irishrepublicanarmy's definitions

foot warmer

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.

Dude! Hide your foot warmer, here comes uncle charlie!

Roger that, CRYSTAL PALACE BASE CONTROL has a foot warmer.

by IrishRepublicanArmy December 8, 2003

sub rosa

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.

see pirate radio for where i used this word.

by irishrepublicanarmy December 31, 2003

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

Transmitter

noun.
1) a device used to send out information (see radio) usally an AM or FM broadcast transmitter, a waste of power, some AM stations use 40,000,000 watts, and your radio picks up like 0.0001 watts, pretty neat system, altough most radio systems consist of two or more transceivers that can send and recive radio waves without the need for a T/X switch.

"The WTOP-AM 1500 transmitter is jamming my TV"

by IrishRepublicanArmy October 13, 2003

motorola

Motorola makes good stuff
but it is overpriced and they have no memory channels.

My 7-year old HTX-202 (which cost me $150) has more memory then your $800 JT-1000

by IrishRepublicanArmy December 12, 2003

takes the awards

when something is so cool it is worthy of getting the 'awards' whatever that may be

that's definitly taking the awards today

by IrishRepublicanArmy May 18, 2004

supermegafast

Pretty much when you're typing so fast that you make so many typographical errors that it is impossable for other people to understand what you are saying, your typing supermegafast

im typing soofats taht poelpep dontt undrtnat waht iim sayuing

by IRISHREPUBLICANARMY January 16, 2004