Motorola ASTRO APX 6000 Series Quick Reference Card page 69

Term
Displayed by the radio after three failed
attempts to unlock the radio.The radio must
Deadlock
be powered off and on prior to another
attempt.
A type of coded squelch using data bursts.
Digital Private
Similar to PL except a digital code is used
Line (DPL)
instead of a tone.
An RF signal that has a pulsed, or discrete,
Digital Signal
nature, rather than a continuous nature.
An individual who has radio system
Dispatcher
management duties.
A feature that allows the dispatcher to
Dynamic temporarily reassign selected radios to a
Regrouping single special channel so they can
communicate with each other.
A feature that allows communications to
take place even though the central
controller has failed. Each trunked repeater
Failsoft
in the system transmits a data word
informing every radio that the system has
gone into failsoft.
Frequency Modulation. It conveys
FCC information over a carrier wave by varying
its frequency.
Definition Term
FM Frequency Modulation
Hang Up Disconnect.
The first display information after the radio
Home screen
completes its self test.
Key-variable loader: A device for loading
KVL
encryption keys into the radio.
LCD Liquid crystal display.
LED Light-emitting diode.
Check channel activity by pressing the
Monitor button. If the channel is clear, you
hear static. If the channel is in use, you
Monitor 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
A scan list that can include both talkgroups
Talkgroup Scan
(trunked) and channels (conventional).
List
Network Access Code (NAC) operates on
Network Access digital channels to reduce voice channel
Code interference between adjacent systems
and sites.
Definition
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