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- Subject: Abbreviations
- From: Phil Bytheway <phil_tekno@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 14:58:18 -0700
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Here's a list of abbreviations from the IRCA New Member Packet.
These are used in DXM as well as often in this eGroup.
This looks much better in a non-proportional font like Courier (which is what it was in when I copied it!!!)
ABBREVIATIONS
The following is a list of abbreviations used in 'DX Monitor'. Feel free to use them when reporting to the various columns. Do not, however, use them in reception reports as most radio personnel will not understand them.
GENERAL
ancr Announcer
AN All Night
AN-6 All night 6 nights per week
AN-7 All night 7 nights per week
BCB Broadcast Band
CE Chief Engineer
cl classical music
CPC Courtesy Programs Committee
cw Morse Code
C&W country and western music
CX Conditions
DJ Disc Jockey
DXF DX Forum
DXM DX Monitor
DXR DX Roundup
DXWW DX Worldwide
ET Equipment test
f/c Frequency check
freq Frequency
GM General Manager
GY Graveyard frequency
hi Ham language for a laugh
ID Station identification
inst Instrumental music
jx jingle
ment mention
MOR middle-of-the-road programming
m&w man and woman
mx music
NA National anthem
NSP No silent period
nx news
o/ over
o/u over - under
OC Open carrier
OM Man, old man
PD Program Director
pgm Program
pop Popular music
Pres President
PSA Pre-sunrise Service Authority, also Public Service Announcement
QRM Interference from another station
QRN Noise, static
r&b Rhythm and blues music
rpt report
s/on sign-on
s/off sigh-off
SID Singing identification
sig signal
SP Silent period
SRS Sunrise skip
SSB "Star Spangled Banner," also single sideband
SSS Sunset skip
stn station
TC Time check
TT Test tone
u/ Under
unID unidentified
w/ with
WRTH World Radio Television Handbook
wx weather
xlnt excellent
YL Young lady, woman
// parallel (same program)
!"#$%&'()@ undesirable, not nice; profanity
73 Best regards
GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS
DU Down under
EC East coast
LA Latin America
NA North America
SA South America
TA Trans-Atlantic
TP Trans-Pacific
WC West Coast
LANGUAGES
AA Arabic II Italian CC Chinese JJ Japanese
DD Dutch KK Korean EE English PP Portuguese
FF French RR Russian GG German SS Spanish
TECHNICAL
ant antenna
het hetrodyne
rx Receiver
SAH Sub-audible heterodyne
SM-1,2 "Space Magnet" antenna
TVI Interference from a TV set or cable system
tx, xmtr Transmitter
W Watts
xmsn transmission
xtal crystal
Hz Hertz (cycles per second)
kHz kilohertz
MHz megahertz
Used in BROADCASTING INFORMATION
CH Critical hours
CP Construction Permit
D Day only
DA Directional antenna
DA-D Directional Antenna - Days
DA-N Directional Antenna - Nights
DA-1 Directional antenna, same pattern day and night
DA-2 Directional antenna, different patterns day and night
L Limited time operation
N Night
ND Non-directional antenna
SH Specified hours of operation
U Unlimited hours of operation
TIME
DST Daylight Savings Time
EDT Eastern Daylight Time
ELT Eastern Local Time
EST Eastern Standard Time
GMT Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)
LSR Local sunrise
LSS Local sunset
MM Monday Morning
SM Sunday Morning
UTC Coordinated Universal Time (same as GMT)
ABBREVIATIONS USED EXCLUSIVELY IN DXR AND DXWW
t tentative
VERIFICATION (club use only - don't use in reports!)
f/up follow-up report
IRC International Reply Coupon
PC Post card
pp card prepared by DXer
SASE Self addressed stamped envelope
v/ verification
v/c postcard verification
v/l letter verification
v/q QSL card
v/r verie scrawled on the report
v/s verification signer
NETWORKS & ORGANIZATIONS
ABC American Broadcasting Company/Australian Broadcasting
Commission
AP Associated Press
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
CBC Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CBS Columbia Broadcasting System
MBS Mutual Broadcasting System
NBC National Broadcasting Company
NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
NZBC New Zealand Broadcasting Corp.
RCN Radio Cadena National (Colombia)
UPI United Press International
VOA Voice of America
For names of other organizations and networks, consult the WRTH
STATE AND PROVINCE ABBREVIATIONS
CANADA:
AB Alberta BC British Columbia
MB Manitoba NB New Brunswick
NF Newfoundland NS Nova Scotia
ON Ontario PEI Prince Edward Island
QU Quebec SK Saskatchewan
NT Northwest Territories YT Yukon
USA
AK Alaska AL Alabama AZ Arizona
AR Arkansas CA California CO Colorado
CT Connecticut DE Delaware FL Florida
GA Georgia HI Hawaii ID Idaho
IL Illinois IN Indiana IA Iowa
KS Kansas KY Kentucky LA Louisiana
ME Maine MD Maryland MA Massachusetts
MI Michigan MN Minnesota MS Mississippi
MO Missouri MT Montana NE Nebraska
NV Nevada NH New Hampshire NJ New Jersey
NM New Mexico NY New York NC North Carolina
ND North Dakota OH Ohio OK Oklahoma
OR Oregon PA Pennsylvania RI Rhode Island
SC South Carolina SD South Dakota TN Tennessee
TX Texas UT Utah VT Vermont
VA Virginia WA Washington WV West Virginia
WI Wisconsin WY Wyoming
OTHER:
DC District of Columbia
PR Puerto Rico
VI US Virgin Islands
QRN Noise, static
r&b Rhythm and blues music
rpt report
L Limited time operation
N Night
ND Non-directional antenna
SH Specified hours of operation
U Unlimited hours of operation
Phil Bytheway
IRCA President / Goodie Factory
Seattle WA
Drake R-7 / KIWA Loop
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