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Radio · 12-08-2007, 06:48 PM

There is also:

Elmer: A ham, usually older, who mentors and educates the younger hams or unlicensed wannabe's in the radio arts

Uncle Charlie: The FCC

LID: An operator with bad habits...a pain in the butt on the air

Childrens Band: A put down for CB radio

Alligator: A station, usually a repeater, that transmits better/futher than it receives - that is, all mouth, no ears.

Bunny Rabbit: Opposite of above. Receives well but doesn't transmit far.

Boat Anchor: Heavy old radio equipment, working or not. It's just old and heavy.

GMT or UTC or "Z" time: The universal world time at the Greenwich Observatory in England. Used to be Greenwich Mean Time, lately Universal Co-ordinated Time (UTC, not the obvious UCT, it's a French thing) but in ham shorthand, esp when written, just Z and then the time in 24 hr format.

12-08-2007, 06:48 PM	#10
Radio Administrator Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Fayetteville, GA, USA Posts: 3,017	There is also: Elmer: A ham, usually older, who mentors and educates the younger hams or unlicensed wannabe's in the radio arts Uncle Charlie: The FCC LID: An operator with bad habits...a pain in the butt on the air Childrens Band: A put down for CB radio Alligator: A station, usually a repeater, that transmits better/futher than it receives - that is, all mouth, no ears. Bunny Rabbit: Opposite of above. Receives well but doesn't transmit far. Boat Anchor: Heavy old radio equipment, working or not. It's just old and heavy. GMT or UTC or "Z" time: The universal world time at the Greenwich Observatory in England. Used to be Greenwich Mean Time, lately Universal Co-ordinated Time (UTC, not the obvious UCT, it's a French thing) but in ham shorthand, esp when written, just Z and then the time in 24 hr format.