Fact #1- If you're planning on taking up arms, plan on getting hurt. Fact #2- Statistically speaking, 10% of those injured will die from injuries sustained. Nothing you will do can change this. These casualties will be dead usually from first contact. Fact #3- Of the 90% who don't die, without a tiered response plan …
Pressure Bursting a Pipe, and other thoughts
Note- I've been swamped with duties elsewhere for the past couple weeks, between extensive studies in a foreign language and preparing for the winter (I heat with wood). I have a lot on tap, including a review of another higher power capacity End-Fed Antenna option (Marshall, you're the man! Just bear with me Brother.) but …
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Chris Stevens Sends-
Remember Me? You know, you left me to die on 9-11 (a different 9-11 though) Hillary...what difference does it make? What difference does it make now? They couldn't drag me to a van. Payback's a Bitch, Hag.
LNR End-Fed Trail Friendly Antenna
The antenna I used with the Youkits TJ2B review is a relatively well known and very well made antenna from a company that caters to QRP and SOTA operators- LNR Precision, made right here in NC. I purchased up one of their antennas a short time ago on a recommendation from a buddy who's big …
Youkits TJ2B
Youkits has made a name for themselves in the inexpensive QRP market with small transceivers that originally were imported in kit configuration and presented fun projects for the amateur operator looking to build something and get on the air. Not breaking the bank, these sets offered a lot in the cost-to-ratio department, and as such, …
Baluns
In the second article Keypounder has generously blessed us with, the issue of Baluns are covered. Baluns are most often (but not always) used as dipole centers to match BALanced antennas to UNbalanced feed line. (see why it's called Balun?) While his article explains the nuts and bolts, in this abstract I'll state that the …
Brand Marketing and Guerrilla Movements
Yahoo News- Effectiveness of ISIS Marketing Take a few moments and read the above article. Ponder on it a bit, and when you're done, read it again, in the context of another guerrilla movement- your own. Or the one you want, at least. You say you want a revolution yeah, well you know- we all …
A neat resource on Microwave in the Field
VK4ZQ Blog Poke around there a bit. The posts themselves are a bit old, but the info is great from the Land down Under. You can definitely start building your own point to point network, with just a Technician license to get you on the air, time, and the right attitude. It's not plug n' …
A SIGINT report from the RNC
Compiled and submitted by an anonymous donor: 2016 RNC Cleveland, Ohio SIGINT The Republican National Convention was held in Cleveland, OH on July 18-21, 2016. Officials began implementing the security zone and closing areas off to traffic on the evening of July 14th. Monitoring of communications began on a periodic basis on 7/14/2016 and continued …
Open Sources 19AUG16
China steps up military aid to Syria The visit may be intended as a diplomatic poke in the eye for the United States amid mounting tensions over Chinese territorial ambitions in the South China Sea, Ms Meidan said. This is important on a number of levels. The PLA has been shipping arms and supplies to …