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Active channel The channel on which the radio is receiving or transmitting.
Adjustment A means of tuning a radio parameter to a specified value.
Align To adjust any parameter that can be tuned to obtain optimum product
performance.
Antenna connector The UHF/VHF RF coax connector located on the top of the radio used
to connect the antenna to the radio.
Archive file The contents of the radio’s codeplug. A computer disk or diskette file
that contains the personality data of a radio. Archive files are named
according to radio serial numbers.
Asynchronous Communication A method of data communication in which information is transmitted
one character at a time, with no specific starting time. Each character
is preceded by a start bit and followed by one or more stop bits.
CA Call Alert.
Call Alert A Stat-Alert signalling feature that is similar to a tone-only or a tone-
and-voice pager. The “page” can leave a persisting indication on the
target radio. A Call Alert stops the channel scan until the alert is
cleared.
Call light A visual indicator that flashes when a transmission is received.
Call list A list of IDs, from one or more signalling formats, used to send a
message to individual groups.
Channel A single path, separated by frequency or time divisions, for
transmitting electrical signals. A receive (one-way) or receive-and-
transmit (two-way) frequency path.
Cloning A Radio Service Software function which allows quick duplication
programming of one radio’s codeplug data to multiple other radios.
Electronic tuning/alignment information is the only data not copied.
Cloning cable A radio-to-radio connector cable used to program one radio’s
personality into another radio.
Codeplug The solid-state EEPROM device inside a radio that contains the radio’s
personality data.
COMport The logical name of the serial port available on IBM PC computers.
They may be COM1, COM2, COM3 or COM4.
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