"amateur radio" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} amateur radio (uncountable)
  1. The hobby or pastime of communicating by two-way radio, often striving for “DX” QSOs that are challenging because of distance. Wikipedia link: amateur radio Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Amateur radio Synonyms: ham radio Related terms: radio amateur, CB radio Translations (hobby): amatørradio [common-gender] (Danish), amatora radio (Esperanto), radioamatorismo (Esperanto), CB [feminine] (French), Amateurfunk [masculine] (German), radio amatir (Indonesian), radio amatur (Malay), amatørradio [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), amatørradio [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), krótkofalarstwo [neuter] (Polish), radioamadorismo [masculine] (Portuguese), радиолюби́тельство (radioljubítelʹstvo) [neuter] (Russian), amatörradio [common-gender] (Swedish)

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