Author Archives: Wyoming Survival

Two events this week have me considering updating the Area Study. First, the Lahaina fire area is now seeing not just looting, but also the inevitable armed robberies that will follow in ANY WROL situation. The second is unrest in South Africa related to Jacob Zuma’s legal issues which has claimed several lives and nowContinue reading “Security & Egress Plans”

So I’ve been having some severe RFI problems with the Icom-705 and JS8CALL. In the video below you get a good example of the problems I’ve been having. Now before you start telling me how to fix it I’ve always tried everything I can think of and EVERY radio guy on Instagram 😅. I’ve beenContinue reading “Icom-705 and JS8CALL Problems.”

Not sure if I shared this before. If you watch towards the end it shows the military does have the ability to DF HF NVIS comms.

I picked up a Ailunce HD1 for evaluation. It does most everything I want other than the encryption is very poor. I do believe it’s 128 bit encryption. Most normal people can’t break it. The IP67 rating is very nice! The radio still works great after being dropped in the bucket of water. The CPSContinue reading “Ailunce HD1”

I asked Bing AI to write me a blog post about using the Anytone AT-D878UV in a tactical situation. Here is what I got: Here is a possible blog post about using the Anytone AT-D878UV in a tactical situation: Using the Anytone AT-D878UV in a Tactical Situation The Anytone AT-D878UV is a dual band DMRContinue reading “AI Writes Me A Blog Post”

Original article here. The Sun has been very active lately, sending out scorching flares and frying communication systems back on Earth. The latest one was recorded on Monday when an X-class solar flare disrupted radio and navigation signals across North America. ‘X-class’ solar flares are the largest, most disruptive of flares and this one, classified…Continue reading “Solar flare knocks out radio across US – and it won’t be the last”

I picked up the Icom-705. I’ve wanted it since it came out. I made sure I got the MAR mod on it. I’m waiting on some protection to get here before I start fielding it. I did get it to work on my 3 favorite digital modes. JS8CALL, VarAC, and Winlink. I haven’t tried FLDIGIContinue reading “Icom-705”