Commonly (although not exclusively) used abbreviations in ARO SwapNet text
If you think of some more, please send them in! de Jeff N5MNW
Equipment Condition statements: Equipment Abbreviations:
mint as from factory-NO flaws + too much to list
good works, some scratches/flaws AApk "AA" battery pack
works may be ugly but functional ant antenna
ndswk needs work(better than AS_IS) AT automatic antenna tuner
AS-IS take your chances brkt mobile mounting bracket
broke I tried to "fix" it chgr charger
parts I tried to "fix" it again ctlr controller
FREE take it before I change mind db dual-band
vint vintage-antique-older than op digi digital
disp display
dmic desk microphone
DMM digital multimeter
duck ht antenna
Manufacturer Abbreviations: elx electronics
AEA AEA est. estate sale
Al Alinco fd floppy drive
Alli Alliance filts SSB/CW IF filters
Astn Astron gen.cov general coverage
Az Azden hd hard drive
Bnut Butternut hdwr hardware/power tools--arh! arh!
Bct Bearcat hh handheld
CC Cushcraft hmic hand microphone
CDE CDE ht handie-talkie
Cmpq Compaq lptp laptop computer
Cmt Comet manls all/both manuals
Coll Collins mat: matching:(whatever)
Cray Cray mic microphone
DB Decibel Products mil military
Dmax Digimax mob mobile
Dmd Diamond mobd motherboard
Drk Drake mon monitor
Dwa Diawa nbk notebook
GE General Electric omanl owners manual
Hall Hallicrafter p/s or PS power supply
Hmld Hammarlund ph.pat phone patch
HP Hewlett Packard prtr printer
Hth Heathkit rptr repeater
HyGn Hy-Gain rx receiver
IBM IBM s/t- sell or trade for (whatever)
IC ICOM sat Satellite
Jnsn Johnson sdvr Screwdriver (HF mob ant)
Kngt Knight smanl service manual
Kan Kantronics ss solid state
Kwd Kenwood SW or SWRXshortwave receiver(3-30Mhz)
L/M Lockheed-Martin sware software
Mac Macintosh tunr antenna tuner
Moto Motorola twr tower
MT Morton-Thiokol tx transmitter
Pana Panasonic w/ with/ (whatever)
R/S Radio Shack xbatt extra battery(s)
Reg Regency xcvr tranceiver
San Santec xndl Cross-needle meter
Std Standard xtal crystal/crystal controlled
Tek Tektronics Xyag Cross-polarized Yagi beam
TT TenTec
Tos Toshiba
TxBg Texas Bugcatcher
Uni Uniden
Vplx Vibroplex
Wil Wilson
Ysu Yaesu