GLOSSARY OF TERMS

VHF

Very High Frequency: 30MHz to 300MHz

FM

Frequency Modulation

Carrier Wave

A Radio Frequency on which Intelligence is

 

superimposed

Dual Watch

Monitor channel 16 while working on another

 

channel

All Scan

Scans all channels

Select Scan

Scans only user selected memory channels

U.S.A. Channels

Channel designations as defined by the FCC

International Channels

Channel designations as defined by

 

International Telecommunication Union

Canadian Channels

Channel designations as defined by the

 

DOC

Weather Channels

Channels for routine and emergency

 

weather information broadcast by NOAA

Simplex

Transmit and receive on the same frequency

Duplex

Transmit and receive on different

 

frequencies

Squelch

To suppress totally

LCD

Liquid Crystal Display

TX

Transmit

RX

Receive

RF

Radio Frequency

CPU

Central Processing Unit

PLL

Phase Lock Loop (A type of frequency

 

Synthesizer)

VCO

Voltage Control Oscillator

PTT switch

Microphone push-to-talk switch

 

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