Tactical Operations With Baofeng and Other Radios

[@ReignOfGlory]

As an active-duty Army comms guy with experience, if these concepts and techniques interest you, I'd recommend checking out ATP 6-02.53 "Techniques for Tactical Radio Operations" which is approved for public release. It goes a bit deeper in certain areas which could be applied to HAM in "tactical/preparedness/GhostNet" scenarios. Thanks Josh!

[@bertkelher4970]

Available via quick google search as a free PDF from the Army. Hua!

[@jayneubauer3401]

is this similar to FM 6-02?

[@dus777]

read it last weekend. My 3 post-it flags are: 1,only give radios to people that know what their doing. 2, the claim that regular soldiers wouldn't have better gear than us. 3, OTP. I've seen SARNEG used many, many ways; most often for authentication, rarely encoding . A Baofeng is the most powerful and dangerous thing a prepper can carry. You can absolutely send digital over a Baofeng. I very much over thought the concept of cross band repeater. The book makes it simple.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Nice comment!

[@rome7758]

when i was in the army we used baofeng radios to communicate . most of the guys had them as backup communication and we could listen to music while ruck marching. also used them in daily operations... Granted these radios where private gear we bought and maintained ourselves.

[@lyfandeth]

After hurricane Katrina, there was a deep dive by everyone involved, including the FCC. In order for hams to use WiFi and digital modes, it is necessary to use the encryption in these systems. The FCC stated EXPLICITLY that hams CAN USE ENCRYPTION, as long as the encryption keys have been formally "published". Sending them to the FCC is the accepted way to do this. So instead of saying "we have fifty dead" in cleartext, you can and often SHOULD send that message encrypted, for simple and real public safety. Katrina didn't change enough--but it did bring some changes to ham and cellular policies.

[@MalaklypsetheElder]

Do you have a source for this?

[@jw6180]

Why hide the truth about the death toll from the public?

[@StrokeMahEgo]

​@@MalaklypsetheElder §97.309 RTTY and data emission codes. (4) An amateur station transmitting a RTTY or data emission using a digital code specified in this paragraph may use any technique whose technical characteristics have been documented publicly, such as CLOVER, G-TOR, or PacTOR, for the purpose of facilitating communications.

[@mikeb3553]

Of course his name isn’t ‘NC Scout’, that’s ridiculous!….. his real name is Brushbeater.

[@unclebobsbees4899]

I believe the trigram is BBH 😅

[@45auto]

I was going to ask "Who invites someone else to their hamshack?" But if he's bringing beer...

[@USA-GreedyMenOfNoIntegrity]

Or bourbon, either one is fine.

[@peteparise8875]

Thanks Josh. Knowledge is power, but also essential to protecting our freedoms and loved ones. Thanks for all you do to educate the Amateur radio community, and the larger communities we’re apart of. 73

[@johnduh1900]

It’s important to learn, iffy whether it’s important or not to have a license during an emergency though. It’s better to listen in my opinion than to transmit. Generally, the FCC doesn’t really care about what goes on, it’s the hams that become a large problem with gatekeeping during emergencies. And the issue many hams should consider is YOURE the ones putting your personal information on a public database for ANYONE to find. Yet many may gatekeep during an emergency? That’s one way to put a target on your back by someone who may have lost everything and they’re looking for good ol’ fashion revenge with nothing to loose. Just something to think about sad hams

[@BroncosRetro]

NC Scout knows his stuff! Good book. Great for those who want to be prepared.

[@kchaney56]

I just bought that book last week. Thanks for stepping out and covering this.

[@levisorenson7873]

Great book! I gifted a copy to my father as well. NC Scout is legit.

[@gregrush6570]

Somewhat arrogant, but legit for sure. He's dangerous in a good way.

[@ludoka58leo]

Have the book. My personal experience is most preppers buy a Feng, don't get their license, pack away their radio & never actually practice radio.

[@escomag]

So........Don't do that.

