GLOSSARY
AC ACA AERO-SAR ALE AM ANSI APD ARRL AWG BBC BBG BPL BW CA CB CCS CD CEPT CISPR CONUS COTHEN CSMA CW dB dBi dBm dBW DHS DOA DOC DOD DOE DOI DOJ DRM DSC DSL DSSS DUT E EBU ECC EFIE
Alternating Current Australian Communications Authority Aeronautical Search and Rescue Automatic Link Establishment Amplitude Modulation American National Standards Institute Amplitude Probability Distribution Amateur Radio Relay League American Wire Gauge British Broadcasting Corporation Broadcasting Board of Governors Broadband over Power Line(s) Bandwidth Collision Avoidance Citizens Band Carrier Current System Collision Detection European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations International Special Committee on Radio Interference Continental United States Customs Over The Horizon Enforcement Network Carrier Sense Multiple Access Carrier Wave Decibel Decibel referenced to an isotropic radiator Decibel referenced to 1 milliWatt Decibels above 1 Watt Department of Homeland Security Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce Department of Defense Department of Energy Department of the Interior Department of Justice Digital Radio Mondiale Digital Selective Calling Digital Subscriber Line Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Device Under Test Electric European Broadcasting Union Electronics Communications Committee Electric Field Integral Equation
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EM EMC EN EUT FAA FCC FEMA FICORA FM FNRCS ft GHz GMDSS GMF GPS GRWAVE H HF HPA Hz I ICAO IEC ILS IMO IRAC ITS ITU ITU-R ITU-T JARL kHz km LAN LF LORAN LV m MARS Mbps MF MFIE MHz MPHPT
Electromagnetic Electromagnetic Compatibility European Norm (Standard) Equipment Under Test Federal Aviation Administration Federal Communications Commission Federal Emergency Management Agency Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority Frequency Modulation FEMA National Radio Communication System Feet Gigahertz Global Maritime Distress and Safety System Government Master File Global Positioning System Ground Wave Propagation Program Magnetic High Frequency HomePlug Powerline Alliance Hertz Interference Power International Civil Aviation Organization International Electrotechnical Commission Instrumentation Landing System International Maritime Organization Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee Institute for Telecommunication Sciences International Telecommunications Union International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunication Sector International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector Japan Amateur Radio League Kilohertz Kilometer Local Area Network Low Frequency Long Range Aid to Navigation Low Voltage Meter Military Affiliate Radio System Megabits per second Medium Frequency Magnetic Field Integral Equation Megahertz Ministry of Public Management Home Affaires, Post and Telecommunications of Japan
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MPT mS ms MSI-HF MV MWARA N NATO NB30 NBDP-COM NEC NIST NOI NPRM NRCS NSEP NTIA OATS OFCOM OFDM OR OTH PLC PLT PSD QAM R RA RAM RBW RDARA RF rms RR RSGB RSMS RTP-COM S/N SF&TS SHARES SINAD SINCGARS SNR SOLAS SSB TEM
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications Siemens/meter Millisecond Marine Safety Information – High Frequency Medium Voltage Major World Air Route Areas Noise Power North Atlantic Treaty Organization Usage Provision 30 Narrow-Band Direct Printing - Communications Numerical Electromagnetics Code National Institute of Standards and Technology Notice of Inquiry Notice of Proposed Rulemaking National Radio Communication System National Security Emergency Preparedness National Telecommunications and Information Administration Open Air Test Site Swiss Federal Office of Communications Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Off-Route Over the Horizon Power Line Communications Power Line Telecommunications Power Spectral Density Quadrature Amplitude Modulation Route Radio Communications Agency of UK Random Access Memory Resolution Bandwidth Regional and Domestic Air Route Areas Radio Frequency Root Mean Square Radio Regulations Radio Society of Great Britain Radio Spectrum Measurement System Radio Telephony - Communications Signal-to-Noise Ratio Standard Frequency and Time Signal Shared Resources network Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio Single-Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System Signal-to-Noise Ratio Safety of Life at Sea Single Sideband Transverse Electromagnetic Mode
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TV TVA UHF UK US&P USCG USGS UTC VDSL VHF VOA VOACAP VOLMET WiFi xDSL A V
Television Tennessee Valley Authority Ultra High Frequency United Kingdom United States and Possessions United States Coast Guard United States Geological Survey Coordinated Universal Time Very high-speed Digital Subscriber Line Very High Frequency Voice of America Voice of America Coverage Analysis Program Meteorological Information for Aircraft in Flight Wireless Fidelity Various types of Digital Subscriber Lines Microampere Microvolt
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