Glossary

QSO — a radio contact recorded in a log.
QSL — confirmation of a contact, on paper or with evidence from a named service.
RST — readability, signal strength and tone report; voice usually uses RS.
ADIF — an amateur-radio log exchange format.
UTC — common log time, unaffected by daylight saving time.
Grid locator — a Maidenhead area such as KO11; public locators use at most four characters.
DXCC — an entity on the DXCC list, not always the same as a country.
ON AIR — recent activity detected by the agent or spot sources; check the source and timestamp.
Activator / hunter — a station operating from a program location / a station working it.
P2P / S2S — park-to-park / summit-to-summit.
Sked — an arranged contact attempt.
WPM — Morse speed in words per minute.
Token — a private device access secret that can be revoked.