A or a .....Approximate
AA.......Arabic
ABC......Australian Broadcasting Corp
AB.......Albanian
abt......about or approximate
ABU......Asian Broadcasting Union
acc......according
ad(s.....advertisement(s)
addr.....address
Aer......Aeradio
AF.......Afrikans
af.......audio frequency
AFB......Air Force Base
AFC......Automatic Frequency Control
AFCS.....Air Force Communications Service
AIR......All India Radio
AFN......Armed Forces Network
Afr......Africa
AFRTS....American Forces Radio/TV Service
AGC......Automatic Gain Control
AGM......Annual General Meeting
agn......again
AH.......Amharic
AM.......Amplitude Modulation
ANARC....Association of North American Radio Club
ancd.....announced
ancmt(s).annoucement(s)
ancr.....announcer
aprx.....approximate
arnd.....around
ARO......Amateur Radio Operator
ASWLC....American Shortwave Listeners Club
AT&T.....American Telephone and Telegraph
A3.......telephony
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BBC......British Broadcasting Corp
BBCFES...BBC Far East Station (Singapore)
BBCMS....BBC monitoring Service
BBS......Burmese Broadcasting Service
b/c......broadcasting
BCB......Broadcasting Band aka Medium Wave
BCC......Broadcasting Corp of China - Taiwan
bcn......beacon
BCL......Broadcast Band Listener - MediumWave
bcst.....broadcast
BE.......Bengali
BFN......British Forces Network
BG.......Bulgarian
BSKSA....Broadcast Service-Kingdom Saudi Arabia
BU.......Burmese
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Cad......Cadena
CAm......Central America
CB.......Citizens Band - 27 Mhz
CBC......Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
CC.......Chinese
cd.......card - QSL card
c/d......closedown - sign off
Ce.......Central
CE.......Chief Engineer
Cen......Central
CET......Central European Time
cland....clandestine
clg......calling
clmx.....classical music
cmt......cooment or commentary
CN.......Cantonese
condx....condition(s)
cont.....continue or continuous
CR.......Creole
CRT......Croatian
CQ.......general call
cvg......coverage
CW.......continuois wave - Morse Code
C&W......Cable and Wireless Limited
CWQRM....Morse code interference
c/s......cycles per second
CZ.......Czech
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db.......decibel - sound level
dc.......direct current
DF.......Direction Finder
DD.......Dutch
de.......from
DJ.......Disc Jockey
DN.......Danish
DSB......double-sideband
DX.......unknown distance
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E........East
EAF......East Africa
EBU......European Broadcasting Union
ECNA.....East Coast North America
EE.......English
ed.......editor
EDXC.....European DX Council
E/NX.....English newscast
EP.......Eperanto
equip....equipment
EST......Eastern Standard Time(-5 hours GMT)
Eu.......Europe
ex.......formerly or except
exc......excellent
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FAA......Federal Aviation Admisistration
FAX......facsimile
FB.......fine business
FC.......Coast Station (ship-to-shore)
FCC......Federal Communications Commission
FE.......Far East
FEBA.....Far East Broadcasting Association
FEBC.....Far East Broadcasting Company
FEN......Fare East Network
FF.......French
f/d......full data
f/in.....fade in
f/out....fade out
f/up.....follow up
freq.....frequency
FSK......Frequency Shift Keying
FM.......frequency modulation
fq/s.....frequencies
FX.......Fixed Station (Point-to-Point)
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gd/gud...good
GG.......German
GJ.......Gujariti
GK.......Greek
GMT......Greenwich Mean Time aka UTC/Zulu
GN.......Guarani
GOS......General OverseasService
GSTQ.....God Save The Queen
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H+.......Hours plus
H24......continuous operations
HA.......Hausa
HAC......Heard All Countries
ham......Amateur Radio Operator - ARO
HAS......Heard All States
HB.......Hebrew
HD.......Hindi
het......heterodyne
HF.......high frequency (2Mhz to 30Mhz)
HG.......Hungarian
hi.......laughter
hrd......heard
HS.......Home Service
hvy......heavy
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IBA........Israel Broadcasting Authority
ID.........identification or indentified
ie.........that is
IF.........intermediate frequency
IFRB.......International Frequency Registration Board
II.........Italian
IN.........Indonesian
incl.......including
info.......information
IRC........International Reply Coupon
irreg......irregular
IS.........Interval Signal
ITT........International Telephone & Telegraph
ITU........International Telecommunications Union
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j..........jamming
JJ.........Japanese
jmr........jammer
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KBS........Korean Broadcasting System
