Cub Driver wrote in message ...

I put the 'use' in quotes becuase I believe TFR modes on radars have
been around since the 50's.

Is there an activity more addicted to acronyms than flying?

Computing. Oh yes.

AI
ASCII
GB
KB
MB
PCMCIA
ISA
PCI
AGP
EISA
RAM
ROM
CPU
MHz
GHz
SDR
DDR
IDE
ATAPI
SCSI
SATA
DOS
CD
CDR
CDRW
DVD
DVDR
DVDRW
....
....
....

The list is seemingly endless. I could go on with the acronyms...

Cheers
Graeme