irishrepublicanarmy's definitions

RadioShack

RadioShack used to sell ham (amatuer) radio equipment, hence the term 'radio shack' for a ham radio operator's radio room.

Now they sell overpriced commerical electronic crap.

see nerd central

Radioshack has gone to the dogs.

by IrishRepublicanArmy November 16, 2003

United States Postal Service

The Mafia in little white trucks.

and everyone thinks im crazy..

by iRiShREPUBLICANarmy January 27, 2004

calibration

1) The process of comparing an instrument's output signal with reality. Instruments that measure solar energy tend to "drift", that is, their output signals do not mean the same thing from one time period to another. Because of this, they are periodically (annually or semi-annually) re-calibrated against more reliable instruments.

2) Adjusting a measuring instrument to make it accurate. The set of operations which establish, under specified conditions, the relationship between values indicated by a measuring instrument or measuring system and the corresponding values of a quantity realized by a reference standard.

3) The act of adjusting the color of one device relative to another, such as a monitor to a printer, or a scanner to a film recorder. Or, it may be the process of adjusting the color of one device to some established standard.

This radio needs some calibration.

by IrishRepublicanArmy December 26, 2003

Sum Of All Fears

when terrorists frame the Russians for nuking the USA, and the Americas freak out and nuke the Russians.

See the definition for Mutally Assured Distruction

by IrishRepublicanArmy March 8, 2004

Windows Media Player

Pretty good program, considering its made by microsoft. Although its really bad about slowing my computer down (it is an HP, which sucks)

Running, Call of Duty, AIM, Norton Antivirus and listening to my Smashing Pumpkins CD on Windows Media Player....computer actully slows down....thank you Windows XP

by IRISHREPUBLICANARMY January 10, 2004

cuban number station

It is not known exactly what they are there, but its pretty much transmitted enigma in CW mode and then a bunch of numbers (in Spanish) in AM mode. It sounds like a female computer voice.

Cuban number stations can be monitored all across North America.

CUBAN NUMBER STATION COMMON JAMMING FREQUENCIES:

3060 (very common on the 6.6 MHz pirate radio band also)
3090
3292 6867 7648 8790 11215
3410 6872 7682 8873 11468
3444 6888 7726 8980 12144
3926 6890 7743 8992 13373
40176892 7755 9120 13419
4020 6920 7845 9140 14180
4027 6933 7860 9237 14736
4174 6935 7887 9251 14770
4601 6983 7890 9255 14825
4610 6953 8010 9330 17425
4328 6942 8018 9925 17520
4479 6768 6995 8066 10125 18035
5087 6778 7425 8126 10180 18434
5118 6787 7435 8136 10270 20316
5135 6797 7480 8150 10345 21865
5407 6800 7482 8165 10510
5415 6825 7520 8186 10713
5417 6840 7525 8240 10865
5420 6856 7580 8380 11125

by IrishRepublicanArmy December 10, 2003

holding pattern

The term applied to the dogfight in progress over any radio facility serving a terminal airport.

ATC: Cessna 78 Romeo, enter holding pattern

Me: Oh crap

by IrishRepublicanArmy December 22, 2003