irishREPUBLICANarmy's definitions
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 8, 2003
Get the foot warmermug. Translated from Latin, this means "under the rose" and is a term frequently used for surveillance but can also mean any type of undercover or discrete investigation. We provide sub rosa/surveillance services both to private parties and to commercial firms.
by irishrepublicanarmy December 31, 2003
Get the sub rosamug. 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
Get the UHFmug. 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
Get the pirate radiomug. 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 1, 2004
Get the full quietingmug. Amplitude Modulation
a way of applying information (voice or music) to a radio signal, beaten by SSB and then FM.
also: the old broadcast band from 530 to 1710 kHz.
a way of applying information (voice or music) to a radio signal, beaten by SSB and then FM.
also: the old broadcast band from 530 to 1710 kHz.
by IrishRepublicanArmy October 12, 2003
Get the AMmug. 1) The Very High Frequency communcations band from 26.985 to 174 MHz or 30 to 300 MHz, the most popular local (less then 200 mile range) communication band
2) the VHF-AM civilian aircraft communcation band 118 to 137 MHz
see UHF
2) the VHF-AM civilian aircraft communcation band 118 to 137 MHz
see UHF
by IrishRepublicanArmy October 13, 2003
Get the VHFmug.