[@superhtml9463]

This is my observation as well

[@Farooqflows]

Guilty. I got the book last year and realized the Johnny Carson method does not work. But This year I decided to learn how to use the radios. I did hope there would be a lot of chatter to listen to. The channels are mostly silent accept for noaa in my area.

[@ajmarshall7585]

Then I buck the trend. Use it quite frequently and have multiples setup on a frequency

[@superhtml9463]

@ajmarshall7585 this is inspiring.

[@DarkShadowCustoms]

The way they have pronunciation of numbers in the book is they way the US military is taught to pronounce numbers over the radio. It does help with distinguishing between numbers that can sound similar in an environment where you can't hear radio communication clearly.

[@rogerkulpnik]

I liked the book. He talks basics of course, but he has great detail on actual communication procedures actually used in actual practice that Ham guys don’t get into when making contacts. Nice cross-over !!!

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

💯 this

[@thecandyman9308]

Thanks for posting recommendation. Been tuning in to some HAM livestreams here on the tubes from the Asheville, NC area & reminded me why I got my little Baefeng in the first place & why I need to get better acquainted w/ it.

[@Fuzzstatic]

Got my tech license at the beginning of the year, but life happens and I haven't been able to do much of anything with it. This seems like a fun read to get me back into it. Love your videos!

[@eljuano28]

@Fuzzstatic I got my ticket at the end of last year. I feel "life happens" on a biblical level. I've got a challenge for you for the next 8 weeks: If you haven't done it already, program your HT with the repeaters near you, within about 200 miles. (You might not know what repeaters are linked or when you'll travel further. I don't know.) Then, carry your radio with you in a pack, in your car, however you find least intrusive everywhere you go. Every time you "go mobile," throw out your call sign on a local repeater and make a contact. Three a day. Don't worry about logbooks or any crazy digital stuff. Just hop on, shout out and see who shouts back. Far more folks listen than talk, but most of us will hear "Kilo something six something something something, mobile/monitoring," and we can't help it: we call back, "Kilo something six something something something, November seven something something, yer full quieting." That's your chance to say, "Name here is Fuzz. How're you today?" Now you're talking. Commuting to work? Make a contact. Headed to the store? Make a contact. If you're sitting around at home watching KZbin videos that aren't ham related, turn off your computer and walk outside, around the block, up on your rooftop if you have to, wherever you can "touch grass" or get away and use your scan function to see if you can find a net and throw out your call sign when they ask for visitor check-ins, or if you find an interesting pick-up/round robin throw out "comment," or "question," and when they acknowledge you give 'em your call sign and comment or question away on the topic they've got rolling. A lot of us call it "playing radio" for a reason, but instead of allowing it to be some distraction from life happens, let it be a refuge from it: the place you go to take a breath. It's kind of hard sometimes to "make time for a hobby," but it's much easier to justify if it's "self care." 73, de AI7UQ

[@hbarwickjr]

Looks useful for shtf situation when the common rules are over ruled for emergency life or death matters. Thanks Josh.

[@badcompany1967]

great book, good radio. If I had this when I was a F/O the jungle antenna would have been a great help. As always thanks Josh and NC.

[@herja-youngodin2040]

That is a good read. Very well written. Highly recommend it.

[@thedoobie1]

Randy just did an interview with the author over on his channel. Good stuff!

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

I only got a few minutes into it. I was excited to see it and will watch it in full later.

[@me-sm7cu]

How about the site? Thanks.

[@metrotek5]

Happen to have a link for that ? -TIA-

[@CoaxAndCampstools]

@@metrotek5 NotARubicon channel. Videos. Scroll down slightly. “Interview with NC Scout […]”

[@lastchance3552]

Who's randy? (Not in the adjectival sense.)

