ADIF
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Amateur Data Interchange Format
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AFC
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Automatic Frequency Control
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AM
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Amplitude Modulation
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ANN
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Packet Radio Announcement (Broadcast)
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API
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Application Programming Interface
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ARRL
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American Radio Relay League
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ASCII
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Standardized character representation for computing
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ATC
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Automatic Threshold Control
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ATNO
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All-Time-New-One ( DXCC Country )
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AV
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Averager
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BCD
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Binary Coded Digit
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BPF
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Band Pass Filter
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BPSK
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Binary Phase Shift Keying
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DSL
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Digital Subscriber Line
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DX
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Long distance communication
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DXCC
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DX Century Club
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EOH
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End Of Header ( in ADIF import files )
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CAT
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Computer aided transceiving
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CD
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Compact Disk
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CEPT
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Comite Europeen pour Poste et Telecommunication: Regulations
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COM
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Communication (port)
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CPU
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Central Processing Unit
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CW
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Continuous Waves = Morse sending
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CWID
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CW IDentification ( on digital Modes )
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DLL
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Dynamic Link Library ( Software Interface in WINDOWS )
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DVD
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Digital Video Disk
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DIG
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Diplom Interessenten Gruppe; Award hunters club
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DTR
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Data Terminal Ready ( pin on serial Comport )
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EME
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Earth-Moon-Earth Moon Bouncing
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FEC
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Forward Error Correction
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FFT
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Fast Fourier Transform
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FIG
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Figures in RTTY
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FSK
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Frequency Shift Keying
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CW
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Continuous Waves, Morse telegraphy
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DARC
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Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
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DVP
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Digital Voice Processor
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GNU
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General Public Software Licence
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HEX
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Hexadecimal number; base 16
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HSCW
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High Speed CW
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HTML
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Hyper Text Markup Language
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HTTP
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Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
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IF
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Intermediate Frequency in superheterodyne receivers
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IMD
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Intermodulation Distortion
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IOTA
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Islands On The Air (RSGB Award program)
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IP
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Internet Protocol
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IRQ
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Interrupt Request
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ISDN
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Integrated Services Data Network (Fone, Fax, internet services)
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ITU
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International Telegraph Union: Regulations
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KISS
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Keep It Stupid Simple
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LAN
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Local Area Network ( wire based )
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LOTW
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Logbook Of The World (...maintained by the ARRL )
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LPF
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Low Pass Filter
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LSB
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Lower Side Band
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LTR
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Letters in RTTY
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MB
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Megabyte
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MPQ
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Multi Prefix Qualifier
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MS
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Meteor Scatter
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OLE
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Object Linking and Embedding
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OO
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Object oriented
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OQSL
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Online QSL system: QSO data entry on web page
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OQRS
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Online QSL Request System, see OQSL
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PC
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Personal Computer
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PSK
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Phase Shift Keying ( i.e. PSK31 )
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PTT
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Push to talk
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QLD
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QPSK
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Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
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QRZ.COM
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Ham Radio database
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RBCD
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Reversely Binary Coded Digit
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RSGB
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Radio Society of Great Britain
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RS-232
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Serial interface standard
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RAM
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Random Access Memory
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Rev
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Reverse character set in RTTY
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RTS
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Ready To Send ( pin on serial Comport )
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RX
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Receiver
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SAE
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Self Addressed Envelope
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SASE
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Self Addressed Stamped Envelope
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SFI
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Solar Flux Index
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SMTP
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Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (E-Mail standard)
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SNR
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Signal-to-Noise-Ratio
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SOTA
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Summits on the Air, Award program
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SQL
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Standard Query Language
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SSB
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Single Side Band
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TNC
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Terminal node controller
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TQSL
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TQSL.EXE=LoTW interface program provided by the ARRL
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TQSLCert
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TQSLCert.EXE=LoTW interface program provided by the ARRL
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TTL
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Transistor-Transistor Logic, 5V - logic levels
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TRX
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Transceiver, Transmitter and Receiver
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TX
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Transmitter
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UOS
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Unshift On Space ( RTTY )
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US
|
United States of America
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USB
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Upper Side Band
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VFO
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Variable Frequency Oscillator
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VOACAP
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Voice of America Coverage Analysis Program for HF Propagation Prediction and Ionospheric Communications Analysis
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VOX
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Voice Control on transceivers
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WLAN
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Wireless Local Area Network
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WAE
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Worked All Europe award
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WCY
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Ionospheric reports transmitted by DK0WCY
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WPM
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Words Per Minute
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WWV
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Ionospheric reports transmitted by US beacon system
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WX
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Weather, Weather Report on Packet Radio
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WYSIWYG
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What You See Is What You Get ...for printing
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XIT
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Transmitter Incremental Tuning
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