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Glossary

Squelch

Special electronic circuitry added to the
receiver of a radio which reduces, or
squelches, unwanted signals before they are
heard in the speaker.

Standby

An operating condition whereby the radio’s
speaker is muted but still continues to receive
data.

Tactical/Non-revert The user will talk on the channel that was

selected before the radio entered the
emergency state.

Talkaround

Bypass a repeater and talk directly to another
unit for easy local unit-to-unit
communications.

Talkgroup

An organization of radio users who
communicate with each other.

Trunking

The automatic sharing of communications
paths between a large number of users. (See
Conventional.)

Zone

A grouping of channels.