicating whether the DMR control channel can send permit-tg to voice channels.</summary>
         void setControlPermitTG(bool controlPermitTG) { m_controlPermitTG = controlPermitTG; }
         /// <summary>Helper to set the voice error silence threshold.</summary>
@@ -189,6 +191,7 @@ namespace dmr
 
         bool m_enableTSCC;
         bool m_dedicatedTSCC;
+        bool m_tsccPayloadSlot;
 
         bool m_controlPermitTG;
 
@@ -264,6 +267,8 @@ namespace dmr
         static void setShortLC(uint32_t slotNo, uint32_t id, uint8_t flco = FLCO_GROUP, bool voice = true);
         /// <summary>Helper to set the DMR short LC for TSCC.</summary>
         static void setShortLC_TSCC(SiteData siteData, uint16_t counter);
+        /// <summary>Helper to set the DMR short LC for payload.</summary>
+        static void setShortLC_Payload(SiteData siteData, uint16_t counter);
     };
 } // namespace dmr