These are the terms used on this website:
- AF – Audio Frequency
- AGC – Automatic Gain Control
- AM – Amplitude Modulation
- ATU – Antenna Tuning Unit
- BFO – Beat Frequency Oscillator
- BNC – Bayonet Neill-Concelman (connector)
- BOM – Bill of Materials (A parts list)
- BPF – Band Pass Filter
- CAT – Computer Aided Transceiver
- CPU – Central Processing Unit
- CW – Continuous Wave (Morse code)
- DIP – Dual In-line Package
- DSP – Digital Signal Processing
- DVM – Digital Volt Meter
- DX – Long-distance communication
- EMF – Electromotive Force
- EMI – Electromagnetic Interference
- ESD – Electrostatic Discharge
- FET – Field Effect Transistor
- FM – Frequency Modulation
- GND – Ground
- HF – High Frequency
- IC – Integrated Circuit
- IF – Intermediate Frequency
- LED – Light Emitting Diode
- LF – Low Frequency
- LSB – Lower Side Band
- LO – Local Oscillator
- MC1496 – Balanced Modulator / Product Detector IC
- MOSFET – Metal Oxcide Silicon Field Effect Transistor
- NB – Noise Blanker
- PA – Power Amplifier
- PCB – Printed Circuit Board
- PLL – Phase Locked Loop
- PTT – Push To Talk
- QRP – Low Power Operation
- QRM – Man-made interference
- RD01, RD16, RD100 – MOSFET Transistors used in RF amplifiers
- RFI – Radio Frequency Interference
- RF – Radio Frequency
- RIT – Receiver Incremental Tuning
- ROM – Read Only Memory
- RX – Receive
- SSB – Single Side Band
- SMD – Surface Mounted Device
- SWR – Standing Wave Ratio
- TCXO -Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillator
- TFT – Thin-Film Transistor (display)
- THT – Through Hole Technology (traditional components that mount through holes in the PCB and soldered on the underside (Side B)
- TTL – Transistor-Transistor Logic
- TX – Transmit
- TXD – Transmit Data
- USB – Upper Side Band
- UHF – Ultra High Frequency
- VHF – Very High Frequency
- XTAL – Crystal
