[ARC5] Trivial question. Meaning of "SCR"

[Dennis Monticelli]

Neil,

"Wireless" has made a comeback in the US as it is now commonly used to
refer to two-way comm links such as mobile phones, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and
other GHz gadgets. "Radio" is still used in the US as it relates to
broadcasting and ham radio.   My children grew up with both terms.  My
grandchildren will probably only know wireless.

At work we do research into high freq comm.  We speak of "wireless" when we
are referring to the system.  When we get down to the hardware level, it's
a "radio."

Dennis AE6C


On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Neil <neilb at ihug.co.nz> wrote:

> > In American English "wireless" is "radio". British (and Commonwealth)
> > English preserved "wireless" for "radio" :-)!
> > The word "Radio" was already used in the US in WW1.
> >
> > 73, Meir WF2U
>
> OK, thank you for the explanation. I guess I was lulled into thinking
> "wireless" was more commonly used in the US than it actually was,
> after much recent reading of the Titanic testimony.
>
> 73 de Neil ZL1ANM
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