c---- ( Centi (prefix for 10*-2). )

C---- ( Coulomb (quantily of electric charge); capacitor. )

CAC---- ( Contest Advisory Committee. )

Call Sign---- ( A sequence of letters and numbers used to identify Amateur Radio Operators and Issued by the FCC, after they earned an Amateur Radio License. )

Call sign or letters---- ( The numbers and letters assigned by the FCC upon application for CB license. )

Can---- ( Shell of a CB set, or tunable coil in CB set. )

Cans---- ( Headphones. )

Canada CB Band---- ( The CB frequencies, modulation, and power limits are the same as the 26-27 MHz CB band in the USA. )

CAP---- ( Civil Air Patrol--"A Volunteer affiliate of the United State Air Force". )

Cap---- ( Capacitor (formerly condenser). )

Capacitance (C)---- ( A measure of the abilty of a capacitor to store energy in an electric field; The ability to store electrical energy in an electrostatic field, measured farads (F). A device with capacitance is a capacitor. )

Capacitor---- ( An electronic component composed of two or more conductive plates separated by an insulating material. 'A capactor stores engery in an electric field'. )

Carrier---- ( The radio wave which carries voice signal; An Unmodulated transmitted signal ora pure continuous radio emission at a fixed frequency, without modulation and without interruption. Several types of modulation can be applied to the carrier, See AM and FM.. )

Carrier detect (CD)---- ( Formally, received line signal detector, a physical-level interface signal that indicates that the receiver section of the modem is receiving tones from the distant modem. )

Carrier Frequency---- ( Distance between mark and space of the carrier for RTTY or similar communications. )

Carrier-operated relay (COR)---- ( A device that causes the repeater to transmit in response to a received signal. )

Carrier Power---- ( The average power supplied to the antenna transmission line by a transmitter during one RF cycle taken under the condition of no modulation. )

Cascade---- ( Placing one analog stage after enother to combine their effects on the signal. )

Cathode---- ( The element of a analog device that emits electrons. )

CATVI---- ( Cable television interference. )

CB---- ( Citizens Band(radio), 40 channels, max power 4W AM, 12W SSB; on the following frequencies, 26.965 - 27.405 MHz. )

CBBS---- ( Computer bulletin-board service. )

CBI---- ( Citizen band radio intrference. )

CBMS---- ( Computer-based message system. )

CBR---- ( Cross Band Repeater-- A repeater which will receive an incoming signal and re-transmit it in different
bands, ie: Receives 144 MHz band and re-transmits 430 (440) MHz Bands. )

CBRS---- Citizens Band Radio System. )

CCIR---- ( International Research Consultative Committee. )

CCITT---- ( International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee. )

CCYV---- ( Closed-circuit television )

CCW---- ( Coherent CW. )

ccw---- ( Counterclockwise. )

CD---- ( Civil defense. )

Center Frequency---- ( The un modulated carrier frequency of an FM transmitter. )

Center Loading---- ( A loading coil at the center of an antenna to achieve a lower resonant frequency. )

Centi---- ( The metric prefix for 10*-2, or divide by 100. )

CH---- ( Channel. )

channel---- ( The pair of frequencies (input and output) used by a repeater. )

Channel---- ( Specific frequency within a radio band. )

Characteristic Curve---- ( A plot of the relative responses of two or three analog-device parameters, usually output with respect to input. )

Charger---- ( An adaptor that changes current from 110 V.A.C. to twelve V.D.C. )

Charlie (Uncle Charlie)---- ( FCC. )

Chassis Ground---- ( The common connection for all parts of a circuit that connect to the negative side of the power supply. )

Chirp---- ( A slight shift in transmitter frequency each time you key the transmitter; Incidental frequency modulation of a carrier as a result of oscillator instability during keying. )

Chucking carriers---- ( Act of holding down key on microphone to prevent others from talking by blocking airways; done deliberately. Compare with "stepping on"; also known as "dry carrier". )

Circular Mils---- ( A convenient way of expressing the gross-sectional area of a round conductor. The area of the conductor in circular mils is found by squaring its diameter in mils (thousandths of an inch), rather than squaring its radius and multiplying by pi. For example, the diameter of 10-guage wire is 101.9 mils (0.1019inch). Its cross-sectional area is 10380Cm, or 0.008155 square inches. )

Circular Polarization (CP)---- ( A special case radio energy emission where the electric and magnetic field vectors rotate about the central axis of radiation. As viewed along the radiation path, the rotation directions are considered to be right-hand (RHCP) if the rotation is clockwise, and left-hand (LHCP) if the rotation is counterclockwise. )

Citizens Band---- The radio service used by CB’ers. Also the name of a popular 70’s movie. )

Clamping---- ( A nonlinearity in amplification where the signal can be made no larger. )

Clarifier---- Found on SSB rigs, this control varies the receiver frequency to help tune the other station in (called "delta-tune" on AM rigs). )

Closed or complete circuit---- ( An electrical circuit with an uninterrupted path for the current to follow. Turning a switch on, for example, closes or completes the circuit, allowing current to flow. )

Closed Repeater---- ( A repeater whose access is limited to a select group (see Open Repeater). )

cm---- ( Centimeter. )

CMOS---- ( Complimentary-symmetry metal oxide semiconductor. A family of digital logic elements usually selected for their low power drain. )

Coax (pronounced Ko-aks)---- ( Coaxial cable. )

COAX / Coaxial Cable---- ( Feed line with a central conductor surrounded by plastic, foam, or gaseous insulation, which in turn is covered by a shielding conductor that may be flexible braid, foil, semi-rigid or rigid metal, and the entire cable is then covered with vinyl insulation. )

Code---- ( Usually refers to Morse code, but used for others such as baudot. )

