Dapper Dan

USAF radio code for command post or any other station that somewhat has command over something. Not used in UHF communications band. It is mostly the VHF tactical communications band (30 to 50 MHz)
Dapper Dan, this is alpha six, we have the enemy engaged.
by IrishRepublicanArmy November 07, 2003
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East India Company

An English company formed in 1600 to develop trade with the new British colonies in India and southeastern Asia; in the 18th century it assumed administrative control of Bengal and held it until the British army took over in 1858 after the Indian Mutiny
I have no idea why I am putting this definition in here, after all, its an urbandictionary, and this is history.
by IRISHrepublicanARMY December 29, 2003
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transmitter testing

When I'm bored, I go "transmitter testing". This generally refers to me picking a random VHF frequnecy and transmitting music over it. Because I have a Vertex VX-150 as well as a 35-watt VHF amplifier attached to it the range is about 20 or miles, depending on if I am transmitting at full power or fractional power levels. I like to chose frequencies that are not being used, generally its a business radio service frequency or Marine VHF channel. I have however, transmitted over weatheradio (162.400 to 162.550 MHz) channels are that really pisses people off.

This is all, of course, illegal.
Guy who lives next to me: "How come all I hear on my weatheradio is Jimi Hendrix and Men At Work?"

Me: "I'm just transmitter testing"
by IrishRepublicanArmy May 31, 2004
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fuel

I cannot believe this is the only true definition of Fuel on this website.
by IRISHrepublicanARMY December 21, 2003
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spread spectrum

A signal struc­turing tech­nique that employs direct se­quence, frequency hopping or a hybrid of these, which can be used for multiple access and/or multiple func­tions. This technique decreases the potential interfer­ence to other receivers while achieving privacy and increasing the immunity of spread spec­trum receivers to noise and interference. Spread spec­trum generally makes use of a sequential noise­‑like signal structure to spread the normally narrow­band informa­tion signal over a relatively wide band of frequencies. The receiver corre­lates the signals to retrieve the origi­nal informa­tion signal (NTIA)
Normal scanners cannot get spread spectrum transmissions.
by IRISHrepublicanARMY January 03, 2004
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Windows Media Player

Pretty good program, considering its made by microsoft. Although its really bad about slowing my computer down (it is an HP, which sucks)
Running, Call of Duty, AIM, Norton Antivirus and listening to my Smashing Pumpkins CD on Windows Media Player....computer actully slows down....thank you Windows XP
by IRISHREPUBLICANARMY January 10, 2004
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SWL

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

"The only real radio operators are hams, SWLs suck"
by IrishRepublicanArmy October 13, 2003
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