My friend graciously sent his notes and kind words from our last regional test. Despite an angry wife and dirty looks from an uppity HOA (...tyrants...), he gets on the air trying new things; like all good soldiers, he seeks to constantly improve his position. PsyOp here: First off, I must thank BB and the …
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Making Things Work in the Real World
One of the things I talked about the other night was conventional wisdom not always being right; A + B = C under normal circumstances may objectively be true, but we neither live in normal times nor are all circumstances exactly equivalent across time and space. Conventional wisdom or rather memes, therefor, cannot always replace …
Curing Old Cast Iron
A couple of free pieces of cast iron, a little love with fine grit sand paper, a good hot washing and bathing in Coconut Oil on a very hot grill...better than new. Cast Iron- the ONLY kitchen cookery you'll need for generations.
A Sign of the Times- South Africa Cancels 2,100 Amateur Radio Licenses
I was talking with some like-minded friends at a local Hamfest recently, drifting conversations between topics as is the standard when catching up. We started talking about Hams in Venezuela, what can be implied by what they don't say, Cuba and the new restrictions the government has placed on its amateurs, and finally, just a …
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Question From a Reader-
Hi NC Scout. Could you consider the scenario below and provide your thoughts and opinion? I'm curious what you think about this subject with your background. Thank you in advance. We are starting to research the possibility of using a carbine line instead of an AR line for out main patrol/carry load. Our thought is …
Revolution in their Minds, the Children Start to March-
Heh. Ok. A couple of things on this- I described this collective action in my Leaderless Resistance post, and I told you that this would happen and get worse when Trump won in the post on philosophy. In the first, I described a domestic color revolution based on Marxist social structure, which is tried and true, …
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“…the witch of the winter came slashin…”
I could very convincingly argue that around 80% of Survivalism is being aware of your surroundings. The other 15% is skill, given you recognize the reality of your situation, and another 5% actual 'stuff' to use. That being said, examine the picture. This was the scene in Raleigh NC just a couple years ago. Finding …
Your First HF Station
So far, in following the Survivalist paradigm concerning radio, we've discussed the many uses of hand held sets, due to their overwhelming popularity but far more importantly their largely misunderstood role. Capable of local, or Line of Sight (LOS) communications, they are often the entry-level communications device that most cut their teeth upon. Mobile VHF …
Understanding Survivalist Communications Needs
Often among those new to Survivalism, Prepping, and all things on the more self-reliant side of communications, it becomes pretty important to define the exact role your communications equipment will play and what you expect to accomplish with it, all in an attempt to best suit your package to your needs. This is a really …
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More notes on Community Networking
Sometimes its important to strip down to the bare essentials in order to refocus on why we do what we do. It doesn't matter what the task is, be it in a professional sense or the survivalist sense, everyone (myself included) can get lost amid distractors, detractors, and shiny objects that pry our attention away. …