HAM RADIO SLANG AA - All after.. - End Of Line.. AB - All before.. ABD - Aboard... ABS - Absent... ABT - About.. ABV - Abbreviate.. ABVE - Above.. AC - Alternating Current.. ACG - According... ADEE - Addressee.. ADR - Address.. ADS - Address.. AF - Africa...Audio freq.. AER - Aerial.. AGE - Age.. AGN - Again.. AHD - Ahead.. AL - All.. ALNG - Along.. ALSO - Also.. AM - Amplitude Modulation..Before noon.. AM - I am.. AMI - Friend.. AMT - Amount... AND - And.. ANI - Any.. ANS - Answer.. ANT - Antenna.. ANTENNA - Antenna.. AO - At once... APC - Appreciate... - End of message..End of this transmission.. - Stand by; wait..means wait one please.. AS - Asia.. - used for the @ sign for E-Mail Addresses New proposal is AC run together.. ASM - Wait....minutes..,Czekac minut... AT - o godz.. ATFIK - I am giving exact address.. ATU - antenna tuner.. AUD - Audibility.. AUSSIE - VK ham.. AVB - Available... AWARD - Award.. AYB - Anybody... AYG - Anything... BA - Buffer.. BAD - Bad.. BC - Broadcast.... BCI - Broadcast Interference.. BCL - Broadcast Listener.. BCNU - Be seeing you..Ciesze sie na ponowne spotkanie.. BCR - Broadcasting receiver.. BCSTN - Broadcast station.. BCUZ - Because.. BD - Bad.. BEAM - Beam..Antena kierunkowa,promien.. BEACON - radio lighthouse.. BERE - Przed,zanim.. BEST - Best.. BFT - Breakfast... BIZ - job,Zajęcie, praca.. BK - Break, Break in.."I'm back now" or "Back to you" BKN - Broken... BLO - Short circuit.. BLV - Believe..Suppose.. BLW - Below.. BN - All between; Been.. - Separation (break) between address and text; between text and signature.. BOTTLE - Valve.. BT - But.. BUT - But.. BND - Band.. BOX - POB.. BTH - Both.. BTR - Better.. BTU - Back to you.. BTW - By The Way.. BTWN - Between .. BUG - Semi-Automatic key(boczny).. BURO - Bureau.. BUX - Dollars.. B4 - Before.. BF - Before BY - Od,przed.. C - Yes, Correct..Tak,zrozumialem C - Celsius.. CALL - Call.. CANS - Earphones.. CB - CallBook..Give reply..Odpowiedzcie.. CC - Crystal Controlled Transmitter.. CBA - Callbook Address.. CELSIUS - Celsius.. CF - Chief... CFM - Confirm; I confirm.. CFUD - Confused... CHC - Chance... CHG - Charge... CHIRPY- świergotliwy.. CHRIO - Cheerio.. CK - Check.. CKT - Circuit.. CL - I am closing my station; Call.. (end of all transmissions) CLBK - Callbook.. CLD - Called.. CLDY - Cloudy.. CLOUDIS - Clear sky.. CLG - Calling.. CLR - Clear (usually a description of the weather) C/O - Care of..Za pośrednictwem , przez kogoś.. COIL - coil.. CMG - Coming.. CMS - ciąg dalszy.. CN - can.. CNT - Cant.. CNU - Can you... CO - Crystal Oscillator.. CONDS - Conditions.. CONDX - DX Conditions.. CONGRATS - Congratulations.. CANTACT - Contact..łączność.. CONTEST - COntest..zawody COS - Because.. CPI - Copy.. CPY - Copy.. COPY - Copy.. CQ - Calling any station.. Seek You.. CQD - To all stations - we are in distress CP - Counterpoise.. CPM - character per minute.. CRD,CARD - Card.. CS - Call Sign.. CTR - Country.. CTS - Countries.. CU - See You.. CUAGN - See You Again.. CUD - Could.. CUDNT- Could not CUL - See You later.. CUM - Come..Transmit,please.. CUZ - Because.. CW - Continuous wave.. DA - Day.. DAU - Daughter... DB - dB.. DBL - Double.. DC - Direct Current.. DCN - Direction.. DCT - Direct.. DE - From, This Is.. DEG - Degree.. DIFF - Difference.. DLD - Delivered.. DLVD - Delivered.. DN - Down.. DNR - Dinner... DNT - Dont.. DOLS - Dollars... DR - Dear.. DSW - Russian CW abbreviation for goodbye.. DUNNO - I dont know.. DUZ - Does DWN - Down.. DX - Distance.. EJO - Enjoy... EL - Element.. ELBUG - Electronic key.. ELE - Element.. ELINK - Echolink.. EM - Them.. EMGY - Emergency.. EQPT - Equipment.. ER , RE - Here.. ES - And.. ENUF,ENAF - Enough.. ESPY - Esecially... EU - Europe.. EX - previous.. EXCUSE - excuse.. EXK - Expect... EVE - Evening.. EYB - Everybody... EYG - Everything... FAN - Amateur.. FAR - Far.. FB - Fine Business, excellent.. FD - Freq doubler FDR - Feeder.. FED - Feedback.. FER, FR - For.. FEW - Few.. FINAL- Final .. FIO - for information only.. FIRST - First.. FM - Frequency Modulation: From.. FONE - Phone.. FQ - Frequency.. FRD - Friend FRI - Friday... FRM - From FREQ - Frequency.. FT - Foot..Potrajacz czestotliwosci.. FU - .....( fortunately I have never heard it) FWD - Forward.. FWIW - for what it's worth FYI - for your information GA - Go ahead; Good Afternoon.. GAIN - Gain..Zysk,wzmocniemie.. GANG - group.. GB - Good bye, God Bless.. GD - Good, Good Day.. GE - Good Evening.. GESS - Guess.. GG - Going.. GL - Good luck.. GLS - Girls... GLD - Glad.. GH - Good Hunting.. GM - Good morning.. GMT - Greenwich Meat Time.. GN - Good night.. GND - Ground.. GP - Ground Plane.. GS - Green Stamp.. GUD - Good.. GV - Give.. GVG - Giving.. HAM - Amateur.. HAGD - have a good day HAGWE - have a good week end - Error in sending.. HET - Heterodine.. HF - High Frequency.. HI - The telegraph laugh; High.. Hello - Hello.. HLO - Hello.. HM - Home Made.., Him.. HNY - Happy New Year.. Home MADE - Home made.. Homebrew - Home made.. HP - High Power.. HPE - Hope.. HPN - Happen... HQ - Headquarters.. HR - Here; Hear, Hour.. HRD - Heard.. HRS - Hours.. HT - High Tension.. HUM - Hum..Przydźwięk.. HV - Have.. HVE - have.. HVNT - havent.. HVG - Having.. HVR - However... HVU - Have you...? HVY - Heavy.. HW - How, How Copy?.. HWS - How is?..Jak jest?.. HWSAT - How is about that?..Co ty na to?.. IF - If.. IM - I am.. IM - Immidiately... IMY - Immensely... IS - Is.. II - I Repeat.. - Short form of .. - Repeat, Say Again.. IMI--? IMHO -in my humble opinion IN - inch, in.. INFO - Info.. INPT - Input.. IRC - International Reply Coupon.. IRPT - I repeat.. ITD - Intend... JA - Japanese Station.. JF - Justify... JN - Join... JOB - Job.. K - Invitation To Transmit..I'm done, your turn.. KA - Beginning of message.. KEY - Key KEYING - Keying.. KHZ - kilohertz.. KLIX - KeyClicks.. KN - Go only, invite a specific station to transmit.I'm done, but only you (callsign given) come back to me.. KNW - Know.. KP - Keep... KWOF - Key with other foot.. LID - A poor operator.. LIL - Little.. LIS - Licence , Licensed.. LON - Longitude.. LAT - latitude.. LKG - Looking for,waiting,looking.. LNG - Long.. LFT - left.. LOC - Location.. LOG - Logbook.. LOTSA - A lot.. LP - Long Path.. LS - Loudspeaker.. LSN - Listen.. LTR - Later; letter.. LV - Leave.. LVG - Leaving.. LW - Long Wire., Long Wave.. LWR - Lower.. MA - Millamperes.. MAG - Magazine..Magnetic.. MARRY XMAS - Merry Christmas.. MDA - Monday... MEST - Meet..???? MGHT - Possible.. MGR - Manager.. MHZ - Megahertz.. MI - My.. MIKE,MIC,MK - Microphone.. MILL - Typewiter.. MILS - Millamperes.. MISD - Missed..Lost..Przegapic.. MISTAKE - Mistake.. MK - Make.. MMY - Memory... MNG - Morning... MNI - Many.. MNL - Manual(reczny) MO - Master Oscillator...stopien sterujacy.. MO - Month... MOPA - generator sterujacy i stopien mocy.. MOM - Moment.. MPH - Miles per hour MSG - Message; Prefix to radiogram.. MSK - Mistake... MST,MUST - Must... MTR - Meter.. MTR - Matter... MT - late , pusty,..??? MX - Merry