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callsign

1) The identifying code letters or numbers of a radio or television transmitting station, assigned by a regulatory body. Also called call sign or call letters.

2) (military) code word for aircraft, ship, etc, used in radio communications.
Dark 87 this is Havoc 12, switch to 11175 and vector out to DZ.
by IRISHREPUBLICANARMY December 26, 2003
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radar mile

The time required for a radar pulse to travel 1 mile (~1.6 km) to an object, i.e., to a target; reflect; and return to the receiver. Note: A radar statute mile is approximately 10.8 ms (microseconds); a radar nautical mile is approximately 12.4 s. The time for any other radar unit distance is readily determined, such as the radar meter or the radar kilometer. NTIA
I listen to propagation mapping radar on the 27 MHz freeband.
by IrishRepublicanArmy January 24, 2004
mugGet the radar milemug.

blue chip

A high-quality, relatively low-risk investment; the term usually refers to stocks of large, well-established companies that have performed well over a long period.
I just put $500 on some good GE blue chip stock.
by IrishRepublicanArmy February 11, 2004
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PRC-77

the PRC doesn't stand for anything.

the PRC-77 (and the improved PRC-770) are military VHF FM transcievers, that have been used sence 1960, and are slowly being phased out because the US Army likes them.

Frequency Coverage:
30.0000 to 76.0000 MHz
channel spacing:
50 kHz
channels:
920
Power Output:
5 watts
Range:
10 miles on a bad day
5 miles when the VC are shooting at you
30 miles when you get back to base

PRC-77s are used as manpack radios (straped to the back of GIs and used for unit-to-unit communications), if you've ever seen the movie "Platoon", the PRC-77 is the radio that all the Americans are carrying on thier backs.
or they are installed as radios in Humvees and tanks. (i.e. all the antennas on military viecles are connected to PRC-77s.

widly copied by every NATO member, so all the good guys can talk to each other.
"Roger, get the PRC-77 on 41.75 and call HQ"
by IrishRepublicanArmy October 21, 2003
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Transmitter

noun.
1) a device used to send out information (see radio) usally an AM or FM broadcast transmitter, a waste of power, some AM stations use 40,000,000 watts, and your radio picks up like 0.0001 watts, pretty neat system, altough most radio systems consist of two or more transceivers that can send and recive radio waves without the need for a T/X switch.
"The WTOP-AM 1500 transmitter is jamming my TV"
by IrishRepublicanArmy October 13, 2003
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can of worms

a source of many unpredictable and complicated problems
by irishrepublicanarmy January 2, 2004
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supermegafast

Pretty much when you're typing so fast that you make so many typographical errors that it is impossable for other people to understand what you are saying, your typing supermegafast
im typing soofats taht poelpep dontt undrtnat waht iim sayuing
by IRISHREPUBLICANARMY January 16, 2004
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