Radio silence
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In telecommunications, radio silence is a status in which all fixed or mobile radio stations in an area stop transmitting. The radio stations include anything capable of transmitting a radio signal. Radio silence generally applies to the military, where any radio transmission may reveal troop positions, either audibly from the sound of talking, or by its use as a homing signal.
In the USA, CONELRAD, EBS and EAS were also a way of maintaining radio silence, mainly in broadcasting, in the event of an attack. This occurred after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in World War II, having used AM radio station KGU in Honolulu as a homing signal.[citation needed]
Radio silence can also be maintained for other purposes, such as for highly sensitive radio astronomy.
