Are you zReady?
It’s nearly 2020 and I brought this site back from the ashes. It’s been a few years since any updates, but I’m going to work at getting content added more regularly, and with the new year fast approaching, this seemed like a good resolution to me. So, whats happening in 2020? Well, I’m going […]
We had another excellent time at B-Tactical, five of us came out and we had a more structured approach to shooting this time. We had several courses of fire configured, and the plan was to just improve our shooting over the course of the day. We ended up spending a bit more than three hours […]
We had a great time today, this was our first trip to http://www.b-tactical.com but will not be our last. We had quite a mixture of firearms out today, including Steve’s Wooly Mammoth Slayer Blackpowder Beast. Here are a few photos from the day.
I want to preface this article by saying that I know there are more secure, reasonably priced radios available, such as the frequency-hopping XFS systems, but I want to drill into FRS Radios for this post. I’ve read many articles, watched many videos and spoke with quite a few folks regarding sustainable communications in bad […]
We had a truck partially lose it’s trailered ditch digger a few days ago on a single lane ramp on one of the local highways. This stuff happens occasionally, but what wasn’t expected is that traffic backed up for hours, the highway entrance ramps were closed to prevent even more congestion, and people were actually […]
Sorry, but that’s illegal. However, I’m going to describe a fully legal radio protocol that most people will have no idea how to monitor. One of the great things about Amateur Radio, is the variety, and many ways we can communicate as a community, most folks just picture a couple people chatting into a microphone, […]
So my AR build is complete, I’m still looking at red-dot sights and will eventually buy the one that makes most sense to me, but the meat and potatoes of the rifle are finished. So I thought I’d share with you why I chose the parts, and what I hope to accomplish with this rifle. […]
I haven’t posted in a while, but I’ve had this question on my mind for some time. I suppose I wanted to let it simmer for a while before posting my thoughts on the issue. Just to summarize, in order to transmit on any amateur radio frequency in the USA, you must have a valid […]
We’ve talked a bit about the differences between HF and VHF, and we know that HF signals travel further than VHF, but why do they? One of the layers of our atmosphere is the Ionosphere, made up of charged ionized particles, our HF radio signals will often hit the Ionosphere, and bounce back towards Earth. […]
The Communications Plan is what you should be considering frequently, this will be the organization of how you intend to communicate with your tribe if the lights go out, and maybe stay out. This should include all forms of electronic communication. If your tribe is spread across a large geographic area, your radio gear needs […]