[@tjd4874]

Just bought 2 5RM’s off amazon. No clue what im doing with them but i guess i have a new hobby seems to be pretty cool

[@bendeleted9155]

Josh, thanks for walking us through it. I think the sooner we realize that the prepper types prefer these cheap little short-range radios for reasons that are not a threat to the ham hobby, the better. AND, I have seen some of the pure preppers "go legit" after learning the benefit of other services that can fill the need, like GMRS, and yes, even ham. 👍

[@cucvfarmer]

I am a prepared minded person. I have a GMRS Licence . I'm using Josh's videos to study for Technician test. I want to be legal.

[@bendeleted9155]

@@cucvfarmer that is a familiar order of progression. It's fairly contagious. Most that have come to me asking about it don't want to get into ham, so I am usually steering them towards GMRS, but except for a few near me and each other, it relies exclusively on repeaters. Thankfully, we have good coverage.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Yep. I think you are right.

[@joshuaclark1696]

The book is great. Scout's classes let you try out some of the stuff and get hands on experience doing and troubleshooting things.

[@jendean6982]

Recently found you. Got Tech lic few years ago but then spend next years fighting a disease. Forgot everything I learned. Interesting book. Thank you for showing us. One of his books is available to read on Kindle Unlimited.

[@bubbafett2328]

Hands down the best $20 I’ve ever spent

[@rifleshooterchannel208]

The pdf may or may not be on the free internet library at Anna’s Archive. Thought I assume it’s not worth the 20 second download, because it for sure is not worth the $20 purchase price.

[@aqdrobert]

During an emergency, use your radios to LISTEN. Many VHF/UHF public safety, highway patrol, air ambulances, and business HT frequencies remain analog, despite scanner listeners lamenting DECADES ago that EVERYTHING will change to proprietary undecodable digital modes. When I travel to conventions and shopping malls, some new user transmits amazement, "How did we get along without these radios?" Local zoos and parks reserve digital for park rangers and vet staff, but many volunteers and school groups bring FRS/GMRS radios to keep the groups together.

[@samramirez9802]

Man, Operation Cuba Libre 😂, I was in the streets during the protest on July,2021. What a day!

[@kaboom4679]

Alright , I guess imma get my license . Just took a test exam and scored 91% , with only having watched your videos . Also , 3 decades of practicing law ( Ohms Law that is ) probably didn't hurt . Hopefully I haven't become TOO much of a Luddite these past few years . Then again , folks aren't prepping because they have high confidence in the technological infrastructure we presently have .

[@jeffgee6319]

Just got my AR152 radio, yesterday. NC Scout’s book arrives Monday. I’m as green as it gets. Looking forward to getting familiar with its functionality.

[@chadthomas09]

This is a great book with a wealth of knowledge and even if the operations and principles taught within the book are outside of the normal realm of ham and what you're supposed to do in ham pirate radio and these kind of principles are a huge history of ham radio itself and having a practical learning experience is beneficial

[@evhvariac2]

Subscribed! Your channel is doing great

[@ashleehouse5204]

S2 recommended this channel to learn radio for beginners. I scrolled through the Playlist, there's alot. Can anyone point me in the direction of which playlist/video to start with. Very beginner and not techy. I've known the importance but realize more and more each day that I really need to figure this out.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Yep, try the "Are you new to radio? Start here?" playlist. There isn't an order. Just start with what you find interesting.

[@fm71450]

Dear Josh, so glad you are highlighting Baofeng radios and a how-to book for them. There ARE better radios, no doubt. My first Ham radios were Baofengs - and they were good enough for the time. Got my General, working on my extra. You helped me along the way. Thank you. Keep it up! KQ4IXD

[@chrisowen5497]

Sounds very interesting. Thank you for sharing in detail what the book is about. Now, I gotta have it. 😂

[@TangoOscarMikeN3WS]

I enjoy this stuff. I even wrote some bash scripts to create one time pads, dryad authentication tables and code books, etc. You can practice this stuff over email with your group. As you never know if/when it might be useful.

