Texas Training Opportunity – Communications Exercise (October 9th & 10th, 2015)
Texas Redoubt Patriots (and surrounding states), The Texas ARES, RACES, MARS groups are conducting a communications exercise on October …
WHAT?!?! DID YOU JUST ASK FOR HELP WITH YOUR BAOFENG!?!?
I’ve recently been approached by multiple, unrelated parties asking me to meet with them to give them personal, hands-on …
Sightings of Blue Command Vehicles: North Idaho HAZMAT Training
Sent as an email this morning to our Idaho (and surrounding states) members. Several Idaho citizens have sent in …
OREGON ARES – Training Opportunity (October 10th, 2015)
If you’re aware of a SET taking place in your state, let us know! Shoot me an email with …
Dirt Cheap Concealable High-Gain Indoor 2-Meter Ham Antenna Project For Beginners
Thanks to Juliet-59 who sent this in after noticing this article, originally posted at The Survivalist Blog. What a GREAT …
Anderson Connectors (Video) Intro and Assembly
JJS walks you through various configurations and uses, and in video 2, he covers assembly, including reallocating ‘wall warts’, …
COMMS UP! John Jacob’s Comms Go Bag (Basic to Advanced) [Video]
Since the Intro to Prepper Comms workshop that I conducted at Marble’s God & Country Celebration 2015, many of …
COMMS UP! Basic Comms Go Bag [Video]
This is a great Basic Comms Go Bag, and one which we’ve sold at events and workshops we’ve attended. …
FRS-GMRS Handheld Radios — PL Tones/Privacy Tones/Sub-Channels Not All The Same
The following PL (CTCSS) Tone Chart was found at this great site, KV5R.COM CTCSS (PL®) Tones for various radios …
Washington Fires Claim At Least Two Repeaters
This is precisely why we place so much emphasis on HF communications. Going into future disaster areas, special consideration should probably …
SITREP from Conconully, WA — 29 Aug 2015
The following is not actually an official ‘SITREP’, but an update from [code name] Delta, in Conconully, WA, our …
SIGINT Using ‘Close Call’ – County Fair Training Ground
I can think of some circumstances when I would really REALLY like to know if a radio is being …
Hurricane Season — Ham Radio Standing by
As we approach hurricane season and Tropical Storm Erika threatens to turn into a hurricane with a full-frontal assault predicted for …
SITREP from Conconully, WA – 25 Aug 2015
SITREP received from ‘Delta’, Tuesday morning. John Just enough time for a bullet point sit rep * national guard …
Black Echo Operations: Real-World Disaster Application (Conconully, WA Wildfires)
In addition to operating ham radio for passing news, intelligence, and email/text traffic, we set up our Radio Free …
Washington Wildfire Deployment – Conconully – In pictures
The deployment was a success, with lots of traffic passed and SITREPs sent and received. We were able to …