Amateur radio operators typically use a number of words that others may not understand. Like any other hobby, there are a number of slang terms or radio lingo that may confuse a new operator. Here we list a number of these that have confused people in the past.
- Elmer – is a person that helps a new amateur radio operator to learn new things.
- Q-Codes – are special shorthand codes that were initially used in Morse Code operations and are used as a vocabulary to describe radio topics.
Wiki Dictionary
If you can’t locate the terms on this page, there is a Wiki page that may have what you are looking for.