KCBS.......Korean Central Broadcasting Station
kcs........kilocycles - kHz
KIR........Kirghizia
KK.........Korean
kw.........kilowatt (s)
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LA.........Latin America
lang.......language
LF.........low frequency - 30kHz to 300kHz
LH.........Lithuanian
ltr........letter (s)
LSB........lower side band
LV.........Latvian
lx.........lesson
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mb........meterband
mbg.......mailbag
mc/s......megacycles - Mhz
MD........Mandarin
ME........Middle East
met.......meteorolical
MF........medium frequency
MG........Mongolian
Mhz.......Megahertz
mkr.......marker
ML........Malayian
mm........music melody test tape
MOR.......middle of the road music
ms........mint stamps
MWBC......Mediumwave Broadcast Band
mx........music
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NA........North America
Nac.......Nacional or National
NAf.......North Africa
NAm.......North America
NE........Near East
nf........new frequency
NHK.......Nippon Hoso Kyokai - Radio Japan
nil.......nothing
NP........Nepali
NW........Norwegian
nx........news
NZRDXL....New Zealand Radio DX League
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occ.......occasionally
OM........old man
OT........old timer
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Pac.......Pacific
PFC.......Prepared Form Card
PI........Pilipinas
PJ........Punjabi
PL........Polish
pop.......popular music
PP........Portuguese
ppc.......prepared postcard - QSL
PR........Persian
prgm......program
prop......propagation
pr........poor
PTP.......Point-to-Point station
PTT.......Post Telephone and Telegraph
px........program
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QRM.......Interference
QRN.......noise or static
QSB.......signal fading
QSL.......verification card
QTH.......location
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(r).......relay site
R.........radio
rcvd......received
rel.......religous
req.......request
RM........Romanian
RN........Radio Netherlands
rp........return postage
rpt.......report
rptd......reported
R&R.......rock and roll music
RTTY......radioteletype
rx........radio receiver
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SA........South America
SAm.......South America
SASE......Self-Addressed-Stamped-Envelope
sce.......service
SE........Swedish
SINPO.....signal reporting code
SIO.......signal-interference-overal code
sked......schedule (s)
s/off.....sign-off
s/on......sign-on
SS........Spanish
SSB.......Single-Side Band
stn.......station
SW........Swahili
SWL.......Shortwave Listener or DXer
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tent......tenative logging
tc........time check
tfc.......traffic
TH........Thai
tlk.......talk
t/in......tune-in
t/out.....tune-out
TR........Turkish
TT........test transmission or test tape
TWR.......Trans World Radio
tx........transmitter
txion.....transmission
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UADX......Union of Asian DXers
u/lang....unknown language
unid......unidentified
UR........Urdu
USB.......Upper Side Band
UTC.......Universal Coordinated Time - GMT
ute.......utility
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v.........voice
veri......verification
v/c.......verification card
v/l.......verification by letter
VLF.......very low frequency - 3kHz to 30 kHz
vm........voice mirror-voicemarker-continuouis test-tape
vn........vernacular - local language
Vo........Voice of
VOA.......Voice of America
VOFC......Voice of Free China - Taiwan
VOLMET....aviation weather broadcast
VOV.......Voice of Vietnam
VOG.......Voice of Germany or Voice of Greece
VOP.......Voice of Peace
v/s.......verification signer
VV........Vietnamese
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W.........west or watts
w/........with
WAF.......West Africa
WARC......World Administrative Radio Council
WCNA......West Coast of North America
WDX.......Shortwave Radio Listener Call Sign
WI........West Indies
wk/s......weak signal
wkg.......working
wrp.......weather report
WRTVH.....World radio & TV Handbook
wx........weather
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xmsn......transmission
xmtr......transmitter
xtl.......crystal
xx........unidentified - unknown
XYL.......wife
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y.........year (s)
YD........Yiddish
YL........Young Lady
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Z.........Zulu - Military Time
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ADDENDA
73/73's...best wishes - best regards
88's......love and kisses
75........God Bless You
*0000.....sign-on
0000*.....sign-off
@.........at
#'s.......numbers station
&.........and
//........parallel frequency
____......new frequency underlined