irishREPUBLICANarmy's definitions

cuban number station

It is not known exactly what they are there, but its pretty much transmitted enigma in CW mode and then a bunch of numbers (in Spanish) in AM mode. It sounds like a female computer voice.

Cuban number stations can be monitored all across North America.

CUBAN NUMBER STATION COMMON JAMMING FREQUENCIES:

3060 (very common on the 6.6 MHz pirate radio band also)
3090
3292 6867 7648 8790 11215
3410 6872 7682 8873 11468
3444 6888 7726 8980 12144
3926 6890 7743 8992 13373
40176892 7755 9120 13419
4020 6920 7845 9140 14180
4027 6933 7860 9237 14736
4174 6935 7887 9251 14770
4601 6983 7890 9255 14825
4610 6953 8010 9330 17425
4328 6942 8018 9925 17520
4479 6768 6995 8066 10125 18035
5087 6778 7425 8126 10180 18434
5118 6787 7435 8136 10270 20316
5135 6797 7480 8150 10345 21865
5407 6800 7482 8165 10510
5415 6825 7520 8186 10713
5417 6840 7525 8240 10865
5420 6856 7580 8380 11125

by IrishRepublicanArmy December 10, 2003

FDR

Flight Data Recorder

Ummmmm.......i dont think the engine is supposed to be doing that........(impact sound)

by irishrepublicanarmy December 24, 2003

VX-150

see vertex for a better definition.

I use my VX-150 for Civil Air Patrol radio communications.

by IrishRepublicanArmy December 20, 2003

RadioShack

RadioShack used to sell ham (amatuer) radio equipment, hence the term 'radio shack' for a ham radio operator's radio room.

Now they sell overpriced commerical electronic crap.

see nerd central

Radioshack has gone to the dogs.

by IrishRepublicanArmy November 16, 2003

LORAN

Long Range Aid to Navigation.

ghetto navigation type now that we have GPS

my airplane still has a LORAN-C receiver.

by IrishRepublicanArmy January 1, 2004

RTO

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.

"Johnson! get the RTO over here and tell HQ they've got RPGs!

by IrishRepublicanArmy November 7, 2003

CDMA

Code Division Multiple Access

A spread spectrum approach for the digital transmission of data/voice over radio frequencies. Sound bits are digitized and the data is split into data packets that are encoded with unique identification tags. All of the data/voice is sent over a spread range of radio frequencies. The cell phone or data device receives all of the data packets but only re-assembles those packets with the correct code and transforms the broken-up bits of data into useful sound and data. This allows more traffic for a finite number of available frequencies than analog or the other digital standards.

My LG phone does CDMA, TDMA, and GSM, as well as analog modes.

by IrishrepublicanArmy January 24, 2004