abbreviations and call signs

ABBREVIATIONS AND CALL SIGNS

OVERVIEW Abbreviations

Missing vowelsTwo lettersOdd ones out

Call signsNational International

MISSING VOWLES MSG – MeSsaGe UR – yoUR K - oK

TWO LETTERS BK – BreaK CQ – Seek You CW – Continuous Wave DE – From RX – Receiver TX – transmit AM – amplitude modulation FM – frequency modulation

ODD ONES OUT R – Receive (Roger) RST – Readability, Signal Strength, Tone UTC – Coordinate Universal Time (GMT) SSB – single side band

ODD ONES OUT AMTOR – Amateur teleprinting over

radio

ODD ONES OUT SSTV - Slow Scan TV

Seconds to minutesFaith 7

ODD ONES OUT ITU – International Telecommunication

Union1865Part of the UN International radio standards

ODD ONES OUT IARU – International Amateur Radio

UnionConfederation of National amateur radio

organisations1925Representation to ITU

ODD ONES OUT European Conference on Post and

Telecommunication Administration Conférence européenne des

administrations des postes et des télécommunications1959State telecomms

ODD ONES OUT PST – Post och Telestyrelsen

Swedish government agency for post and telecomms

CALL SIGNS <country><area><person>

BIG ------- Small

Mostly: letter – number - letter Sweden

SA, SB and SM – privateSA and SK – radio clubsSL - defence

CALL SIGNS

CALL SIGNS SM3CER SM2CWX

CALL SIGNS [host country/]<call sign>[/host area/]

[mobility] M – mobile AM – air mobile MM – marine mobile (in international

waters) SM3CER / MM SM2CWX / 5 / M

CALL SIGNS

CALL SIGNS

CALL SIGNS LA / SM3CER VE /SM2CWX

TEST Q CODES QRV QRZ QSB QTH QRO QRX QSL QRS QRP QRM QRN QRK