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, …
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 …
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General Alberto Bayo’s classic should be considered a must-read by anyone interested in small unit warfare and is the first post in a series on perspectives covering the last century into the present. A basic read on guerrilla warfare, “One Hundred and Fifty Questions To A Guerrilla” is a well thought out and realistic plan …
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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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Radio Contra Episode 33: I cover a question from a reader concerning the practicality of clandestine communications devices that I described in Episode 31 and my fighting carbine setup. Brushbeater Training Calendar Amazon Affiliate Link
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 …
Radio Contra Episode 32: I'm live on the road recording a quick Happy Thanksgiving to the audience out there and teasing the plans for the coming year. A lot of big things are on tap!
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Originally written on American Partisan back in 2018. Keep in mind, you can only fight using what you actually can keep supplied- so those Gucci calibers, while nice in theory, really fall short when you're talking in terms of supplying a larger guerrilla force. But hey, what would I know, am I right? -NCS Far …
