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The rapid expansion and proliferation of drones across every spectrum of society has us now needing to understand their uses and implications from a preparedness perspective.  I’ve touched on these topics briefly in my books, but we need to revisit it.  My friend Don Shift has written an excellent book on drones that I willContinue reading “Drones”

http://robruark.com/projects/telephone/telephone.html Field Telephone 2014 I was working the summer at a Boy Scout camp in 2009 and wanted a way to communicate between two buildings across a large field. I had seen military field telephones before, but I did not want to spend the money to buy one. Instead, I rewired two old rotary dialContinue reading “Field Telephone”

I may have to try to build and test this antenna.

I hope some of these PDFs I’m posting are coming in handy for some of you.

Matt from TacticalComm share his article with me to share with all of you. https://scheart.us/dmr-article-by-matthew-littleton-kn4swb/ Have you heard anybody talk about digital communications on 2 meters or 440 lately? If so, it has more than likely been discussion over four of the more popular modes known as DSTAR, Project 25 (P25), Yaesu’s System Fusion, orContinue reading “DMR Article by Matthew Littleton, KN4SWB”

I bought the cheapest Mag Loop Antenna out there. I wanted to see how well it worked or didn’t work. Well watch the video below to see . I definitely would not recommend this antenna.

This isn’t a cheap piece of equipment but it does seem for the most part to do what I want it to do. It’s a great piece for your field SIGINT team.

Digital Mobile Radio, or DMR, gained some serious traction with the amateur radio community and in turn the preparedness community some years back. When the first UHF-only radios began showing up on the American market at a more affordable price point they offered a level of capability that’s attractive for a lot of reasons. PreviouslyContinue reading “Comparing DMRs: Baofeng Tech DMR-6X2 and the DM-F8”

In June I was on vacation in Oklahoma. On the property where I was staying they had alot of pigs. I decided to try to snare some. I used a spring pole snare and a dead fall snare. The dead fall snare was WAY to slow. To much friction between the tree and the paracord.Continue reading “Pig Snare”