Irish Republican Army

see IRA

The IRA owns you.

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SWR

Standing Wave Ratio, a measure of how much radio energy sent into an antenna system is being reflected back to the transmitter

Oh crap! this stupid tuner keeps giving me a 3 to 1 SWR!!!!

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Emergency Frequencies

Here are some common emergency frequencies:

(in MHz)


000.5000 International Distress (CW)
002.1820 International Distress
002.6700 Calling to US Coast Guard
004.1250 Calling/Distress
006.2155 Calling/Distress
008.2570 Calling/Distress
012.3820 Calling/Distress
016.5220 Calling/Distress
027.0650 CB channel 9, emergency
034.9000 Military Low Band Calling
121.5000 International Distress
156.8000 International Distress
243.0000 International Distress

Monitor 2.182 MHz!

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callsign

1) The identifying code letters or numbers of a radio or television transmitting station, assigned by a regulatory body. Also called call sign or call letters.

2) (military) code word for aircraft, ship, etc, used in radio communications.

Dark 87 this is Havoc 12, switch to 11175 and vector out to DZ.

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ATC

Air Traffic Control

9327845102u43hq 3ui5468902 uo2h3569u1 20nqijnqit02u 2ynwu4y5w2

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smokey

trucker/redneck slang for
"police officer"

usally heard on the CB radio channels

"breaker 1-9, you've got smokey in your tail"

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two-way

also:

a radio communications device that allows for transmit-and-recieve operations, the incorrect version of a Family Radio Service radio.

Mommy, there are scary men on the two-way.

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