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california kilowatt

A transmitter power setting above the legal limit, usally using an illegally modified amplifier.
that moron on 50.1100 must be running a california kilowatt!
by IrishRepublicanArmy January 1, 2004
mugGet the california kilowattmug.

Mayday

international distress radio code word, when using voice transmission

SOS is the morse code version

MAYDAY is reconized internationally as an emergency code on any type of radio system, and should be taken seriously.
"Coast Guard, this is the Andrea Gail, MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY"
by IrishRepublicanArmy October 28, 2003
mugGet the Maydaymug.

ALE

Automatic Link Establishment (station)

In high-frequency (HF) radio, the capability of a station to make contact, or initiate a circuit, between itself and another specified radio station, without human intervention and usually under emergency conditions. ALE stations are generally computer-controlled.
The Air Force has ALE frequencies in the 11 and 19 MHz bands.
by IrishRepublicanArmy January 24, 2004
mugGet the ALEmug.

pantaphobia

Lucy Van Pelt: maybe you have pantaphobia

Charlie Brown: Thats it!
by IRISHrepublicanARMY January 26, 2004
mugGet the pantaphobiamug.

Apollo 13

see also successful failure

Less then one year after man first walked on the moon Apollo 13 was simply a "routine" flight until a faulty thermostat caused an oxygen canister to explode, blowing an entire side of the spacecraft away, the ship eventally starts leaking oxygen and the crew (Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise) have to survive in the Lunar Module until they can safely make it back to earth. But they didn't get to play with moom rocks.
"Houston, we have a problem."
by IrishRepublicanArmy November 16, 2003
mugGet the Apollo 13mug.

Clear Channel

Radio used to be good until Clear Channel came along. Now it sucks, like "rock" stations that play nothing but Linkin Park, Disturbed and Korn, and about 20 Top 40 stations for every single city in the USA
Your listening to Clear Channel Radio, now for another song by some shitty rap song or yet another Linkin Park song.
by IrishRepublicanArmy January 7, 2004
mugGet the Clear Channelmug.

ricerocket

by IrishRepublicanArmy October 13, 2003
mugGet the ricerocketmug.

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