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- Subject: Re: [IRCA] Abbreviations
- From: Gary Smith <wa1tjb@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 16:49:33 -0700
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Thanks, Theo and Phil. Much appreciated!!
Gary
On Thursday, August 21, 2014 6:52 PM, Theo <theod@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
A few of the Canadian postal abbreviations need updating, Phil!
NL for The Rock and Labrador
QC for la belle province
PE for Anne of Green Gables' fan mail
And add one NU for Nunavut
Also the NZBC hasn't existed since the mid-70's... the crowd across the Tassie/Ditch are the Australian Broadcasting Corporation... if it still exists by the time you read this... <semi-joking>
Theo
Phil Bytheway via IRCA <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>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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