In-Band Signaling: Coded Squelch Systems
In the first part of our series on in-band signaling, we discussed one of the most common and easily recognizable forms of audio control, familiar to anyone who has dialed a phone in the last fifty years – dual-tone multifrequency (DTMF) dialing. Our second installment will look at an in-band signaling method that far fewer people have heard, precisely because it was designed to be sub-audible — coded squelch systems for public service and other radio services.
Breaking Squelch
To review, an in-band signaling system is loosely defined as any system that sends control information along with the main content …read more
