A,B,C,Dx: Glossary
For ready reference, here is a compilation of all of the popup definitions that appear in the chapters of this monograph.
absorption
far-field
passband
Telnet
ADIF
Field
P.E.P.S.I
TNC
phase
AFSK.
filter
pileup
Top of the Honor Role
antipode
FM
pirate
tuning
ATU (antenna tuning unit)
Front-to-Back Ratio
polar flutter
aurora
FSK
polarization
auroral oval
police
AWG
gain
propagation
UTC
Azimuthal Radiation Pattern
gravity wave
PSK31
grayline
PSK63
balun
great circle (routes)
Varicode
band-counter
green stamp
vectors
barefoot
gridsquare
QPSK
VFO
Baudot code
QRP
VUCC
beam antenna
heading
(beam)
QSK
beam heading
Hogwash
QSL
Big Guns
QSL bureau
WARC bands
Blocking
(dynamic range)
IARU
QSL manager
WFWL
Bootlegger
ICAO
QSX
breakin (QSK)
IMD
(dynamic range)
Quad
impedance
(Z)
Yagi
chordal hops
information (DX)
CME
internal noise
radial system
constructive interference
Ionization
rig
contestors
ionosonde
RTTY
critical frequency (fc)
Ionosphere
CW
IRC
SAE
ITU
SASE
search engines
dBm
list (Internet)
selectivity
dead band
List Operation
selective tuning
deleted entity
logging program
sensitivity
Deserving (,The)
long path
short path
destructive interference
(LOTW) Logbook Of The World
simplex
digital mode
LUF (Lowest Usable Frequency)
skin effect
DSP (Digital Signal Processing)
skip
dual VFOs (A/B)
MDS (Minimum Discernible frequency)
Slim
DX
median values
Smoothed Sunspot Number
DXCC (DX Century Club)
MFSK
SNR (signal-to-noise ratio)
DXCC Honor Roll
microvolt
Solar activity
DX Cluster (DX Packet Cluster)
mode-counter
Solar cycle
DXing
MUF (Maximum Usable Frequency)
Solar flare
DX net
MUF prediction software
Solar flux
DXpedition
multi-hop
Solar Flux Index (SFI)
Solar Indices
DX spots
near-field
speech compression
Dynamic range
Netherlands New Guinea (JZ0)
split
neutral atmosphere
SSB
night side
SSTV
noise floor
Standing Wave
Effective Radiated Power (ERP)
Standing Wave Ratio (SWR)
electromagnetic
Oceania
sunspot
Elevation Radiation Pattern
OH2BH
sunspot cycle
entity
opening (band)
sunspot number
eQSL (electronic QSL)