COIL---- ( A conductor wound into a series of loops. )

Collector---- ( One of the outer layers of a bipolar transistor, often the output. )

Collision---- ( A condition that occurs when two or more transmissions occur at the same time and cause interference to the intended receivers. )

Color Code:---- ( A system in which numerical values are assigned to various colors. Colored stripes are painted on the body of resistors and other components to show their value. )

Common-mode Signals---- ( Signals that are in phase on both (or several) conductors in a system. )

Compensation---- ( The process of counteracting the effects of signals that are inadvertently fed back from the output to the input of an analog system. The process increases stability and prevents oscillation. )

Conductance (G)---- ( The reciprocal of resistance, measured in siemens (S). )

Conducted Signals---- ( Signals that travel by electron flow in a wire or other conductor. )

Conductor---- ( A material that has a loose grip on its electrons, so an electrical current can pass through it. )

Connected---- ( The condition in which two packet-radio stations are sending information to each other. Each is acknowledging when the data has been received correctly. )

Connection---- ( A logical communication channel established between peer levels of two packet-radio stations. )

Contact---- ( A two-way communication between Amateur Radio operators. )

Contention---- ( A condition on a communications channel that occurs when two or more stations try to transmit at the same time. )

Contest---- ( An Amateur Radio activity in which hams and their stations compete against others to try to contact the most stations within the designated time period. )

Continuous Wave (CW)---- ( Morse code telegraphy. )

Control field---- ( An 8-bit pattern in an HDLC frame containing commands or responses, and sequence numbers. )

Control Operator---- ( The Amateur Radio operator who is designated to "control" the operation of the repeater, as required by FCC regulations; An amateur operator designated by the licensee of a station to be responsible for the transmissions of an amateur station. )

Control Point---- ( The location at which the control operator function is performed. )

Controlled Environment---- ( Any area in which an RF signal may cause radiation exposure to people who are aware of the radiated electric and magnetic fields and who can exercise some control over their exposure to these fields. The FCC generally considers amateur operators and their families to be in a controlled RF exposure environment to determine the maximum permissible exposure levels . )

Convac---- ( Conversation. )

Conversion---- ( Number of IF Circuits in the Receiver. )

Converter---- ( An adaptor that changes 110 V.A.C. to twelve V.D.C. )

Copyright---- ( A legal claim to information or objects. )

COR---- ( Carrier-operated relay. )

Core---- ( The material used in the center of an inductor coil, where the magnetic field is concentrated. )

Core Saturation (Magnetic)---- ( That condition whereby the magnetic flux in a transformer or inductor core is more than the core can handle. If the flux is forced beyond this point, the permeability of the core will decrease, and it will approach the permeability of air. )

Coulomb---- ( A unit of measure of a quantity of electrically charged particles. )

courage HANDI-HAM system---- ( A membership organization for Amateur Radio enthusiasts with various physical abilities. )

Courtesy Beep---- ( An audible indication that a repeater user may go ahead and transmit. )

Covenants---- ( Private contractual agreements between two parties. PRB-1 does not apply to such agreements. )

Coverage---- ( The geographic area within which the repeater provides communications. )

CP---- ( Code proficiency (award). )

CPU---- ( Central Processing Unit. )

CQ---- ( A radio term used to call others. )

Crank up the mike---- ( Turn up the preamp. )

C-Rate---- ( The charging rate for a battery, expressed as a ratio of the battery's ampere-hour rating. )

CRC---- ( Cyclic redundancy check, a math-ematical operation. The result of the CRC is sent with a transmission block. The receiving station uses the received CRC to check transmitted date integrity. )

Crowbar---- ( A last-ditch protection circuit included in many power supplies to protect the load equipment against failure of the regulator in the supply. The crowbar senses an overvoltage condition on the supply's output and fires a shorting device (usually an SCR) to directly short-circuit the supply's output and protect the load. This causes very high currents in the power supply, which blow the supply's input-line fuse. )

CRT---- ( Cathode ray tube. )

C.R.T.P.---- ( Civilian Radio Taxi Patrol. )

Crystal---- ( Device used to tune CB to exact frequency. )

Crystal Oscillator---- ( A device that uses a quartz crystal to keep the frequency of a transmitter constant. )

Crystal-controlled Transmitter---- ( A simple type of transmitter that consists of a crystal oscillator followed by driver and power amplifier stages. )

CSMA---- ( Carrier sense multiple access, a channel access arbitration scheme in which packet-radio stations listen on a channel for the presence of a carrier before transmitting a frame. )

CT---- ( Center tap. )

CTCSS---- ( Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System--Adds a continuous sub-audible low frequency tone to the transmitted carrier and Receivers that are set for the same low frequency tone can decode the signal. A series of subaudible tones that some repeaters use to restrict access. Also called PL. )

CTS---- ( Clear to send, a physical-level interface circuit generated by the DCE that, when on, indicates the DCE is ready to receive transmitted data (abbreviated CTS). )

Cubical Quad Antenna---- ( A full wavelength loop antenna built with it's elements in the shape of Squares. )

Current---- ( A flow of electrons in an electric circuit. )

Current (I)---- ( The rate of electron flow through a conductor, measured in amperes (A). )

Cut numbers---- ( In Morse code, shortening of codes sent for numbers. )

Cutoff Region---- ( The region in the characteristic curve of an analog device in which there is no current through the device. Also called the OFF region. )

cw---- ( Clockwise )

CW---- ( Continuous wave. A transmission consisting of an un modulated carrier. )

CW---- ( A communications mode transmitted by on/off keying of a radio-frequency signal. Another name for international Morse code. )

CW #1---- ( Carrier Wave ie: Morse Code or #2 ~ ClockWise. )

CW Filter---- ( Used to narrow IF pass band reception in crowded band conditions. )

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