[@stevecooper2873]

As I recall, 9 -- "NINer" was to reduce/eliminate the any confusion with the German word "NEIN", for "no".

[@mickmacy6161]

Great book. FM type information.

[@stevenkeller386]

That looks like an interesting book. The reality is that if there is an emergency event that collapses society and/or government all the rules, band plans, ecom procedures that Ham radio operators currently follow would be thrown out the window. In that type of situation, the information in that book would probably be helpful.

[@MalaklypsetheElder]

People might want to also be aware that the brush beater website that NC Scout runs also has tons of free digital downloads some of which are FM publications from the Department of Defense.

[@itsapittie]

Useful information. I just ordered one. Should the situation arise that I needed this, there would be nobody around enforcing the rules of what I can and can't do.

[@moonchild2213]

After figuring out how to operate the radio, learn how to create a comms plan with family/friends. There is nothing worse than being the only one in your group who knows how to operate the radio, and you are just sitting there listing to nothing.

[@markfowler6200]

There’s no restriction against sending Morse over voice radio. I obviously can speak Swahili into my radio and not much chance of anybody understanding it within reception range. I can take a text message, encrypt it and speak Morse into my ham radio. ‘Dih’, ‘Dah’.

[@davidwlee0351]

Amazing review thank you for this. As a former service member it’s nice to see a civilian be able to understand where and where and even why this book would be useful. Instead of gate keeping and Jair hating on everything in it like a lot of people in the HAM community would.

[@nimroddiaries_]

Josh marks books like me... lol Thanks for sharing Josh. Looks like a good resource for locals plans.

[@ShadoWorks-S2]

NC SCOUT is a great guy you should bring him on I want to go back and forth with him no meshtastic I think he has it wrong. I would also like to see NC scout and good old dad from S2UNDERGROUND have a conversation I think that would be interesting and probably the most viewed video ever🎉

[@re-dacted.]

Hah

[@ShadoWorks-S2]

@@re-dacted. 🤔

[@jackK5FIT]

I have one being delivered tomorrow. I am pretty familiar with Baofengs but I'm interested in the other topics covered too. One thing jumped out from my military days. "Repeat" is used to ask artillery to fire again. "Say again" is asking the operator to say again the last thing they said. I still stick to that with ham radio. I like the Signal Corps challenge coin from several of your videos. That was my branch in the Army. Thanks for another informative and entertaining video.

[@ultraclassic01hd]

They came up with NIN_er because it sounds different then the German word for NO which is NEIN.

[@christophermcclellan8730]

Ya know, I never would’ve picked this up without someone telling me about the actual content in it. It’s been advertised to me repeatedly and I shrugged it off.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Werd.

[@randymclaughlin7676]

Good review. I got a copy a few years ago, read it, and put it away. As for practicing some of these applications, would it be permissable to do this with simple, inexpensive walkie- talkies available in sporting goods sites or Walmart?

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Generally coded language is a no. But most of the rest can be practiced.

[@scottforbes0]

I was born in Australia and have lived here my entire life, yet I have never seen anyone drink a Fosters beer. It became well-known through sports sponsorships like Formula 1, but it seems more like a mythical creature.

[@KS0JD]

Always good to be prepared! You never know when the Canadians may invade and force us to drink Moose Head beer and eat poutine! Thanks for the video! 73

[@christophermcclellan8730]

Woah woah woah pal. We don’t joke about the war crime world champs.

[@eljuano28]

Pootine's not as bad as it sounds, but I recommend caution regarding our hat.

[@loganjones5766]

I for one look forward to our new Canadian overlords forcing me to eat poutine, no idea on the Moose Head though.

