Check channel activity by pressing the Monitor button. If the channel is clear, you hear static. If the
channel is in use, you hear conversation. It also serves as a way to check the volume level of the radio,
since the radio “opens the squelch” when the monitor button is pressed.
Multi-System Talkgroup Scan List
A scan list that can include both talkgroups (trunked) and channels (conventional).
Network Access Code
Network Access Code (NAC) operates on digital channels to reduce voice channel interference
between adjacent systems and sites.
NiMH
Nickel-metal-hydride.
Non-tactical/revert
The user will talk on a preprogrammed emergency channel. The emergency alarm is sent out on this
same channel.
OCW
Operation Critical Wireless.
Over-The-Air Rekeying
Allows the dispatcher to remotely reprogram the encryption keys in the radio.
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A one-way alert with audio and/or display messages.
Personality
A set of unique features specific to a radio.
PIN
Personal Identification Number.
Preprogrammed
A software feature that has been activated by a qualified radio technician.
Private (Conversation) Call
A feature that lets you have a private conversation with another radio user in the group.
Private Line (PL)
A sub-audible tone that is transmitted such that only receivers decoding the tone receives it.
Programmable
A radio control that can have a radio feature assigned to it.
Push-to-Talk
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