| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
| AA |
Arabic |
| ad(s) |
advertisement(s) |
| add |
address |
| ADSL/td>
| Assymetric Digital Subscriber Line (unsually refers to internet service via telephone line) |
| Af |
Africa |
| AIR |
All India Radio |
| alt |
alternative frequency |
| Am |
America(s) |
| AM |
amplitude modulation |
| amp |
amplifier |
| ann(s) |
announcement(s) |
| As |
Asia |
| ATU |
aerial tuning unit |
| Au |
Australasia/Pacific |
| AWR |
Adventist World Radio |
| BVB |
Bible Voice Broadcasting |
| CADS |
Community Audio Distribution Services |
| CB |
Citizens Band |
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CET |
Central European Time |
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CEST |
Central European Summer Time |
| C&W |
country & western music |
| CC |
Chinese |
| CD |
Compact Disc |
| Cland |
clandestine |
| CR |
community radio |
| CW |
morse code |
| DAB |
digital audio broadcasting |
| DD |
Dutch |
| Dom |
domestic |
| DRM |
Digital Radio Mondiale |
| DSB |
double sideband |
| DST |
Daylight Saving Time |
| DTH |
direct to home |
| DVD |
Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc |
| DX |
long distance reception |
| EE |
English |
| EST |
Eastern Standard Time (USA/Canada) |
| Eu |
Europe |
| Ext |
external |
| f/d |
full-data QSL |
| FF |
French |
| FM |
frequency modulation |
| Fq |
frequency |
| GG |
German |
| GHz |
GigaHertz |
| GMT |
Greenwich Mean Time (=UTC) |
| GOS |
General Overseas Service |
| HD |
High Definition |
| HF |
high frequency (= shortwave) |
| HFCC |
High Frequency Coordination Conference |
| HQ |
headquarters |
| IBOC |
In Band On Channel |
| ID |
identification |
| IF |
intermediate frequency |
| II |
Italian |
| ILR |
Independent Local Radio |
| IN |
Indonesian |
| inf |
information |
| Int |
international |
| IRC |
International Reply Coupon |
| IRN |
Independent Radio News |
| IS |
interval signal |
| ISB |
independent sideband |
| J |
jamming (when next to a frequency in HF logbook) |
| JJ |
Japanese |
| kHz |
kiloHertz |
| kW |
kiloWatt |
| LA |
Latin America |
| LPAM |
Low Power AM |
| LPFM |
Low Power FM |
| LRSL |
Long Term RSL |
| lsb |
lower sideband |
| LUF |
lowest usable frequency |
| LV |
La Voz |
| LW |
longwave |
| m |
metre |
| ME |
Middle East |
| MF |
medium frequency (mediumwave) |
| MHz |
MegaHertz |
| MUF |
maximum usable frequency |
| MW |
mediumwave(or MegaWatt) |
| mx |
music |
| NA |
national anthem |
| NAm |
North America |
| nx |
news |
| OM |
man (male) |
| PC |
personal comupter |
| PLC |
Power Line Communications |
| PLT |
Power Line Telecoms |
| PP |
Portuguese |
| ppc |
prepared post card - (a self-made QSL card) you sent to the
radio station to be endorsed and returned to you) |
| PRES |
presumed |
| px |
programme(s) |
| QRG |
frequency |
| QRM |
interference (man made) |
| QRN |
interference (natural static/atmospheric noise) |
| QSB |
fading |
| QSL |
confirm/verify |
| QSO |
Two stations in contact |
| QTH |
location/address |
| R |
Radio |
| Rdiff |
Radiodiffusion |
| RDS |
Radio Data Service |
| rel |
religious |
| RF |
radio frequency |
| RN |
Radio Nacional |
| rpt |
reports/reported |
| RR |
Russian |
| RSGB |
Radio Society of Great Britain |
| RSL |
Restricted Service Licence |
| RTTY |
radio teletype transmission |
| rx |
receiver |
| sae |
stamped addressed envelope |
| sat |
satellite |
| sch |
schedule |
| SDR |
software-defined radio |
| s/off |
sign off |
| s/on |
sign on |
| SS |
Spanish |
| ssb |
single Sideband |
| svce |
service |
| SW |
shortwave |
| sx |
songs / singing |
| t/ch |
time check |
| TENT |
tentative logging |
| TS |
time signal |
| TT |
Turkish |
| tx |
transmission/transmitter |
| TWR |
Trans World Radio |
| UHF |
ultra high frequency |
| UNID |
unidentified |
| URL |
Universal Resource Locator (ie web address) |
| usb |
upper sideband |
| UTC |
Universal Coordinated Time (=GMT) |
| v |
variable frequency (eg 6240v) |
| VHF |
very high frequency |
| VLF |
very low frequency |
| VO |
Voice of |
| v/s |
verification signer |
| VV |
vernacular language |
| W |
Watts |
| w/ |
with |
| WRN |
World Radio Network |
| WS |
World Service |
| WWW |
world wide web |
| wx |
weather |
| X-band |
extended mediumwave band: 1600-1700 kHz |
| XYL |
wife |
| YL |
woman/female |
| 73s |
best wishes |
| 88s |
love & kisses |
| // |
parallel frequency |
| $ |
dollars |
| $C |
Canadian dollars |
