Motorola MT 1500 Repeater, Selective Switch, Squelch, Standby, Tactical/Non-Revert, Talkgroup

Glossary

Repeater	A conventional radio feature, where you talk
	through a receive/transmit facility (repeater),
	that re-transmits received signals in order to
	improve communications range and
	coverage.
Selective Switch	Any digital P25 traffic having the correct
	Network Access Code and the correct
	talkgroup.
Squelch	Special electronic circuitry added to the
	receiver of a radio that reduces, or squelches,
	unwanted signals before they are heard in the
	speaker.
Standby	An operating condition whereby the radio’s
	speaker is muted but still continues to receive
	data.
Tactical/Non-Revert	The user will talk on the channel that was
	selected before the radio entered the
	emergency state.
Talkaround	Bypass a repeater and talk directly to another
	unit for easy local unit-to-unit
	communications.
Talkgroup	An organization of radio users who
	communicate with each other.
Trunking	The automatic sharing of communications
	paths between a large number of users. (See
	Conventional.)
Zone	A grouping of channels.

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