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	'''[http://www.wia.org.au/ WIA]''' : Wireless Institute of Australia. The national organisation for Australian hams.		'''[http://www.wia.org.au/ WIA]''' : Wireless Institute of Australia. The national organisation for Australian hams.

			'''WKD''' : CW abbreviation for "worked"

	'''WPM''' : Words per minute.		'''WPM''' : Words per minute.

			'''WRK''' : CW abbreviation for "work"

	'''[[WSPR \|WSPR]]''' : '''W'''eak '''S'''ignal '''P'''ropagation '''R'''eporter.		'''[[WSPR \|WSPR]]''' : '''W'''eak '''S'''ignal '''P'''ropagation '''R'''eporter.

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2009-06-18T19:02:38Z

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	==W==		==W==
			'''WAB''' : Worked All Britain.

	'''WAC''' : Worked All Continents.		'''WAC''' : Worked All Continents.

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	'''[[Electromagnetic Waves \|Wavelength]]''' : The distance in metres between corresponding points on a wave.		'''[[Electromagnetic Waves \|Wavelength]]''' : The distance in metres between corresponding points on a wave.

			'''WAXE''' : Worked All XE / México.

	'''[http://www.wia.org.au/ WIA]''' : Wireless Institute of Australia. The national organisation for Australian hams.		'''[http://www.wia.org.au/ WIA]''' : Wireless Institute of Australia. The national organisation for Australian hams.

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2009-06-18T14:36:22Z

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	==W==		==W==
			'''WAC''' : Worked All Continents.

	'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Administrative_Radio_Conference WARC], WRC''' : World (Administrative) Radio Conference. Run by the [http://www.itu.int/net/home/index.aspx International Telecommunications Union].		'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Administrative_Radio_Conference WARC], WRC''' : World (Administrative) Radio Conference. Run by the [http://www.itu.int/net/home/index.aspx International Telecommunications Union].

			'''WAN''' : Worked All Neighbours. Used to refer to a powerful station in a densely-populated area where strong signals overload broadcast receivers in the immediate vicinity.

	'''WARC Bands''' : Agreed to at the 1979 WARC, they consist of the [[30 metres\|30m]] ( 10.100Mhz - 10.150MHz), [[17 metres\|17m]] (18.086MHz - 18.186MHz) and [[12 metres\|12m]] (24.890MHz - 24.990MHz) amateur bands.		'''WARC Bands''' : Agreed to at the 1979 WARC, they consist of the [[30 metres\|30m]] ( 10.100Mhz - 10.150MHz), [[17 metres\|17m]] (18.086MHz - 18.186MHz) and [[12 metres\|12m]] (24.890MHz - 24.990MHz) amateur bands.

			'''WAS''' : Worked All States. In the US, contacts with stations in each of the fifty US states.

			'''WAVE''' : Worked All VE. Contacts with stations in each of the Canadian provinces.

	'''Waveguide''' : A hollow tube, typically square in cross-section, used to carry microwave signals.		'''Waveguide''' : A hollow tube, typically square in cross-section, used to carry microwave signals.
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	'''[http://www.wia.org.au/ WIA]''' : Wireless Institute of Australia. The national organisation for Australian hams.		'''[http://www.wia.org.au/ WIA]''' : Wireless Institute of Australia. The national organisation for Australian hams.

			'''WPM''' : Words per minute.

	'''[[WSPR \|WSPR]]''' : '''W'''eak '''S'''ignal '''P'''ropagation '''R'''eporter.		'''[[WSPR \|WSPR]]''' : '''W'''eak '''S'''ignal '''P'''ropagation '''R'''eporter.

Carlb: New page: {{glossary}} ==W== '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Administrative_Radio_Conference WARC], WRC''' : World (Administrative) Radio Conference. Run by the [http://www.itu.int/net/home...

2009-06-12T21:55:54Z

New page: {{glossary}} ==W== '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Administrative_Radio_Conference WARC], WRC''' : World (Administrative) Radio Conference. Run by the [http://www.itu.int/net/home...

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==W==

'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Administrative_Radio_Conference WARC], WRC''' : World (Administrative) Radio Conference. Run by the [http://www.itu.int/net/home/index.aspx International Telecommunications Union].

'''WARC Bands''' : Agreed to at the 1979 WARC, they consist of the [[30 metres|30m]] ( 10.100Mhz - 10.150MHz), [[17 metres|17m]] (18.086MHz - 18.186MHz) and [[12 metres|12m]] (24.890MHz - 24.990MHz) amateur bands.

'''Waveguide''' : A hollow tube, typically square in cross-section, used to carry microwave signals.

'''[[Electromagnetic Waves |Wavelength]]''' : The distance in metres between corresponding points on a wave.

'''[http://www.wia.org.au/ WIA]''' : Wireless Institute of Australia. The national organisation for Australian hams.

'''[[WSPR |WSPR]]''' : '''W'''eak '''S'''ignal '''P'''ropagation '''R'''eporter.

'''[[WSJT |WSJT]]''' : '''W'''eak '''S'''ignal '''J'''oe '''T'''aylor - named after Joe Taylor who wrote the software.

'''WX''' : Weather. See [[weather spotting]], [[APRS]] for transmission of current meteorological readings via amateur radio. Many [[2 metres|2 metre]] [[handheld transceiver]]s are also capable of extended tuning to permit reception of forecasts over VHF bands assigned to other services, such as marine radio.