I found PDF's of all three books and it is called data tone squelch. But it only use the analog comparator IC and not the logic gate IC so this is probably not a Bill Cheek modification.
I read a note from Bill on the internet that he speaks of a tone/data canceler of some sort but that are not in his books.
He writes in his book of a dream pre-amp that has less than 1dB noise and more than 30dB of IP3 and costs less than $150. Today there is a PGA-103+ amplifier that has less than a 1dB noise figure and more than 40dB IP3 and costs $5.
/Ubbe