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Alot of people with night vision will answer yes to that question but would the same people answer yes if they didn’t have NODS? Being able to operate at night W/O NODS is mandatory for a small group. You could easily loose or break your delicate electronic night vision devices and then what? Do youContinue reading “Do You Own The Night?”

I’m always looking for different, new to me, usable technology. Somewhere along the line I stumbled into Meshtastic Mesh Networks. This is basically the same as Gotenna but not running on the MURS bands and not near as expensive. What is Meshtastic? From their website: “Meshtastic lets you use inexpensive (~$30/board) GPS radios as extensibleContinue reading “Meshtastic Mesh Network”

I will be introducing a new class. It will be a class based on tactical use of VHF/UHF squad comms. This class will teach you to lower your radio signature. You will be building multiple antennas. You will be learning and using a one time pad. You will be put up against a SIGINT teamContinue reading “TACCOMMS CLASS”

You would be surprised the amount of amateur radio operators who do not have offgrid power solution for their home stations. The idea of amateur radio is for use during an emergency but if you can only run your station while the electricity is on it doesn’t do you much good in a real emergencyContinue reading “Building an Offgrid Ham Station at Home.”

Here is my most up to date class schedule. If you are interested in private classes for you or your group I do them as well. 2021 Schedule October 23rd Patrolling 101 November 6th Blacksmithing Basics 2022 Schedule January 15th & 16th Winter Survival NE Utah March 26th Patrolling 101 April 23rd Pistol 101 MayContinue reading “Class Schedule”

Next spring/summer I will be offering an HF Operations class. This one day class will strictly focus on HF radio operations. To get the most of this class it is reccomended that you hold a ham radio General license and have a portable HF setup or at least vehicle portable HF setup. We will goContinue reading “HF Operations Class”

Another good reference to print out and put in your survival library.

I know alot of old school hams are somewhat opposed to the new digital modes but personally with the bands the way they are during this solar minimum I think digital is where its at. I run the digital net Sunday nights for Brushbeaters Radio Recon Group. We primarily use JS8CALL for the net. ThisContinue reading “JS8CALL User Guide”

Everyone should have a copy of the Range Handbook in their library. Here is the 2000 version.

Who doesn’t like free stuff? I know I do. So how about free maps. I have two different places you can get free maps. All you have to do is print them out or have them printed out at Staples or some other printing service. The first place I have it Caltopo. This site youContinue reading “Free Maps”