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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