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Aviation Acronym List 2012 Flashcards

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2D

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Two Dimensional

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3D

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Three Dimensional

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4D

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Four Dimensional

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4DT

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Four Dimensional Trajectory

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A/DMT

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Arrival Departure Management Tool

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AC

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Advisory Circular

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ACM

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Adjacent Center Metering

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ADSB

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Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast

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AEDT

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Aviation Environmental Design Tool

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AIM

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Aeronautical Information Manual

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AIP

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Airport Improvement Plan

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AIRE

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Atlantic Interoperability Initiative to Reduce Emissions

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ALP

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Airport Layout Plan

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ANSP

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Air Navigation Service Provider

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AOC

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Airline Operations Center

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APMT

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Aviation Portfolio Management Tool

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AR

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Authorization Required

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ARC

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Aviation Rulemaking Committee

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ARMS

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Airspace Resource Management System

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ARTCC

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Air Route Traffic Control Center

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ASAP

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Aviation Safety Action Program

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ASDE 3

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Airport Surface Detection Equipment Model 3

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ASDE X

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Airport Surface Detection Equipment Model X

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ASIAS

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Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing

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ASPIRE
Asia and Pacific Initiative to Remove Emissions
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ASTM
American Society for Testing and Materials (Originally - American Section of International Association for Testing and Materials)
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ATC
Air Traffic Control
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ATM
Air Traffic Management
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ATN
Aeronautical Telecommunications Network
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ATPA
Automated Terminal Proximity Alert
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CAAFI
Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuel Initiative
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CARTS
Common Automated Radar Terminal System
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CATM
Collaborative Air Traffic Management
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CATMT
Collaborative Air Traffic Management Technologies
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CDM
Collaborative Decision Making
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C/DP
Climb/Descent Procedure
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CDQM
Collaborative Departure Queue Management
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CDTI
Cockpit Display of Traffic Information
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CIWS
Corridor Integrated Weather System
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CIX
Collaborative Information Exchange
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CLEEN
Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions and Noise
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CO2
Carbon Dioxide
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CRDA
Converging Runway Display Aid
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CSPO
Closely Spaced Parallel Operations
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CSPR
Closely Spaced Parallel Runways
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CTP
Collaborative Trajectory Planning
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DATA COMM
Data Communications
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DCL
Departure Clearance
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DDU
Data Distribution Unit
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DME
Distance Measuring Equipment
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DOD
Department of Defense
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DST
Decision Support Tool
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eALP
Electronic Airport Layout Plan
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EDX
Enhanced Data Exchange
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EFB
Electronic Flight Bag
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EFVS
Enhanced Flight Vision System
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FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
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FACT
Future Airport Capacity Task
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FAN
Future Air Navigation System
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FIS B
Flight Information Services-Broadcast
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FMC
Flight Management Computer
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FMS
Flight Management System
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FOC
Flight Operations Center
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FOQA
Flight Operations Quality Assurance
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FOSA
Flight Operations Surface Application
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FY
Fiscal Year
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GBAS
Ground Based Augmentation System
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GIS
Geographic Information System
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GLS
GBAS Landing System
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GNSS
Global Navigation Satellite System
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GPS
Global Positioning System
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GUS
Ground Uplink Station
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HITL
Human in the Loop
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HRJ
Hydro Treated Renewable Jet
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HUD
Heads Up Display
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ICAO
International Civil Aviation Organization
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ID/AC or IDAC
Integrated Departure/Arrival Capability
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ILS
Instrument Landing System
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ITA
Initial Tailored Arrival
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ITP
In Trail Procedure
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JPDO
Joint Planning and Development Office
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JRC
Joint Resources Council
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LAAS
