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funknetz

A headset station for the FM-Funknetz. It joins one reflector talk group and lets the operator listen and speak.

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FM-Funknetz: The German amateur network of linked analog FM stations that this application joins. Avoid: using that name for this application

Station: This application’s presence on a reflector, named by a callsign. It has no radio of its own. Avoid: node, client, channel, hotspot

Reflector: The conference that forwards audio among stations that have joined the same talk group. One talk group has at most one talker. Avoid: server, bridge

Talk group: A numbered audio room on the reflector. The station joins one talk group for the whole run. Avoid: channel, room

Talker: The station currently sending audio on a talk group. Avoid: transmitter

Callsign: The uppercase amateur call sign that names this station on the reflector. Avoid: a lowercase spelling, username, node id

Auth key: The secret the network issues for this station’s callsign, used to prove identity to the reflector. Avoid: certificate, a password sent in the clear

Push-to-talk: The operator holding the control that makes this station the talker. Releasing it returns the station to listening. Avoid: voice-operated transmit, a mute toggle