Category: Comms

RF design is a black art for several main reasons: textbooks, Smith charts, CAD tools and components. Academic texts on the topic are expensive, full of mathematical formalism and written by men with no practical experience...

ARRL Field Day 2019

by johnyMac | Jun 17, 2019 | 7 |

ARRL Field Day 2019 By JohnyMac In five days the ARRL (American Radio Relay League) Field Day will...

No Encryption, No Problem: Analog Radio Operations For Guerrilla Units

by NC Scout | Apr 22, 2019 | 12 |

A lot of folks think that having electronic forms of encryption or encoding is the only answer to small unit communications. But is it? Or does it have more to do with operating practice?

Clandestine Communications Part Two: Steganography – A Smile is Worth A Thousand Words (Literally)! by Patriotman

by AP Staff | Apr 4, 2019 | 10 |

Given the current climate and direction of the United States, I believe all American Partisan...

Clandestine Communications Part One: One Time Pads (OTPs), by Patriotman

by AP Staff | Apr 3, 2019 | 5 |

Given the current climate and direction of the United States, I believe all American Partisan...

Building a Simple, Affordable, High-Quality Multi-band Antenna By JohnyMac

by AP Staff | Mar 30, 2019 | 16 |

This short article is about making a simple, affordable, and high-quality antenna. I am posting it...

Quansheng UV-R50: More Bang Than Baofeng

by NC Scout | Feb 19, 2019 | 15 |

The Quansheng UV-R50 is a relative newcomer to the market. Competitively priced to the ubiquitous Baofeng UV-5R, is it just a rebadged radio or does it offer improvements over what most of you already have?

Smiley Antennas: Field-Grade Rugged On Any Handheld

by NC Scout | Feb 4, 2019 | 24 |

Want to know the best way to upgrade your basic handheld? Get a more rugged antenna.

Field Phones!

by NC Scout | Jan 30, 2019 | 13 |

Field Phones are invaluable tool in the guerrilla’s tool kit. But what should you get? And how do we implement them into a larger communications plan?