Skip to main content

iRiShREPUBLICANarmy's definitions

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
mugGet the PRC-77mug.

Men At Work

1) An awesome 90s Australian band

2) Signs you see everywhere at work zones, even though women are working also.
by IrishRepublicanArmy May 30, 2004
mugGet the Men At Workmug.

Switchfoot

good Christian rock band, probably one of my favorites.
by IrishREPUBLICANArmy May 31, 2004
mugGet the Switchfootmug.

darkstar

also a USAF callsign for Area 51
by IrishRepublicanArmy October 13, 2003
mugGet the darkstarmug.

battleship

A fun game that teaches little children to play nice, as well as naval warfare tactics.
by IrishRepublicanArmy December 12, 2003
mugGet the battleshipmug.

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
mugGet the calibrationmug.

spaceballs

Mel Brooks' best movie, and one of the funnyest movies ever made, next to Airplane!
by IrishRepublicanArmy October 13, 2003
mugGet the spaceballsmug.

Share this definition