Definitions by IRISHREPUBLICANARMY

firewall 

Section of aircraft especially designed to allow all engine heat and smoke to fill the cockpit.

Good thing my cessna 172 has a firewall....oh crap! the engine is on fire!

firewall by IrishRepublicanArmy December 22, 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

holding pattern by IrishRepublicanArmy December 22, 2003

MHz 

Pronunciated: "Megahertz" not "M.H.Z."

Megahertz means 1000 kilohertz (kHz) and kilohertz means 1000 Hz (cycles per second)

1 MHz = 1000 kHz = 1,000,000 Hz

Wow, sense I listen to DC101, who has a transmitter on 101.1 MHz, thats 101,100 kHz, which is 101,100,000 Hz (cycles per second)

MHz by IrishRepublicanArmy December 21, 2003

U-boat 

literally "unterseeboot" or German for "Under water boat"

OK, It's a German submarine.

U-boat by IrishRepublicanArmy December 21, 2003

epson

The company that makes my printer, and it's OK, I guess

At least my EPSON printer breaks less then the crappy HP one I had last time.

epson by IrishRepublicanArmy December 21, 2003

repeat 

we never say repeat over the radio because it is a French military code word for "fire artillary"

Wait. The French don't have radios yet.

Nevermind.

repeat by IrishRepublicanArmy December 21, 2003

Emergency Frequencies 

Here are some common emergency frequencies:

(in MHz)


000.5000 International Distress (CW)
002.1820 International Distress
002.6700 Calling to US Coast Guard
004.1250 Calling/Distress
006.2155 Calling/Distress
008.2570 Calling/Distress
012.3820 Calling/Distress
016.5220 Calling/Distress
027.0650 CB channel 9, emergency
034.9000 Military Low Band Calling
121.5000 International Distress
156.8000 International Distress
243.0000 International Distress

Monitor 2.182 MHz!

Emergency Frequencies by IrishRepublicanArmy December 21, 2003