Life in a Non-Permissive Environment

When US Embassy or military personnel are assigned to duty in a nation that is not friendly to us, we call that a “non-permissive environment”. This means that the host nation’s government will not allow us to operate without challenges or restrictions. We send personnel heading there to special courses on how to live andContinue reading “Life in a Non-Permissive Environment”

Anytone/Btech Settings That Need To Be Turned Off

The more we dig into these radios the more capabilities we find they have and also some exploits they also have. A SIGINT.SYSTEMS on Instagram posted a great video of using a HackRF to record an SMS message from a Motorola XTS radio to another radio. The secondary radio would reply without the operator knowing.Continue reading “Anytone/Btech Settings That Need To Be Turned Off”

Xiegu X6100 WideBand MARS/MOD

Expanding the frequencies on amateur radio is not permitted in many countries, however there are times when it falls into a grey area example NOV’s (notice of variation) temporary frequencies that HAMRADIO operators can experiment on. when this happens there is often only one way of getting access to the band up for grabs, andContinue reading “Xiegu X6100 WideBand MARS/MOD”

Don Shift Sends: In Drone Warfare, Trenches Will Get You Killed

They didn’t even let dude to chill… pic.twitter.com/h4g0kz3wlx — vlad🩸🇺🇦🟧 (@dovgvlad) June 2, 2023 Note: this an adaptation from my non-fiction book Poor Man’s Air Force: A guide to how small drones might be used in domestic unrest or low intensity conflicts, available on Amazon. In the above tweet/video, a solider is sitting beneath aContinue reading “Don Shift Sends: In Drone Warfare, Trenches Will Get You Killed”