Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

california kilowatt

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English

Syllables: cal-i-for-ni-a k-ilo-watt
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

7

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Slang

Example Sentences

"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."

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

California kilowatts (plural)

Questions

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

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