amateur radio

English

Noun

amateur radio (uncountable)

1. The hobby or pastime of communicating worldwide by two-way radio and striving for “DX” receptions that are challenging, usually because of distance.

Synonyms

• ham radio

Related terms

• radio amateur

Translations

hobby

• Danish: amatørradio c
• Esperanto: amatora radio (eo), radioamatorismo
• French: CB (fr) f
• German: Amateurfunk m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: amatørradio m

  Nynorsk: amatørradio m

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• Portuguese: radioamadorismo (pt) m
• Russian: радиолюби́тельство (ru) n (radioljubítelʹstvo)
• Swedish: amatörradio c

See also

• CB radio

Anagrams

• radio amateur