GLOSSARY - TM-11-5820-401-34-30529

TM 11-5820-401-34-3/0967-LP-432-3060

GLOSSARY

Section I ABBREVIATIONS

automatic frequency control

afc

Crystal Reference System

CRS

antenna control

ant cent

demodulation

demod

kilohertz (kilocycles)

kHz (kc)

megahertz (megacycles)

MHz (mc)

OSC

potentiometer

pot

Section II DEFINITION OF UNUSUAL TERMS

Attenuate. To reduce signal strength.

Automatic frequency control (aft). A system that produces an error voltage which is proportional to

the amount of oscillator drift. The error voltage corrects this drift.

Limiting. Clipping those portions of a wave that exceed a specific amplitude.

Reducing speaker output to prevent acoustical feedback.

Muting.

A small antenna used as a probe to detect radiated signals.

Sniffer.

To quiet a receiver by cutting off its output when no signal is being received.

Squelch.

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