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  2. Ten-code - Wikipedia

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    Ten-code. Ten-codes, officially known as ten signals, are brevity codes used to represent common phrases in voice communication, particularly by US public safety officials and in citizens band (CB) radio transmissions. The police version of ten-codes is officially known as the APCO Project 14 Aural Brevity Code.[ 1]

  3. Citizens band radio - Wikipedia

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    Cobra 50 WX ST Handheld CB Radio. Citizens band radio ( CB radio) is a land mobile radio system, a system allowing short-distance one-to-many bidirectional voice communication among individuals, using two-way radios operating near 27 MHz (or the 11-m wavelength) in the high frequency or shortwave band. Citizens band is distinct from other ...

  4. Amateur radio operator - Wikipedia

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    Amateur radio operators are also known as radio amateurs or hams. The term "ham" as a nickname for amateur radio operators originated in a pejorative usage (like "ham actor") by operators in commercial and professional radio communities, and dates to wired telegraphy. [2] [3] The word was subsequently [when?] adopted by amateur radio operators.

  5. Radyo Pilipinas Worldwide - Wikipedia

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    During the Martial Law era, the National Media Production Center (NMPC) operated its own station Voice of the Philippines (VOP) on 2 frequencies: 920 kHz on AM, and 9.81 MHz on shortwave. Logo from 2020 to 2022. The latter (RP3) was later reused for 1278kHz's branding.

  6. Pager - Wikipedia

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    Pager. A pager, also known as a beeper or bleeper, [ 1] is a wireless telecommunications device that receives and displays alphanumeric or voice messages. One-way pagers can only receive messages, while response pagers and two-way pagers can also acknowledge, reply to, and originate messages using an internal transmitter. [ 2]

  7. Radiotelephone - Wikipedia

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    Comparison of an amateur radio handheld transceiver, cell phone, and matchbox. A radiotelephone (or radiophone ), abbreviated RT, [ 1] is a radio communication system for conducting a conversation; radiotelephony means telephony by radio. It is in contrast to radiotelegraphy, which is radio transmission of telegrams (messages), or television ...

  8. Two-way radio - Wikipedia

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    A two-way radio is a radio transceiver (a radio that can both transmit and receive radio waves ), which is used for bidirectional person-to-person voice communication with other users with similar radios, [ 1] in contrast to a broadcast receiver, which only receives transmissions. Two-way radios usually use a half-duplex communication channel ...

  9. Radio-frequency identification - Wikipedia

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    Radio-frequency identification ( RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. An RFID system consists of a tiny radio transponder called a tag, a radio receiver, and a transmitter. When triggered by an electromagnetic interrogation pulse from a nearby RFID reader device, the tag transmits ...