Frequency — How fast a radio wave oscillates.
Measured in Hertz. Amateur frequencies are usually given in megahertz — 146.520 MHz, for example.
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Related words
- Watts — Transmit power.
- SSB — Single Sideband. HF voice.
- Solar flux — A number that tracks solar activity.
- K index — How disturbed the earth's magnetic field is.
- RTTY — Radio Teletype.
- SSTV — Slow-Scan Television.
- Wavelength — The physical length of one radio wave.
- Band — A range of frequencies set aside for a purpose.