Meaning of California kilowatt | Babel Free

Definitions

An amateur radio broadcast strength exceeding the legal limit of one kilowatt, or (by extension) a transmitter broadcasting in this manner.

slang

Examples

“A few nights ago conditions on 20 were at their usual level, the California kilowatts were in full charge, the 50 watt diehards were busy calling endless CQ's, and the DX stations were reaping the harvest.”

“And one California kilowatt equals 3 East Coast KWs. And—as everybody knows that—we, on the East Coast, are the only legal ones.”

“Several people commented about those damn California kilowatts as they stood there in front of those huge tubes in Jack's transmitter.”

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