Originally appeared on American Partisan in January 2019. Got Field Phones? -NCS Field phones are one of items that a lot of folks love to talk about but few ever really use. But the fact is that having a set around can be incredibly useful for setting up closed networks to fixed locations. Where field …
As I tell students in the the RTO and Signals Intelligence Courses, its not necessarily what can be monitored (everything has the capacity to be monitored) but rather, how your adversary can exploit it. This in turn points to the criticality of the ability to plan and act based on that plan. And often enough, …
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This article originally appeared on American Partisan back in 2018. Just as relevant today as it was 2 years ago if not more so. -NCS Many of the questions I get on a day-to-day basis revolve around what equipment is needed to get a radio station up and running with minimal cost. That’s a tough …
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What if I told you you could build your own radio data terminal for under $100? And what if I told you its actually a lot simpler than you might think at first glance? Crazy? Nah. It’s actually pretty simple. As the students in the RTO Course learn, breaking information down into one of several …
A lot of folks have contacted me, left comments, etc. regarding some of the difficulties in listening to my podcast, Radio Contra, on American Partisan. There was two reasons why I posted it there, in house: to prevent censorship and to keep it fresh in y'alls mind where to listen. But...things happen and successful projects …
Originally written back in 2018 on American Partisan. Mandatory reading for the RTO Course. -NCS All success begins with a competent plan. Communications is no different and is especially true when it comes to the Small Unit. The first thing to go bad on a patrol is commo; in my experience it’s also more often …
I originally wrote this evaluation WAAY back when, and since that time, I've used this device hundreds of times, both operationally with my own extended network and in the Advanced RTO Course where we cover how to use OTP encryption. It's remains the best device of its kind and well worth the money. We have …
I had the honor of having WisCommando in my RTO Course out in Wisconsin and the Scout Course in TN. He is an accomplished shooter, former Infantryman and works in the firearms industry. As he told me in class, communications was a ‘great unknown’, that was until he got squared away. He’s been working on …
