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[IRCA] Abbreviations



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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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