Inventors:
Robert T. Forrest - Lynchburg VA
Assignee:
General Electric Company - Lynchburg VA
International Classification:
H04B 360
Abstract:
Phantom signals resulting from intermodulation between a busy channel and an idle channel with idle tone cause scanning radio stations to lock on a phantom idle channel and miss communications. Locking on a phantom idle channel is prevented by transmitting a busy tone on each channel having communication so that any phantom signals resulting from intermodulation will include busy tone. A scanning station is arranged to lock on a channel with only idle tone, and not lock on any channel (real or phantom) with busy tone.