Hearing faint and noisy signals 49Listening to channel trafficHearing faint and noisy signalsNote: This feature is only applicable to analog channels.Usually the radio’s squelch mute (known as ‘squelch’)prevents you from hearing faint or noisy calls on achannel. Without squelch, the radio’s speaker would‘chatter’ in low signal strength areas.On occasions when you want to hear everything that isbeing said on a channel, even if it is hard to understand,you can use the Squelch Override feature to force themute open.Turning squelch override on and off1 Press Menu and select Radio settings > Functions> Squelch override.(Depending on how your radio is programmed, youmay be able to press a function key to turn squelchoverride on and off.)2 Scroll to On (or Off) and press Select.The message Squelch override activated (orSquelch override deactivated) appears inthe display.
