Continuous wave

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Continuous wave

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Continuous wave - method of radio transmission, in which a sinusoidal carrier wave is switched on and off. Information is carried in the varying duration of the on and off periods of the signal, e.g. by Morse code. Article “Continuous wave” in English Wikipedia has 29.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 6 references and 9 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.57 points.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Continuous wave”, its content was written by 92 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 256 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 798 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1333 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #3392 in August 2003
  • Global: #9060 in August 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #129930 in May 2008
  • Global: #176768 in May 2008

There are 18 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Continuous wave
29.7655
2German (de)
Continuous wave
29.1736
3Chinese (zh)
連續波
21.5705
4Catalan (ca)
Sistema d'ona contínua
19.866
5Russian (ru)
Непрерывная волна
18.1747
6Korean (ko)
연속파
17.3589
7Spanish (es)
Onda continua
17.3273
8Italian (it)
Onda continua
14.6339
9Danish (da)
Kontinuerlig bølge
13.6709
10Japanese (ja)
連続波
11.3371
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Continuous wave" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Continuous wave
1 027 227
2German (de)
Continuous wave
117 059
3Polish (pl)
CW
81 675
4Spanish (es)
Onda continua
43 732
5Portuguese (pt)
Onda contínua
32 762
6French (fr)
Onde entretenue
32 466
7Russian (ru)
Непрерывная волна
21 170
8Japanese (ja)
連続波
18 114
9Chinese (zh)
連續波
17 450
10Swedish (sv)
Continuous wave
6 095
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Continuous wave" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Continuous wave
1 845
2German (de)
Continuous wave
192
3Japanese (ja)
連続波
158
4Chinese (zh)
連續波
157
5Spanish (es)
Onda continua
90
6Polish (pl)
CW
90
7French (fr)
Onde entretenue
81
8Italian (it)
Onda continua
57
9Russian (ru)
Непрерывная волна
50
10Swedish (sv)
Continuous wave
32
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Continuous wave" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Continuous wave
92
2German (de)
Continuous wave
51
3Polish (pl)
CW
20
4Chinese (zh)
連續波
20
5French (fr)
Onde entretenue
13
6Portuguese (pt)
Onda contínua
11
7Swedish (sv)
Continuous wave
11
8Italian (it)
Onda continua
7
9Spanish (es)
Onda continua
6
10Norwegian (no)
Kontinuerlig bølge
6
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "Continuous wave" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Continuous wave
1
2Chinese (zh)
連續波
1
3Catalan (ca)
Sistema d'ona contínua
0
4Danish (da)
Kontinuerlig bølge
0
5English (en)
Continuous wave
0
6Spanish (es)
Onda continua
0
7French (fr)
Onde entretenue
0
8Italian (it)
Onda continua
0
9Japanese (ja)
連続波
0
10Korean (ko)
연속파
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Continuous wave" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Continuous wave
798
2French (fr)
Onde entretenue
111
3Japanese (ja)
連続波
92
4German (de)
Continuous wave
85
5Polish (pl)
CW
51
6Chinese (zh)
連續波
51
7Spanish (es)
Onda continua
38
8Korean (ko)
연속파
28
9Ukrainian (uk)
Неперервний сигнал
20
10Portuguese (pt)
Onda contínua
15
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
caCatalan
Sistema d'ona contínua
daDanish
Kontinuerlig bølge
deGerman
Continuous wave
enEnglish
Continuous wave
esSpanish
Onda continua
frFrench
Onde entretenue
itItalian
Onda continua
jaJapanese
連続波
koKorean
연속파
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Continous wave
noNorwegian
Kontinuerlig bølge
plPolish
CW
ptPortuguese
Onda contínua
ruRussian
Непрерывная волна
simpleSimple English
Continuous wave
svSwedish
Continuous wave
ukUkrainian
Неперервний сигнал
zhChinese
連續波

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#129930
05.2008
Global:
#176768
05.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#3392
08.2003
Global:
#9060
08.2003

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Continuous wave from Wikipedia articles about CW, Morse code, Wow! signal, Amateur radio and Wireless telegraphy. Whereas reading the article about Continuous wave people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Spark-gap transmitter, Morse code, Types of radio emissions, Damping and The CW Operators Club.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

pl: CW

News from 1 July 2026

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