Definitions by IrishrepublicanArmy

SWR 

Standing Wave Ratio, a measure of how much radio energy sent into an antenna system is being reflected back to the transmitter

Oh crap! this stupid tuner keeps giving me a 3 to 1 SWR!!!!

SWR by IrishRepublicanArmy January 1, 2004

desensitization 

The reduction of receiver sensitivity due to overload from a nearby transmitter

We desensitized by HF reciever by transmitting music on 6955 kHz all new year's eve

desensitization by IrishRepublicanArmy January 1, 2004

full quieting 

A phenomenon on FM transmissions where the incoming signal is sufficient to engage the receiver limiters - thus eliminating the noise due to amplitude fluctuations.

"Roger that Ground Team Alpha, we got you full quieting."

full quieting by IrishRepublicanArmy January 1, 2004

AIM addict 

someone whos entire day revolves around talking to people on AIM

example: me

AIM addict by IRISHREPUBLICANARMY January 1, 2004

linear 

(radio slang)

An amplifier used after the transceiver output. So named for its purity of amplification. Linear, in the mathematical sense, means that what comes out is directly proportional to what goes in. As far as linear amps go, if you double the input, the output is doubled and so on. This does not generate any additional frequency byproducts. If the amp is nonlinear, sums, differences and all combinations of those are generated also.

Yeah, I got a new silver eagle freeband linear, and were putting out a california kilowatt now.

linear by IrishRepublicanArmy January 1, 2004

new year's day 

the day after new year's eve

Jan 1st.

new year's day by IrishRepublicanArmy January 1, 2004

whitewater rafting

A fun activity where you put on PFDs (layman; "life jacket"), jump in a rubber raft with little PVC paddles and float down the river....no big deal...until you get flipped over, hit on the head with a rock, hit in the teeth with a paddle, flipped out of the raft, pushed out of the raft, or are simply scared out of your mind and go into fight-or-flight mode with those class 5 rapids coming around the bend.

I was having a fun time whitewater rafting until we hit this class 4 sideways, our raft flipped over, I got sucked into the rapid and popped out about 40 feet away (still holding on to my paddle)...After whitewater rafting (which was a real rush) driving on the beltway doesn't seem so bad.

whitewater rafting by irishREPUBLICANarmy January 1, 2004