[@davestelling]

Morning... Interesting, and I've enjoyed watching. I purchased a pair of the Baofeng transceivers last February. Since, the only thing I've been able to listen to is after I managed to program in the NOAA Weather. I do enjoy that, but I thought for sure I'd be able to at least listen in to Ham radio? I'm pretty much confined to home these days - I thought perhaps these would open up something new for me to get interested in but, afraid I am very disappointed. I even purchased a "Base" antenna in order to maybe get better reception. Also - I went ahead and got my GMRS permit from the FCC. Think it was another ten dollars. Maybe someone here might point out what I'm doing wrong? I'd really appreciate any suggestions, thanks...

[@anthonyventimiglia8283]

How long do you get out of that battery? I was thinking of building a similar bag but a battery that is half the size. I know battery life changes based on use but would it be wildly under powered with a 4.5ah battery?

[@batfpv3576]

Write your own code , that is known to the "group" ONLY. At one's local community meeting these are discussed/ disclosed face to face. Then implemented.

[@evocati6523]

That would be illegal

[@HVAC1actual]

good video, good book 👍

[@shoa2285]

Andflmsg I've had this for years.

[@theradiorover]

I'm British. Never need this, but got one ordered 😂. Looks educational.😊

[@owlcricker-k7ulm]

Rumor has it that some HT radios can explode and cause bodily damage.

[@thumpergallino]

Yep, tried this in a nationwide wife beater group, they rejected it for set programmed radios (frs 5w/gmrs 5w/ham chennels) all on one radio. Of course three letter agencies have their hands on all of these groups use of "comms", atak, digital, and of course membership lists.

[@Tech-NO-City]

The military does in fact call that a cobra head.

[@MalaklypsetheElder]

I also feel it should be noted that the one caveat that hams constantly put on using a ham radio or an amateur radio without an amateur radio license about only being allowed to use it in an emergency is a little light on details. In the most recent weekly roundup that s2 underground did on his KZbin channel he had a pretty scathing rebuke of amateur radio operators and their behavior some of them not many but some comma during recent events and southeast US with hurricane Helene. He usually doesn't get this involved or have this much of a reaction or go off on diatribes about problems because he's a pretty positive guy but in this episode he absolutely dressed down some of the amateur radio community for their behavior during emergency response and rescue efforts that took place especially in North Carolina and Tennessee. As he pointed out and while he was pointing this out he cited the relevant FCC regulations and I believe he showed them on the screen comma you are allowed to use amateur radio in an emergency when there is a danger or high probability of loss of life comma injury or damage to property. I don't think this is really covered that well when amateur radio people talk about that one exception to the FCC rules and it's a little bit sad and like he pointed out in this video he stated that there were net operators who were actually not taking calls and shutting people out of networks who did not present a call sign or state their amateur radio license identification. I have to say that I agree with them this stuff is getting pretty old and especially in an emergency when you have net operators telling people they can't communicate or not transmitting communications when there is a dire emergency going on like we saw in some of those states is absolutely atrocious behavior. I also agree with him when he made statements about citizen band radio and the way that the FCC gave up on licensing CB radio decades ago and that was because in his estimation or his statement comma people just stopped applying for licenses and practiced non-compliance so the FCC gave up on it. Maybe that needs to happen with amateur radio. The ridiculous gatekeeping of this community can be seen by what was heard and witnessed with these emergency response and rescue operations being conducted in part by citizens and I think this really drives the point home that there is a serious cult of the federal communications commission in the amateur radio community that needs to just stop.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

I don’t have any evidence that net ops weren’t taking non-licensed traffic.

[@Trevkongable]

I love that book!

[@seanyoung6010]

When are you having ncscout on the channel for a q&a?

[@strixt]

New to the looking at radios, which Baofeng would you all recommend? Don't need super long range.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

The simple $17 baofeng on Amazon is just fine.

[@strixt]

@@HamRadioCrashCourse Awesome, thank you! I'll definitely be watching your channel for more on comms, it's something I'm interested in but haven't been able to dig into.

[@jalpa9642]

I found a .pdf version on line..... 162 pages.... seems to be exactly like the original...!

[@typorad]

Very fun book for your airsoft milsim nerds

[@MourningConstitution]

Thanks!

