| Abbreviations |
| Abrv |
Description |
| AA |
All after (used after question mark to request a repetition) |
| AB |
All before (similarly) |
| ARRL |
American Radio Relay League |
| ABT |
About |
| ADR |
Address |
| AGN |
Again |
| ANT |
Antenna |
| ARND |
Around |
| BCI |
Broadcast interference |
| BK |
Break (to pause transmission of a message, say) |
| BN |
All between |
| BTR |
Better |
| BUG |
Semiautomatic mechanical key |
| B4 |
Before |
| C |
Yes; correct |
| CBA |
Callbook address |
| CFM |
Confirm |
| CK |
Check |
| CL |
Clear (I am closing my station) |
| CLG |
Calling |
| CQ |
Calling any station |
| CQD |
Original International Distress Call |
| CS |
Callsign |
| CTL |
Control |
| CUD |
Could |
| CUL |
See you later |
| CUZ |
Because |
| CW |
Continuous wave (i.e., radiotelgraph) |
| CX |
Conditions |
| DE |
From (or "this is") |
| DN |
Down |
| DR |
Dear |
| DSW |
Goodbye (Russian: до свидания [Do svidanya]) |
| DX |
Distance (sometimes refers to long distance contact), foreign countries |
| EMRG |
Emergency |
| ENUF |
Enough |
| ES |
And |
| FB |
Fine business (Analogous to "OK") |
| FCC |
Federal Communications Commission |
| FER |
For |
| FM |
From |
| FREQ |
Frequency |
| FWD |
Forward |
| GA |
Good afternoon or Go ahead (depending on context) |
| GE |
Good evening |
| GG |
Going |
| GM |
Good morning |
| GN |
Good night |
| GND |
Ground (ground potential) |
| GUD |
Good |
| GX |
Ground |
| HI |
Laughter |
| HR |
Here, hear |
| HV |
Have |
| HW |
How |
| II |
I say again |
| IMP |
Impedance |
| KN |
Over |
| LID |
Poor operator |
| MILS |
Milliamperes |
| MNI |
Many |
| MSG |
Message |
| N |
No; nine |
| NIL |
Nothing |
| NR |
Number |
| NW |
Now |
| NX |
Noise; noisy |
| OB |
Old boy |
| OC |
Old chap |
| OM |
Old man (any male amateur radio operator is an OM) |
| OO |
Official observer |
| OP |
Operator |
| OT |
Old timer |
| OTC |
Old timers club |
| OOTC |
Old old timers club |
| PSE |
Please |
| PWR |
Power |
| PX |
Prefix |
| QCWA |
Quarter Century Wireless Association |
| R |
Are; received as transmitted (origin of "Roger"), or decimal point (depending on context) |
| RCVR |
Receiver (radio) |
| RFI |
Radio Frequency Interference |
| RIG |
Radio apparatus |
| RPT |
Repeat or report (depending on context) |
| RPRT |
Report |
| RST |
Signal report format (Readability-Signal Strength-Tone) |
| RTTY |
Radioteletype |
| RX |
Receiver |
| SAE |
Self-addressed envelope |
| SASE |
Self-addressed, stamped envelope |
| SED |
Said |
| SEZ |
Says |
| SFR |
So far (proword) |
| SIG |
Signal or signature |
| SIGS |
Signals |
| SK |
Out (proword) |
| SKED |
Schedule |
| SMS |
Short message service |
| SN |
Soon |
| SNR |
Signal-to-noise ratio |
| SRI |
Sorry |
| SSB |
Single sideband |
| STN |
Station |
| T |
Zero |
| TEMP |
Temperature |
| TFC |
Traffic |
| TKS |
Thanks |
| TMW |
Tomorrow |
| TNX |
Thanks |
| TT |
That |
| TU |
Thank you |
| TVI |
Television interference |
| TX |
Transmit, transmitter |
| TXT |
Text |
| U |
You |
| UR |
Your or You're (depending on context) |
| URS |
Yours |
| VX |
Voice; phone |
| VY |
Very |
| W |
Watts |
| WA |
Word after |
| WB |
Word before |
| WC |
Wilco |
| WDS |
Words |
| WID |
With |
| WKD |
Worked |
| WKG |
Working |
| WL |
Will |
| WUD |
Would |
| WTC |
Whats the craic? (Irish Language: [Conas atá tú?]) |
| WX |
Weather |
| XCVR |
Transceiver |
| XMTR |
Transmitter |
| XYL |
Wife |
| YF |
Wife |
| YL |
Young lady (used for any female) |
| ZX |
Zero beat |
| 73 |
Best regards |
| 88 |
Love and kisses |