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VHF

American  
Or vhf,
VHF British  

abbreviation

  1. very high frequency

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

VHF Scientific  
  1. Abbreviation of very high frequency


VHF Cultural  
  1. Radio waves with frequencies between 30 and 300 megahertz. (Compare UHF.)


Example Sentences

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Around noon, a conversation in Chinese crackled to life over the marine VHF radio.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Mr Parsons said he heard over the VHF radio a female was “having a seizure”.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2024

Coast Guard officials in New York say Coast Guard crews and New York police and fire units were deployed to the area off Sandy Hook after receiving a distress call over VHF Channel 16.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2023

As part of the effort, marine broadcasts were dispatched over VHF radio, but they did not yield any clues on the missing travelers.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2023

While Dad checked everything on the Miss Amanda—the water, the oil, the fuel—I turned on the radar, flipped the lights on and off, and turned both the VHF and the AM/FM radio on.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

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