irishrepublicanarmy's definitions

SOS

SOS really doesn't stand for anything, as any radio operator will tell you,

it is simply "SOS" becuase the letters S and O are very easy to understand under conditions of high interferance.

so stop saying "Save our whatever"

SOS, SOS, Titanic

by IrishRepublicanArmy October 28, 2003

FHA

laymen for Future Hobos of America

Crazy Republicans.

by IrishRepublicanArmy February 11, 2004

Irish Republican Army

see IRA

The IRA owns you.

by IrishRepublicanArmy November 10, 2003

afirm

short for afirmative, or pretty much an aggrement

"Ghostrider, this is tower, thats a negative on the flyby"

"Afirm tower"

by IrishRepublicanArmy December 20, 2003

oscilloscope

A test instrument that shows a picture of electrical waveforms by means of a cathode ray tube. An oscilloscope is calibrated so one can measure the instantaneous values and waveforms of electrical signals that are changing rapidly or varying as a function of voltage or time. Also known as a Scope.

I use my oscilloscope to measure the waveforms of my 27 MHz band jamming transmitter.

by IrishRepublicanArmy January 2, 2004

Radio Scanner

a radio receiver that can quickly switch between two or more channels (today's scanners usally have more then 500 channels) and then stop when the frequency is active. Used by criminals and radio operators to listent to pretty much everything from the police officer asking his buddy to get him more doughnuts and your cordless phone.

"yeah man, i just got a hit on the scanner, the cops are after some black guy"

by IrishRepublicanArmy October 13, 2003

cordless phone

1) Pretty much a phone with a full-duplex (i.e. tranmit on one frequency and recieve on another, and it always transmitting and recieving) (radio), and that allows both people on the line can yell at each other at the same time.

2) A device permantly attachted to a teenybopper.

Whats great is, people think cordless phones cannot be listened to, but sense it uses radio waves to be 'cordless', then anyone with a scanning reciever on the base (this is a duplex system, remember) can listen to BOTH sides of the conversation.

In my free time, i listen to my neighbor's cordless phone conversations on my radioshack radio scanner.

by IrishRepublicanArmy January 25, 2004