On the face of it, two-way radios can be pretty simple devices: Press a button and talk, then release the button and listen for a response. However, modern two-way radios offer a panoply of features. The audio quality of radios — while it’s come a long way in recent years — is also much lower…
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Considered to be one of several spelling alphabets, the phonetic military alphabet is a set of words that are used to represent specific letters of the English alphabet during oral communications. Spelling alphabets were developed because many letters sound similar over radio communications. For example, the letter “B” can sound quite similar to the letter…
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For many decades, people relied on analog technology for radio communications because it was simple and easy to use. But in recent years, the status of analog as the predominant radio communications technology has been running due to the rise of digital radio technology, which provides clear sound, more functionality, superior coverage, and more. Before…
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