christmas eve

The day before Christmas

December 24th.

by irishrepublicanarmy December 24, 2003

ALE

Automatic Link Establishment (station)

In high-frequency (HF) radio, the capability of a station to make contact, or initiate a circuit, between itself and another specified radio station, without human intervention and usually under emergency conditions. ALE stations are generally computer-controlled.

The Air Force has ALE frequencies in the 11 and 19 MHz bands.

by IrishRepublicanArmy January 24, 2004

SSB

AM radio transmission in which only one sideband is transmitted.

SSB is a highly efficent modulation mode and is widely used for HF communications.

by IrishRepublicanArmy January 24, 2004

Maglite

An aircraft aluminum flashlight. Favored by the LAPD. only for use against mexicans

MAGLITE - The ultimate weapon in police brutality

by IrishRepublicanArmy November 27, 2003

Bi-plane

What you'll say to your bird if flying costs keep going up.

it says the example is too short

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)

by IrishRepublicanArmy December 21, 2003

GPS

Global Positioning System

Complex network of satellites that transmit signals to ground receviers in cars, boats, airplanes (see also VOR). The GPS receiver uses the signals from the satellites (which are over 15,000 miles away!) and uses them to find your location, anywhere in the world, with incredable accuracy.

Without GPS, countless losers who can't use a VOR would be lost"

by IrishRepublicanArmy October 15, 2003