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 talks on a
preprogrammed emergency
channel. The emergency alarm
is sent out on this same
channel.
OCW
Operation Critical Wireless
OTAR
Over-the-air rekeying.
Page
A one-way alert, with audio
and/or display messages.
Personality
A set of unique features
specific to a radio.
PIN
Personal Identification Number
PremierOne
A software application which
streamlines critical real time
operations and simplifies
system administration to deliver
accurate, consistent and
integrated information remotely
to the requestors.
Preprogrammed
Refers to 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
talkgroup.
Private Line (PL)
A sub-audible tone that is
transmitted such that only
receivers decoding the tone
receives it.
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