call-sign
Station's radio name
A call-sign is a unique identifier assigned to a radio or television station, aircraft, ship, or military unit for official communications.
Broadcast stations have call-signs like WNYC or KQED.
In military and aviation contexts, call-signs identify pilots or units: What's your call-sign?
Pilots sometimes adopt informal call-signs as nicknames.
Also spelled callsign.
Part for gripping
- monikerInformal designation for someone
- nicknameInformal substitute name
- aliasAdopted false name
- pseudonymFictitious professional name
codename · tag · label · badge · insignia · designation · identity · recognition
Strategically planned
Signal-activated transmitter
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
- ATCAviation traffic service
- towerTall slender edifice
- airspaceRegulated overhead flight zone
cockpit · squawk · clearance · controller · aircraft · departure · approach · altitude
Rate of recurrence
- transmissionSending of information
- transceiverDual-function communication device
- hamCured pig thigh
- shortwaveHigh-frequency radio band
amateur · handle · squelch · modulation · bandwidth · antenna · receiver · scanner
handle
Part for gripping
pseudonym · codename · tag · label · badge · insignia · designation · identity · recognition · emblem
tactical
Strategically planned
echo · foxtrot · golf · hotel · kilo · lima · mike · papa · sierra · tango
transponder
Signal-activated transmitter
airspace · cockpit · squawk · clearance · controller · aircraft · departure · approach · altitude · radar
frequency
Rate of recurrence
- transmissionSending of information
- transceiverDual-function communication device
- hamCured pig thigh
shortwave · amateur · handle · squelch · modulation · bandwidth · antenna · receiver · scanner · tuning