

A non-commercial radio service as set by a recognized cognizant government agency. Transmit signal is greater than their receive capability.Īmateur - a person licensed to operate in the amateur bands. Station (usually running high power and under noisy receive conditions) whose Too long, an internal timer will cut you off, and jargon for this is "TheĪlligator got you!" Also in contesting circles to refer to a A repeater that transmits further than it can receive, big mouth, small ears!Īlso used in reference to a repeater timer timeout. A feedback voltage in the transmitter's output amplifier used to prevent amplifier overload.Īlso used as feedback from a linear amplifier back to the exciter to prevent A feedback voltage in the receiver circuit to prevent fading Generally improves with lower measurement numbers. An index of the conditions of the Earth’s magnetic field as measured at Boulder, Colorado. Audio frequency shift keying (as opposed to frequency shift keying, FSK) Audio Frequency 20 to 20,000 hertz, the human hearing range. One or more numbers and/or symbolsĪre keyed in with a telephone key pad and transmitted to the repeater.Īerial - Used in the early days of radio.

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(Repeater Term) A code to activate a repeater function e.g. The reduction in a radio signal strength in the ionosphere. Plates of the tubes, and the C battery provided the grid-bias voltage for the tubes. Prime source of power - The A battery provided the filament voltage, theī-battery furnished the B+ or the Voltage to the 6.24 x 10^18 electrons moving past a point in one second,īattery - in early radio, batteries were the Current is a measure of the electron flow through aĬircuit per unit of time. You May Also Use CNTRL F Or Your Browser FIND Reader Beware! Applies as in all things.įor Propagation and Solar Terms: Basics of Radio Wave Propagationī C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9 Is an informal listing of Ham Jargon - The opinions of AC6V Only.Ĭaveat Lector.

Ham Radio Jargon, Abbreviations and Terminology
