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A Glossary of Terms
AF - Audio Frequency. DDS - Direct Digital Synthesis. Icom's original system
provides super fine tuning resolution to 1Hz.
AM - Amplitude Modulation (receiver mode).
DSP - (Digital Signal Processing) As the name
ANL - Auto Noise Limiter (helps reduce impulse
suggests, DSP is the processing of signals by digital
noise interference).
means.
AFC - Automatic Frequency Control (keeps the
Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency - A mechanism for
receiver tuned to the centre frequency of the
sending simple alphanumeric data over an audio
station).
path.
Audio Peak Filter - Reduces interference from
Dual-Watch - monitoring 2 pre-selected channels
nearby signals.
simultaneously.
AGC - Automatic Gain Control. This matches the
EEPROM - Electronically Erasable Programmable
sensitivity of the receiver to the strength of the
Read Only Memory.
incoming signal.
Filter - Components used to refine radio signals.
Band Pass Filter - A device that passes
frequencies within a certain range and rejects FM - Frequency Modulation (receiver mode).
(attenuates) frequencies outside that range.
GHz - Giga Hertz (1,000 MHz).
Bandscope - Function that makes it easy to find
HF - High Frequency (3 MHz~30 MHz).
busy frequencies and to observe receiver
frequency band conditions. Hz - Hertz (unit of frequency measurement).
Banks - Amalgamated group of channels. CI-V IF shift - IF shift is used to reduce interference from
System - A computer interface. Allows control of nearby signals. It does so by adjusting the centre
the radio from a PC (this does not include frequency of the IF filter.
software).
IMD - Intermodulation Distortion, or IMD is an
Channel Spacing - The distance between the amplifier or pre-amplifier specification that
centre frequency of signals on channelled measures non-harmonic frequencies added to
systems. the signal.
CTCSS - Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System. kHz - Kilo Hertz (1000Hz).
This filters out other signals whilst you are listening. It
is principally used on commercial VHF & UHF radio LCD - Liquid Crystal Display.
systems but it is increasingly being introduced to
LF - Low Frequency (0 kHz~300 kHz).
Amateur Radio repeaters.
MF - Medium Frequency (300 kHz~3 MHz).
CW - Carrier Wave, also used to designate as
Morse code signals. MHz - Mega Hertz (1000 kHz).
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