Christmas.. MULT - Multiplier.. MY - My.. N - No, Negative, Incorrect, No More.. N - Nine (as in Signal Report).. NA - North America.. NAME - Name.. NBR - Neighbour... NEWS - News.. NCS - Net Control Station.. ND - Nothing Doing ..Nie da sie zrobic.. NG - Not good.. NIL - Nothing; I have nothing for you; Not In Log.. NITE - Night.. NM - No more.. NN - Noon.. - Number, Near.. NOT,NO - not... NUP - Newspaper.. NVR - Never.. NW - Now; I resume transmission.. NY - New Year.. OB - Old boy.. OC - Old chap.. OC - Oceania.. ODX - The farthest DX.. OFT,OFTEN - Often.. OFS - Office... OFY - Officially... OK - All Correct.. OM - Old man.. OP - Operator.. OP - Opportunity... OPN - Open.. OPR - Operator.. OR - Or.. OSC - Oscillator.. OT - Old timer; Old top.. OTR - Other, others.. OUT - out.. OW - Old Woman.. OWG - Owing... OWZ - Otherwise... P - Pressure.. PAC - Pacific.. PA - Power Amplifier.. PART - Partly.. PBL - Preamble..Tytuł PBS - personal bulletin system = MAILBOX.. PBY - Probably... PC - Per cent... PDC - Perfect Direct Current(czysty ton pradu stalego) PIX - Photo.. PKG - Package.. PKJ - Package... PLSR - Pleasure... PM - Post Meridiem.. POX - Police... PP - Push Pull ( stopień przeciwsobny).. PSE - Please.. PSED - Pleased.. PSK31- PSK31.. PSU - Power Supply.. PT - Point.. PWR - Power.. PX - Press, Prefix..Wiadomosci prasowe QKY - Quickly QSO - 2 way contact.. QRM - man made interference.. QRN - natural interference.. QSL - Do you acknowledge receipt? I acknowledge receipt.. QSN - Question... QT - Quite... QTN - Quotation... QTY - Quantity... R - Received as transmitted; Are.. R - Decimal Point (with numbers).. RAC - Rectified AC,prad zmienny wyprostowany.. RADIAL - counterpoise.. RANGE - Range.. RC - Ragchew.. RCV - Receive.. RCD,RCVD - Received.. RCTF - Rectifier..Prostownik.. RCVR - Receiver.. RD - Road...Read.. RDI - Ready.. RE - Concerning; Regarding.. REF - Refer to; Referring to; Reference.. RELAY - Przekazac,Przekaznik.. REM - Remarks.... REMOTE - Remote.. RFB - Received Fine Business.. RFI - Radio frequency interference.. RFU - Refuse... RG - Regular... RIG - Station equipment.. RIPPLE - Tetnienia.. RJ - Reject... RGR - Roger.. RITE - Write... RMB - Remember... RMKS - Remarks.. ROK - Received all correct.. ROTFL - Rolling on the floor laughing.. RPT - Repeat, Report.. RPRT - report.. RPM - Rotates Per Minute.. RPY - Reply.. RR - All received OK.. RR - Railroad RTBM - Rotary Beam.. RTTY - Radio teletype.. RST - Readability, strength, tone.... RU - Are you... RUNNING - Running.. RUF - Rough... RX - Receive, Receiver.. SA - Say.. SA - South America.. SASE - Self-addressed, stamped envelope.. SAT - Saturday... SDY -Sunday... SED - Said.. SAE - Self-Addressed Envelope.. SEC - Second.. SEND - Send.. SET - Device.. SEZ - Says.. SGD - Signed.. SH - Such... SHACK - Shack... SHUD - Should.. SIG - Signature; Signal.. SINE - Operator's personal initials or nickname.. - Out; clear (end of communications, no reply expected.).. SK - Silent Key.. SKED - Schedule.. SKIP - Skip.. SKJ - Schedule... SHORT SKIP - Bliskie odbicie.. SLD - Watch, Uwazajcie,obserwujcie...????? SLITE - weak,slabo..??? SMG - Something... SN,SOON - Soon.. SOLID - Solidly ... SP - Short Path.. SPARK - Spark.. SPK - Speak.. SPO - Suppose... SPZ - Surprise... SRI - Sorry.. SRL - Phone number.. SS - Sweepstakes, loteria.. SSB - Single Side Band.. STABLE - Stabilny.. STAGE - Stopien czesci urzadzenia.. STD - Standard... STDI - Steady.. STICK - Pencil.. STN - Station.. STO - Store... STRONG - Strong.. SUGN - Suggestion... SUM - Some.. SURE - Sure.. SVC - Service; Prefix to service message.. SVL - Several... SWOF - Send with other foot... SW - Short wave..Switch- Przełacznik. SWL - Short Wave Listener.. SWR - Standing Wave Radio.. SYS - System... /ST - short timer on check in.. T - Zero (with numbers).. TAP - odczep.. TAPE - tape.. TB,TBS - Tube.. lampa TEMP - Temperature.. TEST - Testing or Contest.. TFC - Traffic..Regular QSO... TGR - Together... THD - Thursday... THRU - via.. THR - There(tam).. TIA - Thanks In Advance.. TK - Take... TMW,TMR - Tomorrow.. TO - to .. TONITE - Tonight.. TK - Take.. TKS - Thanks.. TNKS - Thanks.. TNX - Thanks.. TIL - Until.. TR - Transmit.. TRAFO - Transformator.. T/R - Transmit/Receive.. TRBL - Trouble.. TRC - Traffic.. TRI - Try.. TRIX - Tricks.. TRX - Transceiver.. TT - That.. TTS - That is.. TU - Thank you.. TUY - Tuesday... TVI - Television interference.. TX - Transmitter; Transmit.. TXT - Text.. U - You.. UCN - Uncertain... UF - Unfortunate... UFB - Ultra Fine Business.. UKN - Unknown... ULY - Usually... UN - Until... UNLIS - Unlicensed.. UNSTDI - Unsteady.. UR - Your; You are.. URL - Universal Resource Locator..- Address For a WebPage.. UTC - Universal Time Coordinated.. URS - Yours.. VB - Valuable... VCY - vicinity... VE - Understood (VE).. VERT - Vertical.. VET - Veteran... VFB - Very fine business.. VFO - Variable Frequency Oscillator.. VIA - via.. VKN - Vacation... VOL - Volume... VS - My,nas,was..??? VSB - Visible... VSR - Visitor... VST - Visit... VU - view... VY - Very.. VYG - Voyage... W - Watts..Word.. WATTS - Watts.. WA - Word after.. VALVE - Valve.. lampa WATSA - What Say.. WB - Word before.. WB - Will be... WD - Word.. WDA - Wednesday... WDS - Words.. WELL - Well.. WGT - Weight.. WID - With.. WK,WEAK - Weak.. WKD - Worked.. WKG - Working.. WL - Well; Will.. WN - When... WPM - Words Per Minute.. WRD - Word.. WRK - Work.. WT - What... WTV - Whatever... WUD - Would..Bylbym.. WW - Would.. ww - world wide.. WX - Weather.. XCVR - Transceiver.. XJ - Explain... EXCUS,XCUS - Excuse... XMAS - Christmas.. XMTR - Transmitter.. XPER - Experimental.. XTAL - Crystal.. XVTR - Transverter.. XYL - Wife.. YDAY - yesterday.. YDY - yesterday.. YF - Wife.. YL - Young lady.. YR - Year.. YRS - Years.. Z - Zulu Time.. ZONE - Zone.. ZX - zero beat.. 2NITE - tonight 30 - I have no more to send.. 33 - Fondest Regards.. 55 - Best Success.. 73 - Best Regards (NOT 73'S).. 88 - Love and kisses (NOT 88'S).....Hugs and kisses.. 99 - Go out,dont transmit.. 161 - 73+88=161" first came about in FOC circles (First-Class CW Operators' Club, founded by Louis Varney G5RV a number of years ago). The essential meaning is "Best regards to you and your XYL". SKCC - Straight Key Century Club French abbreviations: BCP - Beacoup - A lot BJR - Bonjour - Good morning BN - Bon - Good BNE - Bonne - Good BSR - Bonsoir - Good evening HRX - Heureux GLÜCKLICH happy MCI - Merci -Thanks PR - Pour - To SVP - S’il vous plaît -Please TJRS - Toujours - Always , VA - The end of transmission.. VCI - Voici.. Tu jest VS - Vous, vos .. You VTRE - Votre - Your 88x - Baisers extra - extra kisses ICI - Here Weather: FAIR,FINE BRIGHT SUNNY RAINY CLOUDY WINDY OVERCAST STORMY WET,DAMP COLD WARM DRY COOL MILD HOT DARK STORM TEMPEST HAIL FOG SNOW FROST THAW ICE DRIZZLE CLEAR CLOSE DULL LOUSY ROTTEN BBL I'll Be Back Later BRB I'll Be Right Back J/K Just Kidding LOL Laughing Out Loud NP No Problem RR Roger Roger (ok) WB Welcome Back WFWL Work First, Worry Later