IRISHREPUBLICANARMY's definitions
by IrishRepublicanArmy December 12, 2003
Get the battleshipmug. A communications system consisting of letters coded into dots and dashes, and used in radiotelegraph systems. (usally HF systems), and its fun to jam freeband stations with this stuff.
by IrishRepublicanArmy January 27, 2004
Get the Morse Codemug. by IrishREPUBLICANArmy May 31, 2004
Get the Switchfootmug. radio term
ha ha (laughter)
"hi hi" is the Morse equivalent of a laugh as in Morse it sounds like someone chuckling ("hehhehhehheh hehheh"). That is ditditditdit dit dit --- or dot dot dot dot dot dot. You really have to listen to it sent in Morse to appreciate its laugh like sound. It is most commonly used in CW (Morse Code), but has carried over to voice as well. Many CW expressions have carried over to voice -- such as 73 (Best Regards) and 88 (love and Kisses), etc. The origin probably dates back before radio to the telegraph days. And since Hams used Morse long before voice became practical-- the sound of the Morse characters HI HI was used to resemble a laugh sound. In some sense it is equivalent of a smiley. It's onomatopoeic -- that is the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (as buzz, hiss) The definitive answer might be found in the "Dodge's The Telegraph Instructor Manual" circa 1850 to 1900. However, I have never been able to find a copy of this document. Wish I could as it would help to see the transitions from telegraph to radio usage.
ha ha (laughter)
"hi hi" is the Morse equivalent of a laugh as in Morse it sounds like someone chuckling ("hehhehhehheh hehheh"). That is ditditditdit dit dit --- or dot dot dot dot dot dot. You really have to listen to it sent in Morse to appreciate its laugh like sound. It is most commonly used in CW (Morse Code), but has carried over to voice as well. Many CW expressions have carried over to voice -- such as 73 (Best Regards) and 88 (love and Kisses), etc. The origin probably dates back before radio to the telegraph days. And since Hams used Morse long before voice became practical-- the sound of the Morse characters HI HI was used to resemble a laugh sound. In some sense it is equivalent of a smiley. It's onomatopoeic -- that is the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (as buzz, hiss) The definitive answer might be found in the "Dodge's The Telegraph Instructor Manual" circa 1850 to 1900. However, I have never been able to find a copy of this document. Wish I could as it would help to see the transitions from telegraph to radio usage.
hi hi om 73 de w2hht
by IrishRepublicanArmy January 1, 2004
Get the hi himug. 1) An awesome 90s Australian band
2) Signs you see everywhere at work zones, even though women are working also.
2) Signs you see everywhere at work zones, even though women are working also.
by IrishRepublicanArmy May 30, 2004
Get the Men At Workmug. by IrishRepublicanArmy October 13, 2003
Get the spaceballsmug. crew slang:
park in northern virginia, run by the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority. Its right on the occoquan sewage dump (a.k.a. occoquan reservoir)
place were all the good crew teams practice (or in the case of TJ crew, sit around and play on thier TI-83s). Also the site of the NCASRA crew races. Good place with lots of good memories.... also where fairfax crew owns all.
park in northern virginia, run by the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority. Its right on the occoquan sewage dump (a.k.a. occoquan reservoir)
place were all the good crew teams practice (or in the case of TJ crew, sit around and play on thier TI-83s). Also the site of the NCASRA crew races. Good place with lots of good memories.... also where fairfax crew owns all.
Occoquan, here we come...
by IrishRepublicanArmy October 21, 2003
Get the occoquanmug.