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Upon arrival, the Listening Post checks in with the Command Post and records the radio voice quality value for the conversation. The Listening Post then listens passively to and evaluates the Radio Voice Quality of Rover Team broadcasts for the duration of the Survey Session. The participants will collaborate to decide on a radio voice quality value.
Upon arrival, the Listening Post checks in with the Command Post and records the radio voice quality value for the conversation. The Listening Post then listens passively to and evaluates the Radio Voice Quality of Rover Team broadcasts for the duration of the Survey Session. The participants will collaborate to decide on a radio voice quality value.
=== Radio Voice Quality Values ===
Radio voice quality is rated on a six-point scale, from 5 for the "best" to 1 for the "worst" and 0 for no signal at all.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Intelligibility<ref>Adapted from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delivered_Audio_Quality. </ref>
!Value
!Color
|-
|No noise, full quieting. Broadcast/phone quality.
|5
|Dark green
|-
|Slight noise, fully readable.
|4
|Light green
|-
|Marginal voice communication. Occasional unintelligible words, noisy; weak audio level.
|3
|Yellow
|-
|Unreliable, difficult to copy, frequent repeats are needed.
|2
|Orange
|-
|Unintelligible, signal is barely evident.
|1
|Red
|-
|No audio signal is detectable.
|0
|Black
|}


== Notes and References ==
== Notes and References ==
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