Abbreviations
Hew Lines VA7HU
Alternating Current
Automatic Frequency Control
Automatic Gain Control
Automatic Level Control
AM
Amplitude Modulation
AOS
Acquisition Of Signal
Automatic Repeat Request
ASCII
Bulletin Board System
Binary Coded Decimal
bps
The number of binary digits transferred per second on a serial link
Binary Phase-Shift Keying
Computer Assisted Transceiver
Counter-clockwise
County
Central Processing Unit, the heart of a computer
CQ Zone number
ASCII Carriage Control character generated by the "Enter" or "Return" key on a PC keyboard.
A standard data file format where fields of a data record are separated by commas
Clear To Send - an RS-232 hardware handshaking signal.
Continuous Wave - as in Morse code
Clockwise
CW Reverse sideband
Data transmission using FM
Data transmission using LSB
Data transmission using USB
decibel
Direct Current
Digital
Microsoft Dynamically Linked Library
German Administrative District
Double-Pole, Double-Throw
DSP
Digital Signal Processing
Data Set Ready - an RS-232 hardware handshaking signal
Daylight Savings Time
Data Terminal Ready - an RS-232 hardware handshaking signal
DX Century Club award
An electronic QSL facility using the Internet. Visit www.eqsl.cc for more information
FFT
FM
Frequency Modulation
Frequency
Frequency Shift Keying
FSK Reversed sideband
One of the MCBS modes of MMVARI. It is a mode for VHF/UHF Satellite operation.
Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying
GMT
Greenwich Mean Time (see UTC)
G-TOR
HEX
Hexadecimal numbering system that uses base 16 with digits from 0..9 and letters from A..F
High Frequency
Hz
Hertz
IF
Intermediate Frequency
Intermodulation Distortion
Computer Input/Output
International Telecommunication Union
ITU Zone number
Japan Century Cities
Japan Century Gunn
Kilohertz
LAN
Local Area Network
Microsoft Locale ID
Liquid Crystal Display
LED
Light Emitting Diode
LoTW
Logbook of The World, an ARRL project - see http://www.arrl.org/lotw/
LPT
Line Printer (Parallel) Port
Lower Sideband
Megabyte
Multibyte Character Set
MDI
Multi-Frequency Shift Keying
Multi-Frequency Shift Keying using LSB
MHzMulti-Frequency Shift Keying using USB
Megahertz
RTTY Encoding and Decoding engine written by Makoto Mori JH3HHT that supports RTTY.
Digital encoding and decoding engine written by Makoto Mori JH3HHT that supports PSK and RTTY.
ms
Millisecond
Manually Operated Switch
PACTOR
PBT
PC
Personal Computer
Prefix
Packet
Packet using LSB
Packet using USB
PPM
PSK31/63/125
A digital mode of communications using Phase Shift Keying
Push To Talk
QPSK
Quadrature phase-shift keying
QRZ.COM Callbook
Radio Amateur Callbook
Random-Access Memory
RIT
Receiver Incremental Tuning
Radioteletype
Radioteletype using LSB
Radioteletype using USB
The Radio Society of Great Britain
Request To Send - an RS-232 hardware handshaking signal
Receive
Receive Data
Software Defined Radios
SFI
Single Operator, Two Radios
Single Operator Twp VFOs
Single Sideband
Slow Scan Television
TTL
Transistor-Transistor Logic
Terminal Node Controller
Transmit
Transmit Data
Ultra-High Frequency
UQF
Universal QSL Format - A weird logging format no longer used by modern logging programs. It is available as an option with Logger32 when exporting logs for those who still have needs for this format.
Upper Sideband
Universal Serial Bus
Coordinated Universal Time For those who are curious as to why the letters UTC do not match the definition, see the subheading 'Abbreviation' at www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time. (See GMT)
Microsoft Visual Basic
VFO
VHF
Very High Frequency
Voice operated switch
Worked All Europe award
Worked All JA award
WAS
Worked All States award
Wide band FM
Words per minute
Worked All Prefixes award
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human and machine readable.
Coordinated Universal Time