rf acrynms
JCT Japanese cordless telephone
J/S jammer-to-signal
LAN local area network
LMDS local multipoint distribution service
LEO low earth orbit
LNA low-noise amplifier
LO local oscillator
LOS line-of-sight
LPF low-pass filter
LP linearly polarized
MDS minimum detectable signal
MEO medium-altitude orbit
MESFETs metal–semiconductor field-effect transistors
MIC microwave integrated circuit
MLS microwave landing system
MMIC monolithic microwave integrated circuits
MSK minimum shift keying
MTI moving target indicator
NMT Nordic mobile telephone
OQPSK offset-keyed quadriphase shift keying
PAMELA pricing and monitoring electronically of automobiles
PA power amplifier
PAE power added efficiency
PCM pulse code modulation
PCN personal communication networks
PCS personal communication systems
PDC personal digital cellular
PHS personal handy phone system
PLL phase-locked loops
PLO phase-locked oscillators
PM phase modulation
PN pseudonoise
PRF pulse repetition frequency
PSK phase shift keying
8-PSK 8-phase shift keying
16-PSK 16-phase shift keying
QAM quadrature amplitude modulation
QPSK quadriphase shift keying
RCS radar cross section
RF radio frequency
RFID radio frequency identification
RL return loss
SAR synthetic aperture radar
SAW surface acoustic wave
SEP spherical probable error
SFDR spurious-free dynamic range
SFHSS slow frequency- hopping spread spectrum
SLL sidelobe levels
SMILER short range microwave links for european roads
SNR signal-noise ratio
SOJ stand-off jammer
SPDT single pole, double throw
SPST single pole, single throw
SP3T single pole, triple throw
SQPSK staggered quadriphase shift keying
SS spread spectrum
SS-CDMA spread spectrum code division multiple access
SSJ self-screening jammer
SSMI special sensor microwave imager
STC sensitivity time control
TACS total access communication system
TDM time division multiplexing
TDMA time division multiple access
TE transverse electric
TEM transverse electromagnetic
TM transverse magnetic
TOI third-order intercept point
T/R transmit/receive
TWTs traveling-wave tubes
UHF ultrahigh frequencies
VCO voltage-controlled oscillator
VHF very high frequency
VLF very low frequency
VSWR voltage standing-wave ratio
WLANs wireless local-area networks