[@Ray-ml6iy]

So my question is this: in order to obtain long distance reception, do we need the use of a repeater? If so, is it safe to say I would need to obtain my license and get approval to use a local repeater?

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

You need a license to use a repeater in all cases that I am aware.

[@Ray-ml6iy]

@@HamRadioCrashCourse 10-4 thank you. That’s what I thought but wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing anything. Thank you.

[@maxj1449]

Can anyone provide insight into the seemingly many editions of this book? i see very similar ones by brock teller, nc scout, and william grenz

[@brassmanbart5076]

Rattlegram is good for short messages ( 85 characters).

[@MrMGutierrez84]

Better to have it and know it and never need it than to need it and not have it 😉

[@JDGage]

In case of keeping supplies and smuggling them past FEMA to the victims of NC, yeah I can see this being useful. Just throwing a realistic senecio into the mix.

[@lyfandeth]

Yeah, q-codes are all well and good. But the official national standards for emergency operations (ICS & NIMS) actually specify NO JARGON BY ANYONE AT ANY TIME. Because in an emergency or disaster where there are responders from many sources, someone is not going to habla your jargon. Even q-codes.

[@vitogriffin8902]

This book isn't intended to be used by someone contacting emergency responders in a disaster....hence the title of the book.

[@gadsdenconsulting7126]

@lyfandeth 🥴👍

[@numbersix7193]

No use of jargon is a standard recommendation, not a law or official regulation. This is for official communication centers and or uniform incident command centers operations.

[@LittleInsulator101]

Yay new video

[@fishingwithwes2118]

why is it bad to use code phrases?

[@ZzedZed]

have baofengs got any better? i had a 5r back in 2010, it died 2013.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Not really. 😅

[@Chris5685]

​@@HamRadioCrashCourse I don't know how the older ones were, but one of my radios is UV-16, and it't pretty good imo. It can easily receive a 9 watt repeater that's about 70 or so miles away, the only upgrade is a Diamond SRJ77 antenna. Also, I wonder if the Midland CT590 is any different from a Baofeng, because it suspicously look similar to one.

[@nyagudinyagudi2743]

Good read :-)

[@DinsDale-tx4br]

Your Pal Randy Interviewed N C Scout on his channel a week or so ago :-) I think Lewis is next. 14:44 p102 The radio is a Baofeng AR-152. He mentions it in his interview on NotARubicon. Appendix A: I am still trying to get it to work :-) In the UK folk would call this book 'Real Boys Own' stuff ... which is a compliment.

[@viralsheddingzombie5324]

I just checked, there's nothing living up inside my head.

[@maximumwoof8662]

"niner" is international aeronautical speak for the number 9, as "nine" (sp?) is gernan word meaning NO.

[@chuchwhitney]

Linking repeaters have become an issue because of SAD HAMS. Linking repeaters has been beneficial covering areas lacking cell coverage. All the Hams say get a ham license if you want to do this. The problem is a ham license doesn’t cover the whole family. More of a problem has been all the Ham Operators coming to GMRS to get away from the arrogance, control and politics in the Ham community. Then they become the GMRS Police. Ham operators believe they are above the law enforcing everyone else to follow the rules. They have tainted GMRS and caused this whole issue with the FCC updating its ruling. The FCC has known for years about GMRS linking across the United States, and while maybe the were violating the rules? The systems were very beneficial to the Community. More interference has affected GMRS as an example, people running their business, everything from hotels, salvage yards, public schools and even drug trafficking on GMRS. When will the FCC and the ARRL be concerned about that? Example: thousands of government public schools using GMRS for day to day activities including safety for children. Many of these schools use radios that are not part FCC part 95 approved. So, is that the next step for the ARRL -HAMS to shut down all the public schools making it unsafe for our children? Yep, go ahead SAD HAMS and keep opening this can of worms and changing the way America feels about HAM RADIO OPERATORS and the ARRL. If anything, the FCC should open more frequencies to the general public serving millions of people instead of this huge number of frequencies the SAD HAMS have. Ham radio is dying because it is not even useful for emergency s because of satellite and many other technologies we have now. And look at the cost of purchasing all that HAM Equipment that you can only communicate with other SAD HAM OPERATORS. It just isn’t going to be feasible in the future.

