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Adaptation | The process whereby the |
| connected line and tune the DSP hybrid for a broadband null with minimum reflection. |
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COR | Carrier Operated Relay - A receiver signal that gives a positive indication that a carrier or signal |
| is being received and that the receiver is unsquelched. Same as COS. |
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COS | Carrier Operated Squelch - See COR. |
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CTCSS | Continuous Tone Controlled Squelch System. A squelch system using EIA Standardized sub- |
| audible tones in the 67Hz to 250Hz frequency range. An FM squelch which opens only when |
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DIP Switch | Dual |
| DIP integrated circuit footprint. It usually contains eight or ten individual switches. |
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DTMF | Dual Tone Multi Frequency - The standard |
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DSP | Digital Signal Processing (or Processor). |
EIA | Electronic Industries Association. |
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Full Duplex | A communications system that can operate in transmit mode and receive mode simultaneously, |
| with different frequencies for transmit and receive. See also Half Duplex and Simplex. |
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Half Duplex | A communications system that uses different frequencies for transmit and receive operation, but |
| can not transmit and receive at the same time. See also Full Duplex and Simplex. |
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Hangtime | A system with hangtime will remain in the transmit mode for the duration of the set hangtime |
| beyond the time indicated by any keying inputs. The hangtime prevents transmitter unkey |
| during brief pauses in the transmission. |
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Key | To key a transmitter means to cause it to transmit. |
LED | Light Emitting Diode. |
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LMR | Land Mobile Radio. |
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Mute | To quiet or inhibit audio. |
PCB | Printed Circuit Board. |
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RX | Receiver or Receiving. |
Simplex | A communications system that uses the same frequencies for both transmit and receive |
| operation. A simplex system can obviously not transmit and receive simultaneously. See also |
| Full Duplex and Half Duplex. |
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Squelch | A means of detecting audio and causing some action when it is present, such as keying a |
| transmitter or unmuting an audio path. |
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TX | Transmit or Transmitter. |
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VMR | Voice Modulation Recognition. A type of squelch, which is activated only by spoken words and |
| not by tones, noise, or other audio information. |
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VOX | Voice Operated Xmit (Transmit). A circuit or algorithm that causes a transmitter to key or some |
| other action when voice or other signal is present. This squelch type is activated by any audio |
| signal, and is not restricted to voice only. |
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