Monitor
Check channel activity by
pressing the Monitor button. If
the channel is clear, you hear
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-Function
Knob
It works as a power on/off
button, provides primary and
secondary functions like
volume change and mode
change.
Network Access
Code
Network Access Code (NAC)
operates on digital channels to
reduce voice channel
interference between adjacent
systems and sites.
Non-Tactical/
Revert
The user talks on a
preprogrammed emergency
channel. The emergency alarm
is sent out on this same
channel.
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
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.
Programmable
Refers to a radio control that
can have a radio feature
assigned to it.
PTT
Push-To-Talk. The
PTT
button
engages the transmitter and
puts the radio in transmit
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