irishrepublicanarmy's definitions

can of worms

a source of many unpredictable and complicated problems

fairfax high school is nothing but a can of worms

by irishrepublicanarmy January 2, 2004

full quieting

A phenomenon on FM transmissions where the incoming signal is sufficient to engage the receiver limiters - thus eliminating the noise due to amplitude fluctuations.

"Roger that Ground Team Alpha, we got you full quieting."

by IrishRepublicanArmy January 1, 2004

pirate radio

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

sober irishman

A mythical creature that only exists in legends and is often seen by drunking irishman.

Used by irish parents to scare their kids.

see irish

If you keep acting that way, you are going to grow up and become sober!

by IrishRepublicanArmy November 26, 2003

WTOP

A news radio station that calls themself's a network. The fact that they have only three transmitters.

WTOP-AM: 1500.0 kHz
WXTR-AM: 820.0 kHz
WTOP-FM: 107.7 MHz

by IrishRepublicanArmy November 28, 2003

base loading

A loading coil at the bottom of an antenna to achieve a lower resonant frequency.

The CB antenna i use for freeband 27 MHz operations uses a base loading coil to lower the frequency to the 27 MHz band.

by IrishRepublicanArmy January 1, 2004

freezing rain

Freezing rain occurs when the tempurature in the cloud and directly below the cloud are above freezing (32 degrees F), and the ground or surfaces that the rain hits are below 32 degrees. The result is big enough to shut the Washington DC metro area down for a few days.

We had freezing rain last night, so they cancelled school for a week.

by IrishRepublicanArmy December 4, 2003