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The Versatile Dirt Cheap D-I-Y Dipole – brushbeater
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Once more unto the breach, dear friends…. The Versatile Dirt Cheap D-I-Y Dipole. November 22, 2016. November 22, 2016. 8220;Did you build that sloping Vee? 8221; Team Daddy asked me. 8220;Damn dude, you’re good. I love it! All antennas are compromises. The closer an antenna gets to resonance. The more efficient it will be at radiating its energy. Theoretically speaking, this is measured by your Standing Wave Ratio (SWR). This is what is meant by the terms Narrowband. The most popular HTs out there (.
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Icom 7200 is back, for Now – brushbeater
https://brushbeater.wordpress.com/2017/01/06/icom-7200-is-back-for-now
Once more unto the breach, dear friends…. Icom 7200 is back, for Now. January 6, 2017. The 7200 is back- for now- so take advantage of it. I think someone at Icom read this blog when I bitched about them discontinuing anything suitable for field use- GOOD! The Foundation-Squaring Away Communications Needs in 2017. 8220;…the witch of the winter came slashin…”. 60 thoughts on “ Icom 7200 is back, for Now. Why not a kx3 for a field radio? January 7, 2017 at 1:22 am. Liked by 1 person. Liked by 1 person.
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“…and the powers not delegated…” – brushbeater
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Once more unto the breach, dear friends…. 8220;…and the powers not delegated…”. January 12, 2017. January 12, 2017. The Regulators and the Battle of Alamance. Being largely out of the effective reach of Colonial Forces, the Wataugans formed a Compact for an Independent Republic having negotiated their own terms for existence with the Cherokee. Immediately the frontier stronghold constructed for protection was christened ‘Fort Caswell’ (. After statesman Richard Caswell. Fun Wisdom from a Couple of Folks-.
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“…the witch of the winter came slashin…” – brushbeater
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Once more unto the breach, dear friends…. 8220;…the witch of the winter came slashin…”. January 7, 2017. January 7, 2017. NC can be an interesting place, weather-wise. While the northwestern corner experiences quite a bit of snow regularly, the central to eastern parts face snow as well but more often ice. It happens. And yet, realizing this fact, soccer moms still grossly over estimate their driving skills (. Because, we all know 4×4 suburbans make you go-anywhere drivers. NOBODY ELSE CAN, SO STAY HOME.
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Tradecraft Resources – brushbeater
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Once more unto the breach, dear friends…. IPFO Guide to Surveillance. Long Range Surveillance Operations. Social Engineering and Exploitation. McAfee- Hacking the Human Operating System. Green Bay Professional Packet Radio- the goldmine of homebrewing equipment. Inside Soviet Intelligence-Viktor Suvrov. BBC- Hollywood vs. Reality. Israeli Combat Intelligence Units explained. Christos Military and Intelligence Corner- Intelligence History. Ironbound Concepts- Code Tables. Liked by 1 person. Greatly apprec...
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Deployable Communications Concerns – brushbeater
https://brushbeater.wordpress.com/2016/02/14/deployable-communications-concerns
Once more unto the breach, dear friends…. February 14, 2016. February 14, 2016. Take this photo here:. 8230;and compare it with this one:. Notice that giant whip antenna on the Afghan truck? That’s a low band VHF antenna that performs quite well in the terrain there. There’s a serious flaw in using OPFOR’s equipment as your own when it comes to radio. Rolling Your Own Plan. As many have pointed out before, tactical communications are tiered- local/unit level and regional/larger unit level. At the local l...
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ncscout – brushbeater
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Once more unto the breach, dear friends…. Setting Up a Practical Combat Rifle. March 4, 2017. Hanging out on the sidelines of a public range can be a hobby all to its own; watching the tacticool budget gun bunnies, the 500lb know-it-all benchresters, and even the undergrad Hipster, replete in leather buckle shoes and skinny jeans mastering his fundamentals with a .22. I’m not here to knock them at all, I enjoy the company (. It beats the snot out of my other option I would have been doing that day. You&#...
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The Jungle Antenna – brushbeater
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Once more unto the breach, dear friends…. October 15, 2015. 292 Antenna AKA Quarterwave Groundplane. Meaning it works on one specific frequency and a few just above or just below it. Keep this in mind when planning an SOI(you did read that post, right? 8220;If you can remember 936. You can build just about any antenna”- A guy who knows a whole lot about communications, somewhere, someplace. Next we multiply this number by 12(to get the length in inches). You can communicate(and conduct SIGINT) quite well...
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The Foundation-Squaring Away Communications Needs in 2017 – brushbeater
https://brushbeater.wordpress.com/2017/01/03/the-foundation-squaring-away-communications-needs-in-2017
Once more unto the breach, dear friends…. The Foundation-Squaring Away Communications Needs in 2017. January 3, 2017. January 3, 2017. I’ve received a number of emails over the last several weeks requesting info on various issues, recommended gear, etc…and while I certainly don’t mind answering the plethora of questions (. It’s part of the reason I run this blog. To the signals and communications game. Try some of this stuff at home. CA over at WRSA said among his New Year Resolutions is making all of th...
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A great DIY Commo Resource and some considerations – brushbeater
https://brushbeater.wordpress.com/2016/03/18/a-great-diy-commo-resource-and-some-considerations
Once more unto the breach, dear friends…. A great DIY Commo Resource and some considerations. March 18, 2016. March 18, 2016. A boat load of DIY Transmitters, Tranceivers, Antennas, and anything else you may need for every band out there. I linked the 70cm section specifically for a reason- due to the sheer number of folks purchasing the Baofeng or other Chicom HTs, it might be prudent to help make the most out of what you have instead of listening to people tell you why you shouldn’t have bought it.