Student’s excellent homemade Yagi.Class SOI on the whiteboard.Homebrew dual band Yagi.Students preparing to send a data burst via AndFLMsg over a Baofeng radio connected to their wire antenna.
Longwire in the trees. Hard to spot even when near it.Resistor terminating the ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ ends of the antenna.Using a zip-tie for strain relief.Longwire antenna is completely invisible.Long Wire with resistor. Note resistor terminating antenna at the base.Vertical Half Rhombic antenna built by students.Feedpoint of the Half Rhombic.Resistor terminated Half Rhombic.Homebrew Yagi deployed. All it needs is krylon.OPFOR spotted in the area.Digital messages have been received from the team in the field to the TOC and saved as a Notepad file to keep a visible record of the Team’s last known status.
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Hello, what type of connections did you use from the radio to the laptop?
I ordered one of those cables seconds after reading this article. I got the correct software on my android phone and whoop de doo…We have transmission. Now I have to convinvce the guys at the radio club to get some. Talk about pocket portable digital comms. So, so cool.
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Reblogged this on The Tactical Hermit and commented:
My buddy NC Scout runs some of the most practical and affordable prepper Comms courses around. No Couch Commando bullshit here. Check him out.
Hello, what type of connections did you use from the radio to the laptop?
I use the Baofeng K2 cable: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LMIBAZW/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01LMIBAZW&linkCode=as2&tag=j3st3r13-20&linkId=9a17f8d0cb577eb6f87babb58a3dd48b
Some great pics NC Scout!
Ya’ got to love those “tape Measure” antennas. They are cheap, easy to make, and easy to transport. Work great for a Fox Hunt scenario too. \”/
73!
always enjoy your articles de wb5eat
Thanks brother and 73!
Impressive and cool at the same time.
Any chance of getting a link for the construction of those home made yagis?
Thanks!
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I ordered one of those cables seconds after reading this article. I got the correct software on my android phone and whoop de doo…We have transmission. Now I have to convinvce the guys at the radio club to get some. Talk about pocket portable digital comms. So, so cool.