[@runandguntv]

🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@jean-michell9945]

👍👍

[@HamRadioN0CKL]

Video Topic idea-- Ham Radio distributors that accept Bitcoin fle purchases.

[@MrEmb007]

Finally a video that isn’t a HAM weenie bitching about FCC regulations and never breaking them

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

I hardly ever whine about FCC regulations. I try just explain them and let people make adult decisions. Hope you check out my channel. 🤙

[@MrEmb007]

@@HamRadioCrashCourse that wasn’t directed at you, boss haha. More the general HAM community.

[@kingwalker733]

Sure, there is a lot of good information but the writing style bothered me. NC needs a good editor.

[@shelbyM-r9h]

ive had that book for ever. it def seems written by AI.

[@arupian666]

1:28.... QSL is an abbreviation, not an acronym... An acronym is very specific form of abbreviation whereby the initial letters form an abbreviation that's said as a word - NASA, AIDS, RADAR, SCUBA etc are acronyms, QSL is not, as we don't say "Quessel"...

[@Andy2e0ree]

Sorry I had hands in this book

[@KE0RGP]

Brevity Codes

[@USA-GreedyMenOfNoIntegrity]

Why do you have to have so many commercials in your videos? I can’t get anything done for hitting skip.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

KZbin is doing this…

[@USA-GreedyMenOfNoIntegrity]

@@HamRadioCrashCourse love your videos other than that.

[@nortonics5745]

How to talk shit by Josh... 👍

[@darbyclause8692]

Wait.... the gas chambers had wooden doors? How did that work?

[@gregrush6570]

You can actually transmit encrypted messages, but you have to get an EMPS license (Encrypted Message Permission Slip), tell the FCC what the messages are that you are transmitting, pay a tri-annual fee 0f $17.76, and promise to only transmit into a dummy load stuffed into a pillow.

[@yellowtomato]

Baofeng.. you should instead just polish a turd in the case of an emergency... lol

[@nr3rful]

Q Signals are for CW Moris code only and are not to be used voice.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

This is false.

[@celebmrk9]

BBHS? …73!

[@wchitwood65]

First of all, make absolutely sure there are no exploding batteries in the radio before using it!

[@rfphill1984]

I bought this book, and I recommend other people avoid it. This book is bad. It contains a lot of outright incorrect information (for example, the frequency range for the 70cm band in the US is wrong in the book), the author clearly does not understand how simple things like decibels work. Pictures are just copied in from other people's work without the author even bothering to redraw them, for example note that the antenna at 15:55 uses millimeters (all the other antenna plans in the book are in feet & inches). I mean, look at the figure at 15:45. HTs are represented by what appear to be clip art of old-timey shortwave receivers and the battery is an AA battery blown up to monstrous proportions. This looks like it was made by a fifth grader. Anyone with any sort of infantry training will be familiar with stuff like MEDEVAC requests, the templates in this book are nothing special. Ditto for having primary/alternate/emergency comms, code words for things, and doing letter/number substitution (the author uses "KINGFATHER" as an example, we used "SCUBADIVER" in training). LOL @ the author putting a black bar over his eyes on the back cover at 16:33. Honestly, this book is just a cash grab. It's so lazy: many pictures copied from other people's work, mistakes everywhere. This is aimed at preppers with more dollars than sense.

[@seanjarnigan8978]

I'm not going to forgo encoding. Don't like it come find me

[@mtnshooter2487]

We use this stuff, cause our enemy uses this stuff !

[@wchitwood65]

BYOBMF! GGG!