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Currently all my heat treated blades are purchased, and I’m nearly done making those (2.5 left). After that I plan on doing another batch of 10, and of those 6 are already bought and paid for. I know there’s been quite a few people who have expressed wanting to get one (or even an additionalContinue reading “Knife making update”

Times are scary right now. People on both sides of the political spectrum (yes, both sides) are leveling threats at each other and people are seeking to “cancel” each other, which is a white-washed way of saying ruin each other’s lives and ability to make a living. Add to this the ever-present threat of anContinue reading “Tradecraft in Uncertain Times”

After watching that Russian video of them using a spectrum analyzer to track drones I decided I needed one that would pick up WiFi signals. The standard TinySA won’t go up that high but the TinySA Ultra will so I picked it up. You have to calibrate it to go that far up. I didContinue reading “TinySA Ultra”

I had surgery yesterday. It wasn’t bad and I’m doing well. I should be back to normal in a month or so. I had never had surgery so I was pretty nervous lol but I made it through and am back home putting out content. Hopefully during this downtime I can get the Anytone PDFContinue reading “The Wire: Bridging The Gap S2 Underground”

The videos are in a different language but still interesting.

Arinst Spectrum Explorer SSA-TG R2 is the only one I’ve seen for purchase. The one in the video above is the R3. The R3 is in the video below.

I actually did not know this. Always learning something new.

I bought one of these SWR meters a few months back and so far I’m pretty happy with it. I am surprised at what horrible SWR some of these HT antennas have. Stubby antennas are definitely the worst even though they claim to be dual band antennas

Military surplus Digital Non-secure Voice Terminals can live a new life, on a four-line switch powered by a Raspberry Pi Pico. Vintage communications enthusiasts Rob Ruark and Nick Andre have been hard at work reverse engineering a military phone — and have built a compatible telephone switch, powered by a Raspberry Pi Pico, for anyContinue reading “Rob Ruark and Nick Andre Reverse Engineer Classic Military Telephones — and Build a Modern Switch”