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SWL AND DX ABBREVIATIONS
- compiled by Al Quaglieri
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Here is an admittedly incomplete compendium of the
more common abbreviations to be found in bulletins
of the various SWL clubs in North America. Since
most SWL clubs operate very close to the bone
financially, they have found ingenious ways to
minimize printing costs by squeezing as much
information as possible into a limited space. As
a consequence, many of these abbreviations have
become the de facto "shorthand" of the avid DX'er.
As you read more and more SWL bulletins and DX
publications, you will become increasingly
familiar with this language, and eventually you
will come to understand it without using this
listing. Until then, here come the hieroglyphics!
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*0000 = station signed on at 0000 UTC
0000* = station signed off at 0000 UTC
// = in parallel with
@ = at
a = approximate
AA = Arabic
ABC = Radio Australia
Af = Africa
AFRTS = Armed Forces Radio/TV Service
AIR = All India Radio
AK = Afrikaans
AN = all night
ANO = Africa #1 (Gabon)
ancr = announcer
anmt(s) = announcements
AR = Arabic
ARO = ham (but why bother with ARO..just as easy to say HAM!!)
As = Asia
AWR = Adventist World Radio
BBCMS = BBC Monitoring Service
b/c = broadcast
BRT = Belgian Radio & TV
BSKSA = Broadcasting Service of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
c/w = country music
CA or CAm = Central America
CBC = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CC = Chinese
cd = card
CE = chief engineer
CH = Chinese
cl = classical [music]
Cl. = Club(e) (in Latin American station names)
cland = clandestine
clg = calling
cmty = commentary
CP = Bolivian
CW = Morse code
cx = commercial
de = from
Dif, diff = diffusion (as in RDif TV Senegal, or Radio Diffusion
Television du Senegal, abbreviation for full station name)
DSWCI = Danish Shortwave Club Int'l.
DW = Deutsche Welle (Voice of Germany)
DXLD = DX Listening Digest
DXO = DX Ontario (publication of Ontario DX Assn)
EAf = East Africa
ECNA = East Coast North America
EE = English
EG = English
Emis = Emissora
ES = external service
Eu = Europe
ex = formerly
exc = excellent
Ext = external
EZL = easy-listening [music]
f/d = full data
f/in = fade-in
f/out = fade-out
f/up = follow-up reception report
FAX = facsimile
FE = far east
FEBA = Far East Broadcasting Ass'n (Seychelles)
FEBC = Far East Broadcasting Company (Philippines)
FEN = Far East Network (Japan)
FF = French
FR = French
FRCN = Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria
freq(s) = frequency(-ies)
FT = Fine Tuning (publication)
gd = good
GG = German
GK = Greek
GOS = general overseas service
govt = government
het = heterodyne, whistle
hi! = laughter
hrd = heard
HS = home service
hvy = heavy
ID = station identification
II = Italian
incl = including
int(l) = international
irr = irregular
IS = Interval signal
JJ = Japanese
JP = Japanese
KK = Korean
KR = Korean
KO'ed = knocked out, covered
kw = kilowatt
lang = vernacular, slang for any unidentified language
lcl = local
LL = language lessons
LT = local time
lt = light
ltr = letter
LV = La Voz (Latin American station names)
lvl = level
m = measured (when frequency was measured with special equipment)
M = man
m = meter
mb = meter band
ME = Middle East
mkr = marker
mod = modulation
ms = mint stamps
mw = mediumwave
mx = music
n = new frequency (if after frequency)
NA = national anthem
NA = North America
Nac = nacional (as in R. Nac de Chile)
NAf = Northern Africa
n/d = no data [QSL]
net = network
nf = nominal frequency
NHK = Radio Japan
NU = Numero Uno (publication/club)
nx = news
o/ = over
OA = Peruvian
oc = open carrier
OM = man (leftover from ham jargon; simple "M" preferred)
orch = orchestral
OTH = over-the-horizon radar system
p = presumed
p/d = partial-data [QSL]
poss = possible
PP = Portuguese
ppc = prepared card
pr = poor
prop = propagation
PT = Portuguese
QRM = interference
QRN = static
QSB = fading
QTH = location
R. = Radio
RAI = Radio TV Italiana
RBC = Radio Beijing, China
RBI = Radio Berlin International
RCI = Radio Canada International
RDI = Radio Database International (also called "Passport to
World Band Radio")
REE = Radio Exterior de Espana
rel = religious, religion
RFE = Radio Free Europe
RFI = Radio France International
RHC = Radio Havana Cuba
RIB = Review of International Broadcasting
RL = Radio Liberty
RM = Radio Moscow
RMWS = Radio Moscow World Service
RN = Radio Nederland
RNZ = Radio New Zealand
rpt = report
RR = Russian
RRI = Radio Republik Indonesia
RSA = Radio Republic South Africa
RTTY = radio teletype
SA or SAm = South America
SABC = South African Broadcasting Corporation
SAf = South Africa
SAs = South Asia
SCDX = Sweden Calling DXers
sce = service
SEAs= South East Asia
SINPO = 5-digit report of reception quality = Signal strength/
Interference/ Noise/ Propagation (fading)/Overall
SIO = 3-digit report of reception quality (abbreviated version of
above system)
sked = schedule
SLBC = Sri Lanka Broadcasting Company
SRI = Swiss Radio International
SS = Spanish
SSB = single sideband
stn = station
(t) =tentative
t/in = tune-in
t/out = tune-out
tent = tentative
tfc = traffic
tlk = talk
tp(s) = time pip(s)
TS = time signal
TT = test tone
TWR = Trans World Radio
u/ = under
unID = unidentified
unk = unknown
UTE = utility
v = variable (as in frequency)
v/s = verification signer
vg = very good
VN = vernaculars (local dialects)
VO = Voice Of (as in station name)
VOA = Voice of America
VOFC = Voice of Free China
VOIRI = Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran
W = woman
w/ = with
w/out = without
WAf = West Africa
WCNA = West Coast North America
wk = weak
wld = world
WRTH = World Radio TV Handbook
WS = world service
wx = weather
xmsn = transmission
xmtr = transmitter
YL = young lady/woman (ham leftover; simple "W" preferred)