Radio Contra Episode 4
Radio Contra Episode 4: NC Scout discusses the insanity that is the Leftist reaction to the very justified killing of Iranian General Soleimani and traces the background of the Obama Administration’s support of Hezbollah. Tactical communications and in particular, a basic rundown of digital handheld radio options are discussed. Finally, a couple of questions from a reader are answered along with a commentary on the UN Disarmament position listed for the NYC HQ.
Music: Whitey Morgan and the 78s “Bad News”
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About the Author: NC Scout
NC Scout is the nom de guerre of a former Infantry Scout and Sergeant in one of the Army’s best Reconnaissance Units. He has combat tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He teaches a series of courses focusing on small unit skills rarely if ever taught anywhere else in the prepping and survival field, including his RTO Course which focuses on small unit communications. In his free time he is an avid hunter, bushcrafter, writer, long range shooter, prepper, amateur radio operator and Libertarian activist. He can be contacted at [email protected] or via his blog at brushbeater.wordpress.com .
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I subscribed to your podcast, but the RSS feed is not updating with new episodes.
https://www.americanpartisan.org/radio-contra/rss
I’m goin to figure out how to fix that. Believe it or not I’m kinda flying blind through the tech end of this. But thanks for the heads up!
Great stuff as always, thanks man!
Thanks man!
Excellent Podcast!
You mention that the Baofeng DM-1701 has an encryption ability. How secure is this mode?
Matt
It’s better than nothing and if used the way we cover in class, trying to break it is kinda futile. It’s a
nine32 digit key cypher, which ain’t bad. In my earlier reply I mixed these up with the DPMR units that I’ve been using for a few years now. They share the same codeplug with competing DMR units.Matt,
For comparison to the Baofeng DM-1701, the TYT MD-380s and 390s have a 32 character hexadecimal string. So, if NCS is saying that nine isn’t bad, you can do the math for the additional strength of 32 for the 380s/390s. However, like NCS mentioned, you’re unlikely to break either of them in real-time. Just make sure you change up the strings when you change the rest of your SOI and you should be OK.
NCS, I couldn’t format this reply under Matt’s original question. Is it possible for you to place it there in your admin mode? Thanks.
Actually, a correction to my earlier answer. I was in the middle of something else- the DPMR key is nine digits, the DMR is indeed 32. It shares codeplugs with the TYT units.
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Sorry for being ignorant about digital radios, but is there such a thing as a mobile or base station radio that you’d recommend to work with these handhelds? Thanks so all of the good information.
Matt
That’s why we’re here brother! Look into Anytone- they make a DMR mobile radio.
Matt,
You can go with NCS’ Anytone suggestion, but I’m not sure if the encryption would be compatible. Maybe NCS can chime in on that.
If it is not compatible, you can go with an amplifier. Something like this would work with a hand-held such as the Baofeng or TYT already mentioned.
https://www.amazon.com/BTECH-AMP-U25-Amplifier-400-480MHz-Compatible/dp/B07BDKR61J/
Just make sure it is compatible with the band you want to use and digital. There are multiple selections for this item, configuration wise.
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NCS-
Enjoying your talks here. Love the lead-in music, too.
OldSouth
Thank you!!
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