Local Area Augmentation System
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LED
Light Emitting Diode
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LNAV
Lateral Navigation
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LP
Localizer Performance
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LPV
Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance
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MALSR
Medium Intensity Approach Lighting System with Runway Alignment Indicator
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MHz
Megahertz ## Footnote Frequency Spectrum: ELF Extremely Low Frequency 10^5km-10^4km 3 - 30 Hz SLF Super Low Frequency 10^4km-10^3km 30 - 300 Hz ULF Ultra Low Frequency 10^3km-100km 300 - 3000 Hz VLF Very Low Frequency 100km-10km 3 - 30 kHz LF Low Frequency 10km-1km 30 - 300 kHz MF Medium Frequency 1km-100m 300 kHz - 3 MHz HF High Frequency 100m-10m 3 - 30 MHz VHF Very High Frequency 10m-1m 30 - 300 MHz UHF Ultra High Frequency 1m-10cm 300 MHz - 3 GHz SHF Super High Frequency 10cm-1cm 3 - 30 GHz EHF Extremely High Frequency 1cm-1mm 30 - 300 GHz
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NAS
National Airspace System
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NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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NAS EA
National Airspace System Enterprise Architecture
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NATCA
National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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NAVAID
Navigation Aid
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NEO
Network Enabled Operations
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NEPA
National Environmental Policy Act
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NEXT GEN or Next Gen
Next Generation Air Transportation System
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NIEC
NextGen Integration and Evaluation Capability
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NM
Nautical Miles
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NNEW
NextGen Network Enabled Weather
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NOTAM
Notice to Airmen
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NVS
NAS Voice System
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NWP
NextGen Weather Processor
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OCEAN 21
Oceanic Automation System
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OEP
Operational Evolution Partnership
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OI
Operational Improvement
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OMP
O’Hare Modernization Project
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OPD
Optimized Profile Descent
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PAPI
Precision Approach Path Indicator
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PBN
Performance Based Navigation
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RAPT
Route Availability Planning Tool
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RF
Radius to Fix
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RNAV
Area Navigation
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RNP
Required Navigation Performance
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RPI
Relative Position Indicator
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RTA
Required Time of Arrival
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RTCA
Radio Technology Committee for Aeronautics
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RVR
Runway Visual Range
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RVSM
Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum
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SAA
Special Activity Airspace
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SAAAR
Special Aircraft and Aircrew Authorization Requirement
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SATCOM or Satcom
Satellite Communications
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SATNAV
Satellite Navigation
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SBAS
Satellite Based Augmentation System
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SESAR
Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research
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SID
Standard Instrument Departure
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SITS
Security Integrated Tool Set
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SMS
Safety Management System
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SNT
Staffed NextGen Towers
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SRM
Safety Risk Management
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SRMD
Safety Risk Management Document
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SSA
System Safety Assessment
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STAR
Standard Terminal Arrival Route
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STARS
Standard Terminal Automation Replacement Route
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STBO
Surface Trajectory Based Operations
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SUA
Special Use Airspace
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SURF IA
Surface Indications and Alerts
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SVS
Synthetic Vision System
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UAT
Universal Access Transceiver
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UTC
Universal Time Coordinate
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VOR
VHF Omnidirectional Radio
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WX
Weather
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ZULU Time
UTC Time
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ELF
Extremely Low Frequency **Wavelength** 10^5km-10^4km **Frequency** 3 - 30 Hz ***Radio Spectrum Terms*** (km=Kilometers, m = Meters, cm= Centimeters mm=Millimeters) (Hz = Hertz, MHz = Megahertz, GHz = Gigahertz)
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SLF
Super Low Frequency **Wavelength** 10^5km-10^3km **Frequency** 30 - 300 Hz ***Radio Spectrum*** ***Terms*** (km=Kilometers, m = Meters, cm= Centimeters mm=Millimeters) (Hz = Hertz, MHz = Megahertz, GHz = Gigahertz)
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ULF
Ultra Low Frequency **Wavelength** 10^3km-100km **Frequency** 300 - 3000 Hz ***Radio Spectrum*** ***Terms*** (km=Kilometers, m = Meters, cm= Centimeters mm=Millimeters) (Hz = Hertz, MHz = Megahertz, GHz = Gigahertz)
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VLF
Very Low Frequency **Wavelength** 100km-10km **Frequency** 3 - 30 kHz ***Radio Spectrum*** ***Terms*** (km=Kilometers, m = Meters, cm= Centimeters mm=Millimeters) (Hz = Hertz, MHz = Megahertz, GHz = Gigahertz)
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LF
Low Frequency **Wavelength** 10km-1km **Frequency** 30 - 300 kHz ***Radio Spectrum*** ***Terms*** (km=Kilometers, m = Meters, cm= Centimeters mm=Millimeters) (Hz = Hertz, MHz = Megahertz, GHz = Gigahertz)
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MF
Medium Frequency **Wavelength** 1km-100m **Frequency** 300kHz - 3 MHz ***Radio Spectrum*** ***Terms*** (km=Kilometers, m = Meters, cm= Centimeters mm=Millimeters) (Hz = Hertz, MHz = Megahertz, GHz = Gigahertz)
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HF
High Frequency **Wavelength** 100m-10m **Frequency** 3 - 30 MHz ***Radio Spectrum Terms*** (km=Kilometers, m = Meters, cm= Centimeters mm=Millimeters) (Hz = Hertz, MHz = Megahertz, GHz = Gigahertz)
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VHF
Very High Frequency **Wavelength** 10m-1m **Frequency** 30 - 300 MHz ***Radio Spectrum Terms*** (km=Kilometers, m = Meters, cm= Centimeters mm=Millimeters) (Hz = Hertz, MHz = Megahertz, GHz = Gigahertz)
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UHF
Ultra High Frequency **Wavelength** 1m-10cm **Frequency** 300 MHz - 3 GHz ***Radio Spectrum Terms*** (km=Kilometers, m = Meters, cm= Centimeters mm=Millimeters) (Hz = Hertz, MHz = Megahertz, GHz = Gigahertz)
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SHF
Super High Frequency **Wavelength** 10cm-1cm **Frequency** 3 - 30 GHz ***Radio Spectrum Terms*** (km=Kilometers, m = Meters, cm= Centimeters mm=Millimeters) (Hz = Hertz, MHz = Megahertz, GHz = Gigahertz)
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EHF
Extremely High Frequency **Wavelength** 1cm-1mm **Frequency** 30 - 300 GHz ***Radio Spectrum Terms*** (km=Kilometers, m = Meters, cm= Centimeters mm=Millimeters) (Hz = Hertz, MHz = Megahertz, GHz = Gigahertz)
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