Short
Wave
Listener
in other words, a radio operator who listens to short wave radio transmissions and spends all of his time hunched in front of a 5000 dollar radio, is usally a cracker and a loser
Wave
Listener
in other words, a radio operator who listens to short wave radio transmissions and spends all of his time hunched in front of a 5000 dollar radio, is usally a cracker and a loser
by IrishRepublicanArmy October 13, 2003
by IrishRepublicanArmy January 01, 2004
Short for "Radio Telephone Operator"
"RTO" is a military term for a radio operator or a radioman, usally the guy with the manpack PRC-77 or PRC-117 radio on thier back, with large antenna and telephone headset microphone.
"RTO" is a military term for a radio operator or a radioman, usally the guy with the manpack PRC-77 or PRC-117 radio on thier back, with large antenna and telephone headset microphone.
by IrishRepublicanArmy November 07, 2003
Ultra High Frequency
-radio transmissions from 300 to 3000 MHz
-the old TV broadcast band, channels 14 to 69.
-a really good album by Wierd Al Yankovic
-any radio system operating in the 300 to 3000 MHz range
-the military aircraft communications band
-radio transmissions from 300 to 3000 MHz
-the old TV broadcast band, channels 14 to 69.
-a really good album by Wierd Al Yankovic
-any radio system operating in the 300 to 3000 MHz range
-the military aircraft communications band
by IrishRepublicanArmy October 12, 2003
A phenomenon on FM transmissions where the incoming signal is sufficient to engage the receiver limiters - thus eliminating the noise due to amplitude fluctuations.
by IrishRepublicanArmy January 01, 2004
Pirate radio stations are usally one or two-person operations airing home-brew entertainment and/or iconoclastic viewpoints. In order to avoid detection by the authorites (The Man, FCC, etc), they tend to appear irregularly, with little concern for the niceties of conventional program scheduling. Most are found in Europe chiefly on weekends and major holidays, and mainly during the evenings in North America, often just above 6200.0 kHz, just below 7000.0 kHz (6955 and 6995 kHz are common pirate frequencies) and just above 7345 kHz. These sub rosa stations and thier addresses are subject to unusally abrupt change or termination, as well as their frequency of transmission, to avoid being cought by the FCC.
Free Radio stations are unlicensed broadcasters. They operate in defiance of FCC rules, which often seem to be more concerned with protecting the big broadcasting interests.
by irishrepublicanarmy December 31, 2003
CB radio slang for an illegal amplifier (usally a modified 10/12 meter ham radio amp.) which brings the 4W AM (12W SSB). output to something like 1000 watts or sometimes higher. As a result, the 26.965 to 27.405 MHz band is littered with stations jamming a single channel and not allowing anyone else to use it (AM does not have the "capture effect" that FM does.) because that person is using a "foot warmer" and it congests the frequency so much that it is unusable, and in turn, more people buy "foot warmers" to combat this interferance from distant stations, and thus the cycle continues.
If everyone who used illegal amplifiers was to stop using thier illegal equipment, range and interferance problems would lessen even for those who abandoned thier illegal equipment.
If everyone who used illegal amplifiers was to stop using thier illegal equipment, range and interferance problems would lessen even for those who abandoned thier illegal equipment.
Dude! Hide your foot warmer, here comes uncle charlie!
Roger that, CRYSTAL PALACE BASE CONTROL has a foot warmer.
Roger that, CRYSTAL PALACE BASE CONTROL has a foot warmer.
by IrishRepublicanArmy December 08, 2003