B---- ( Bel; blower; susceptance; flux density; (inductors). )

Baby Moonraker---- ( The popular PDL 2 antenna also made by
Antenna Specialists. Or any 2 element quad antenna. )

Background---- ( Same as noise level; Interference. )

Backwave---- ( An unwanted signal emitted between the pulses of an on/off-keyed signal. )

Balanced---- ( A relationship in which two stations communicate with one another as equals; that is, neither is a primary (master) or secondary (slave). )

Balanced Line---- ( Feed line with two conductors having Equal but Opposite voltages with neither conductor at ground potential. )

Balanced Modulator---- ( A mixer circuit used in Single-Sideband suppressed carrier transmitter to combine a voice signal and the RF carrier- oscillator signal. )

Balun---- ( A simple transformer used to change unbalanced Input to a balanced Output; Contraction for balanced to unbalanced. A device to couple a balanced load to an unbalanced source, or vice versa. )

Band---- ( A range of Frequencies or any section of a radio spectrum. Hams are authorized to transmit on several different bands. )

Band Plan---- ( An agreement for operating within a certain portion of the radio spectrum. )

Band Pass Filter---- ( A circuit that allows signals to go through it only if they are within a certain range of frequencies, and attenuates signals Above and Below this range. )

Band scanner---- ( Same as scanner used for scanning emergency channels. )

Bandwidth---- ( The width of a frequency band outsideof which the mean power is attenuated at least 26 dB below the mean power of the total emission, including allowances for transmitter drift or Doppler shift. Bandwidth describes the range of frequencies that a radio transmission occupies; Frequency need for a particular type of Transmission; i.e., AM-10 kHz; SSB-5 kHz; FM-10 khz below 30mhz and 150 kHz. above. )

Band Spread---- ( A receiver quality used to describe now far apart stations on different nearby frequencies will seem to be. We usually express band spread as the number of kilohertz that the frequency changes per tuning-knob rotation. Band spread and frequency resolution are related. The amount of band spread determines how easily signals can be tuned. )

Bandwidth---- ( The width of a transmitted frequency band outside of which the mean power of the transmitted signal is attenuated at least 26 dB below the mean power of the transmitted signal within the band. )

Bank---- ( Memory Bank. )

Barefoot---- ( CB set without linear amplifier; i.e.,legal. Also, running radio without license. )

Barefoot base-Barefoot mobile---- ( Same as "barefoot". )

Base---- ( The middle layer of a bipolar transistor, often the input. )

Base radio---- ( CB in a fixed location. )

Base station---- ( Station that is in a fixed position (e.g., in a home). )

Battery---- ( A device that converts chemical energy into electrical energy. )

Baud---- ( A unit of signaling speed equal to the number of discrete conditions or events per second. (If the duration of a pulse is 20 ms, the signaling rate is 50 baud or the reciprocal of 0.02, abbreviated Bd). )

Baudot---- ( A five-bit digital code used in teleprinter applications. )

Baudot Code---- ( A coded character set in which five bits represent one character. Used inn the U.S. to refer to ITA2. )

BBC---- ( British Broadcasting Corporation. )

BC---- ( Broadcast. )

BCD---- ( Binary coded decimal. )

BCI---- ( Broadcast Interference. )

Bd---- ( Baud (bit/s in single-channel binary data transmission). )

Beacon Station---- ( An amateur station transmitting communications for the purpose of abservation of propagation and reception or other related experimental activities. )

Beam Antenna---- ( Type of directional antenna; antenna that gives a directional beam pattern. A beam antenna must be rotated to provide coverage in different directions )

Beat-Frequency Oscillator (BFO)---- ( A receiver circuit that provides a signal to the detector. The BFO signal mixes with the incoming signal to produce an audio tone CW reception. A BFO is needed to copy CW and SSB signals. )

Be-Bop---- ( Tone signals transmitted by a radio control (RC) transmitter or a selective calling system that turns on a mobile transceiver when the correct code is received. RC signals are heard only on Channel 23, which is a shared frequency. )

Bell 103---- ( A 300-baud full-duplex modem using 200-Hz-shift FSK of tones centered at 1170 and 2125 Hz.. )

Bell 202---- ( A 1200-baud modem standard with 1200-Hz mark, 2200-Hz spae, used for VHF FM packet radio. )

BER---- ( Bit error rate. )

BERT---- ( Bit-error-rate test. )

BFO---- ( Beat Frequency Oscillator; To successfully demodulate a SSB signal, you need a "substitute carrier; A substitute carrier can be supplied by the beat frequency oscillator (BFO) circuit used when receiving SSB signals.Even when precisely tuned, the audio quality of a SSB signal is less than that of an AM signal. )

Biasing---- ( The addition of a dc voltage or current to a signal at the input of an analog device, which changes the signal's position on the characteristic curve. )

Bipolar Transistor---- ( An analog device made by sandwiching a layer of doped semiconductor between two layers of the opposite type; PNP or NPN, a term used to denote the common two junction transistor types (NPN,PNP) as opposed to the field effect families of devices (JFET, MOSFET and so on.) )

Bird---- ( A high-end, high quality directional wattmeter. )

Bit---- ( A binary digit, 0 or 1, or space. )

Bit/s---- ( Bits per second. )

Bit Stuffing---- ( Insertion and deletion of 0s in a frame to preclude accidental occurrences of flags other than at the beginning and end of frames. )

Bleeder---- ( A resistive load across the output or filter of a power supply, intended to quickly discharge stored energy once the supply is turned off. )

Bleeding---- ( Interference caused by talking on nearby channel. )

Bleed over---- ( Transmission heard on another channel. )

BLER---- ( Block error rate. )

BLERT---- ( Block-error-rate test. )

Block Diagram---- ( A drawing using rectangles to represent major sections of electronic circuits. The diagram shows signal flow and the function of the sections or a drawing using boxes to represent sections of a complicated device or process. The block diagram shows the connections between sections. )

BM---- ( Bulletin Manager. )

BNC---- ( Bayonet Neill-Concelman--A Type of antenna connector or a small connector used with coax cable. )

BPF---- ( Band Pass Filter--A circuit that passes a range of frequencies and attenuates signals above and below this range. )

BPL---- ( Brass Pounders League. )

Break---- ( The word used to interrupt a conversation on a repeater "only" to indicate that there is an emergency. )

Break-in---- ( The ability to hear between elements or words of a keyed signal. )

Bridge Circuit---- ( Four passive elements, such as resistors, inductors, connected as a pair of voltage dividers with a meter or other measuring device across two opposite junctions. Used to indicate the relative values of the four passive elements. )

Broadcasting---- ( Transmissions intended for reception by the general public, either direct or relayed. )

BT---- ( Battery. )

Buffer---- ( An analog stage that prevents loading of one analog stage by another. )

Bunny Hunt---- ( A competitive ham radio activity in which ham radio operators track down a transmitted signal. Also called Fox Hunt )

BW---- ( Bandwidth. )

Bypass Capacitor---- ( A capacitor used to provide a low-impedance radio-frequency path around a circuit element. )

Byte---- ( A group of bits, usually eight. )

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