Appendix A
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
A Ampere
AC Alternating Current
AM Amplitude Modulation
ATTEN Attenuation
AUTO Automatic
BATT Battery
BNC Coaxial RF Connector
BW Bandwidth
C Celsius
CAL Calibrate
CCIR International Radio
Consultative Committee
Cm Centimeters
CMOS Complementary Metal
Oxide Semiconductor
Cntr Counter
CRLF Carriage-return-line feed
CW Continuous Wave
dB Decibel
dBc Decibel (referred to carrier)
dBm Decibel (referred to
1mW into 50 ohms)
DC Direct Current
Demod Demodulation
DEV Deviation
Disp Dispersion
DIST Distortion
Div Division
DPL Digital Private Line,
a Motorola registered trademark
DTMF Dual-tone multi-frequency
Dur Duration
DVM Digital Voltmeter
EEA Electronic Engineering
Association
EIA Electronics Industry Association
Ext’l External
FM Frequency Modulation
FREQ Frequency
GEN Generate
GHz Gigahertz
Horiz Horizontal
HPF High Pass Filter
Hz Hertz
IC Integrated Circuit
IDC Instantaneous Deviation Control
IEEE Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers
IF Intermediate Frequency
IMTS Improved MobileTelephone
System
I/O Input/Output
Kohm Kiloohm
kHz Kilohertz
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
LED Light-Emitting Diode
LPF Low Pass Filter
Lvl Level
MHz Megahertz
MIC Microphone
MIN Minimum
MOD Modulation
MON Monitor
us Microsecond
ms Millisecond
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