Beginners Guide to Radio Scanning

AC.............Alternating current
amp............Ampere
AF..............Audio frequency
AFC...........Automatic frequency control
AGC...........Automatic gain control
BFO............Beat frequency oscillator
CRO...........Cathode-ray oscilloscope
CRT............Cathode-ray tube
dB...............Decibel
DC..............Direct current
DF..............Direction finding
DSB............Double sideband
GND...........Ground,Earth
ISB.............Independant sideband
INPT..........Input
IF...............Intermediate frequency
LO.............Local oscillator
NFM.........Narrow band FM
PA.............Power amplifier
RF.............Radio frequency
R/T............Radio telephony
RX............Receiver
SWL.........Short wave listener
TVI...........Television interference
TX.............Transmitter
VFO..........Variable frequency oscillator
WAC.........Worked all continents

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