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Common terms and phrases
12.5 kHz channels Aero mobile amateur radio amateur stations amplifier amplitude modulation AMSAT AMTOR antenna ARRL audio bandwidth Base Tx baud Britain broadcast bulletins bytes cable call sign carrier character code circuits communications contacts digipeaters dipole downlink F layer facsimile feeder Figure frame frequency modulation frequency shift GMT GMT ground plane ground station HF bands impedance input ionized Island K band Klingenfuss licence Maritime mobile MHz band MHz beacons MHz Down link mobile Fixed Mobile Tx mode Morse normally operation orbit oscillator packet radio picture polarized propagation radiation radio amateurs radioteletype RAYNET receiving station reception repeater Republic RSGB RTTY scan television sending sent sequence simplex Single sideband SINPO SITOR space sunspot symbol telephony tone transmission transmitted transponder uplink vertical VHF and UHF wave wavelength zone