Uninspired, Baofeng-looking HTs. Two of them, to be exact. A 2m only and a dual band model, that (at least from what they say) are rugged. Well, who knows. No wideband RX is an issue for me, and the styling makes me think they outsourced production to the same place that builds Wouxons. Maybe I'm …
Voice of America (VOA) Coverage Analysis Program
http://www.voacap.com/ Developed as propagation prediction for Voice of America (VOA) the prediction tool is great for HF users as well. Aside from the propagation tools, there's lots of great information linked there as well. Use it!
Beverages for Listening, I
This is a re-print of Keypounder's article on Beverage Antennas that originally appeared in Sparks31's Signal-3 in the same issue my article on Afghanistan was published. In my assessment, its a very well written introduction to not just what Beverages do and why they are important, but how to build them. He very generously allowed …
Question from a Reader, II
Hello I've been following your blog since it started and is a fantastic read. I've also been following sparks blog when he had his own wordpress site. I've also jumped into amrron corps last year and have been active in that along with getting my general license. I've followed your advice on uhf for squad …
Beverages for Listening, II
Contained is the second half of the article, due to the overall length limitations of wordpress. Wire- For my simple BOG antennas, I use 14 gage THHN house wire, which is sturdy and double insulated, and comes in a variety of colors. If you want the antenna to stand out, use bright red or orange; …
Keypounder sends-
"You are the lead station operator in the Resistance receiving station mentioned in the first question. You have received the message sent by the operator in the capital at 1 pm local time in the first example on 160 meters and must now forward the vital information received to Resistance HQ via HF radio. Once …
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 SpearHead Transmission-2FEB17
An Interview with a couple of fun dudes and one backwoods weirdo- We talked about the usual commo stuff, license free options for community networking, and even Alex Jones versus Remington Steel. 😉
Winter Field Day 2017
Winter Field Day 2017 is upon us! I had aimed to get this posted long before now, but, there's only so many hours in the day, and things have been busy as of late. Either way, this year will (mostly) be a TOC-operation, working from the command post here at FOB Cedar. It would be …