"Ham" Abbreviations

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 38, 3 April 1931, Page 12

"Ham" Abbreviations

eel Used on Reply Cards eremeemeenenetdl N. amateur work the following abbreviations are also many other abbrevi used, together with ated words’ usually composed "on the spur of the moment." ' Study of abbreviations brings to’ light Some methods that coining abbreviations, may be followed in 1. A method much used in short words is to give the first and last letters only, eliminating all intermediate letters in the word. Hixamples : Hxamples: ek; would, wd. 2. Another method uses only, eliminating all vowels in the word Now; nw; check, 3 consonants Letter, bound, bnd; ltr; message, msg; received, red. 8. A third phonetic spelling. sum; good, gud; says, sez; night, example consists of using Bxamples: Some, nite. 4, Replacing parts of a word with the letter "X" is a method occasionally used in abbreviating. Examples: Transmitter, xmtr; weather, wx; distance, dx; press, px. ABL Able 4Rt About Alternating current ADR-ADB- Address, addressed ABER Aerial AGN Again AHD Ahead AMP Ampere AMT Amount ANT Antenna ARL Aerial ART All right AST Atlantic Standard Time (2 hour later than B.S.7.) . UD Audible, audibility AUSSI Australian amateur B Be B4 Before BCL Broadcast listener BD Bad BIR Better a See, correct, yes CANS hones CK Check CKS Chokes, eircuits CKT Cireuit CL-CLG- Call, calling, called, closing CLD (station) CN Can . CNT Can’t, cannot _COND Condenser, condition CONGRATS Congratulations CP-CPSE Counterpoise CRD Card: cSt Central Standard Time CcUD-CD Could CUM Come Cw Continuous wave cy Copy DC Direct current DX Distance ER(B) Here EM Them ES And RST Eastern Standard Time BVDI Everybody EVY Bvery BZ Easy FB Fine business, excellent FIL Filament FM From FONES Telephones R For FREQ Frequency, frequently GB Good-bye GM Good-morning Gcr Greenwich Civil Time GN Gone, good-night GND Ground GUD Good HAM Amateur, brass-pounder HAI Laughter, high HR Here, hear HARD Heard HV Have HVY Heavy I I understand ICW Interrupted continuous wave INPT Input IMPT Important KNW now MA. Milliampere MST Mountain Standard Time MTR Meter N |. Nil, nothing, no ND. Nothing doing NG. No good NITH Night

"Ham" Abbreviations

SZ SHUD (Continued,) Not Nothing Old Be Boy, Official Broadcast Oseillate, oscillations Old woman Primary Please Pacific Standard Time Point Poor operator, lid Poor Power . Press (news) Are, all right, O.K, Rectified alternating current Received Receiver Radio Resistance Rheostat Write, right Route Manager Repeat, report Rough Second Said Says Should

YR ZWEODER 3 88 99 2 2DA 4 8 Signals Schedule Some To-day Thanks There, their, position report Try Trouble This The That Thank you You Unknown Your, you’re Yours a Volt Variable Variable Condenser Vacuum tube Very Would, word Words With Work} known Worked Working Will weak, week, What, wait, watt Would Wave, wavelength Weather Transmitter Excuse Explain xtra Yesterday Your New Zealander Best regards Love and kisses Keep out Two, to, too To-day wellPlease start me, where?, for, our Hight, ate

"Q" SIGNALS. QRA-Location of station. QRH-Wavelength. QRIi-Tone of signals. QORK-Strength of signals. QRM-Interference. QRN---Static. QG@RO-Higher power. QRP-Low power. QRS-Sending slower. QRT-Siop sending. @RU-Nothing further. QRX-Waiting. QSA-Readability. QSB-Fading. Q@SL-Acknowledgment. QSO0-Contaci.