radio chatter
Broadcast back-and-forth exchanges
Radio chatter is the ongoing stream of voice communication over radio frequencies, especially among pilots, military personnel, police, or emergency responders.
The term suggests routine back-and-forth exchanges rather than critical transmissions: We monitored the radio chatter between air traffic control and incoming flights.
It can also describe background noise from multiple overlapping conversations on a frequency.
- transmissionSending of information
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- cracklingSharp snapping noises
- dispatchSend with speed
- come inPermitted to enter
squelch · airwaves · cockpit · pilot · control tower · tower · air traffic · roger · copy · loud and clear · over · over and out · broadcast · interference · walkie-talkie · scanner · military · noise
- construction soundsdrilling, hammering, sawing, jackhammer, pile driver
radio chatterphysical presence
Being somewhere in body
eye contact · sign language · direct speech · written correspondence · hand signals
radio chatterradio silence
Absence of broadcast communication
prepared statement · formal address · diplomatic cable · measured speech
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