Glossary - Icom 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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2003-02-08