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Question 81

What term describes the use of a sub-audible tone transmitted along with normal voice audio to open the squelch of a receiver?

  1. Carrier squelch
  2. Tone burst
  3. DTMF
  4. CTCSSCorrect answer

Explanation

CTCSS sends a continuous low-frequency tone below the voice range so only receivers programmed for that tone open their squelch. DTMF sends pairs of audible tones for signaling and does not perform this function.

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