20 Getting started
About your digital radio
Your digital radio may have some channels
programmed as either analog or dual mode. Dual
mode channels are able to receive both digital and
analog calls.
You may notice differences between your radio’s
analog and digital channels in terms of:
■ static noise in low signal areas, and
■ radio coverage in marginal reception areas.
Lack of static noise
On digital channels there is no static noise, even in low
signal areas. This lack of static is because your digital
radio removes the ‘noise’ from the call, so that you hear
only clear voice.
Coverage
With analog channels, the background noise in a call
gets progressively worse when you are in fringe areas or
even slightly outside normal coverage areas. With digital
channels, a call remains clear and then drops off quickly
at the border of a coverage area. The reason for this is
that a digital call is either received or it isn't.
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