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IC-746 FAQ
Glossary
Here are short expansions of some of the more common acronyms you'll encounter when
reading about the IC-746. This document is not a dictionary; these are not definitions. A
more comprehensive and detailed listing of terms can be found at:
http://www.qrz.com/i/hamspeak.html
ACC ACCessory
connector
AF Audio
Frequency
AFSK Audio Frequency Shift Keying
AGC Automatic
Gain
Control
ALC Automatic Level Control
AM Amplitude
Modulation
ANF Automatic
Notch
Filter
ANL Automatic
Noise
Limiter
ANT ANTenna
APF
Audio Peak Filter
ARRL Amateur Radio Relay League
ATT ATTenuator
ATU Antenna Tuning Unit
BCB BroadCast
Band
BFO Beat Frequency Oscilator
CAP Civil Air Patrol
COMP COMPression
DSP
Digital Signal Processing
DTMF Dual Tone Multi-Frequncy - (touch tone)
FAQ Frequently
Asked
Questions
FM Frequency
Modulation
FSK
Frequency Shift Keying
IF Intermediate
Frequency
IMD Inter-Modulation
Distortion
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
LSB
Lower Side Band
MARS Military Affiliated Radio Service
MIC MICrophone
NB Noise
Blanker
NR Noise
Reduction
PA Power
Amplifier
PBT
Pass Band Tuning
PCB
Printed Circuit Board
pig
Pig is to rig as lemon is to car
PLL
Phase Locked Loop
PTT
Push To Talk
QRP low power operation
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