Glad to hear it. I have the same experience. The one shown here is the EDC pack, but I've been running the original smaller one in the backcountry since it came out. It has over 10,000 trail miles and is still going strong.
If I may suggest. Your big front zipper pouch. A map or emergency radio contacts laminated with velcro on the backside corners, you open your pack, and on the inside opposite side, you can stick your velcro map or emergency radio contact list. 73s
Hi, The dual charger for FZ-M1 you have is cool, did you know that you can charge them anywhere from 10V to 16.8V? This means that you can make a cable that has PowerPoles and power the FZ-M1 from any battery you use to power transcievers - 3S Lipo/Liion, 4S Lipo/Liion, 4s LiFePo4 or even Car batteries. I have tested it with my FZ-M1 Mk1 and when you apply lower voltage the internal buck converter in the tablet just pulls a bit more current. In regards to finding a good power connector for FZ-M1, the one with the two grooves that actually holds in place: Get an old IBM Thinkpad 16V charger and cut the cable, theese are everywhere and have exactly the same connector that on the original FZ-M1 charger, exept they are straight rather than 90 degree. My setup is FT-891 (XT-60 mod), FZ-M1 Mk1, USB cable to connect them and an 4-way XT-60 Y-splitter cable to allow me to plug the radio, tablet and more stuff as needed to the battery. Currently I have one 3S 50Ah Lipo (3kg) and a 4S 50-60Ah Lipo (3.2Kg from Nissan Leaf; I need to measure the capacity of this one). I charge the 4S battery to 16V to not damage my FT-891 and it successfully took me through 3 nights of off-grid camping and transmitting at 100W (SSB) at the evenings. The 3s has lower usable capacity as the radio looses output power when the battery is below 12V but it is a great battery that doesn't drop even 0.1V when under load of the radio. For charging the batteries I have ISDT 608PD charger that can be powered from DC 5V to 30V at 10A through XT60 or even USB-C! (USB-C PD at 140W) It can also discharge the battery through USB-C so you can use any battery as a 100W USB-C powerbank. It is cheap and only weights 85g so maybe you could check it out?
Wow great info I didn’t realize it had that big of a charging range maybe I can ditch some bulk & just use a Anderson powerpole cable directly to a battery
@@vironpayne3405 Thanks, I try to optimise the battery for maximum usable energy to be able to transmit at full power for the longest. The FT-891 starts to loose power at around 12.5V as I measured. So 4S Lipo charged to max 16V is the best for me, because even if it is discharged it still provides enough voltage to push 100W out of the FT-891. I am a new HAM (License received on 29. May 2024) and i only work HF SSB now, but i will look into digital modes and satellite operations in the future :) 73 DE OM1ASZ
Love your kit and definitely love the modular mindset! I absolutely go out of my way to make sure my setup is modular. My comms gear kit-building has taken a backseat, unfortunately due to a bit of a financial crunch that is in place until next February, but your ideas and videos provide all the inspiration I need for when I am able to focus on my own comms setup again early next year. Keep it up, man!
Thanks, bud. Take your time building your kit. There's a lot a food-for-thought when it comes to seeing how others build their kits. Good luck with the finances.
@@xNsKxVAPOR I have a friend of the channel that is sending me a KrakenSDR. I plan to have some locals try to direction find me in an area that is not an urban environment with a constant beacon.
@@TheTechPrepper very interested on this because it’s something on my list to buy. My curiosity would be how well it works on both UHF AND VHF, but also how well it picks up the transmission if you only key up for a few seconds speaking a sentence Edit: would also love to see how the kraken would work when not attached to a car. I’d prefer it manpacked
Interesting to hear you talk about some need for Windows (obviously that's where a lot of the software development has traditionally been). I've set up one of my FZ-G1s dual boot so and can run some Windows only apps. I did purchase a Macbook Air (refurb) to try it out (my first Mac, ever) but can't get YAAC to run on it. I'm patiently waiting on EmComm Tools R3 before I try that out on the dual boot machine. Amazing work and effort. I hope you will provide some guidance or mention any special considerations for installing EmComm tools if we have a dual boot set-up. Many of us (especially those of us on BMAC) really appreciate your efforts!
Michael, I will walk everyone through the setup in the coming months. In the next video, I'll walk the public through how I approached the Windows installation on the FZ-M1 Mk2 shown. Later, I'll show the BMAC community how I will re-size and allocate a second partition for EmComm Tools. This will take some time. However, there are lots of great articles on how to dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu. ETC is Ubuntu with some customizations.
@@TheTechPrepper Thank You. Setting up Dual Boot itself is not a problem for me, but watching some of your earlier BMAC EmComm Tools installation videos, I wasn't quite sure of the implications for installing that on the Ubuntu partition when you already have a dual boot setup. Patiently standing by. You do good work, I'm sure it will be fine, I'm just not much of a Linux/Mac person.
So you run android. Did you ever think to have backups of APKs for all the apps that you run on your phone? Save backups of your android apps as well? You can store them on those flash drives.
I have an entire folder for APKs on the offline USB drive. Most of the amateur radio software is available as APKs for direct download which makes things nice.
Another INFO Dump for those of us trying to keep up!!! THANK YOU G Looking forward to #3 Getting my rig(s) Up - (stumbling but making Headway!!) Sincere Thank You for “WHAT YOU DO & HOW you apply it”!! Keep up the amazing Info flow. (New Vanity call to be assigned on 19th) * Lastly, Any chance you have info/experience with Water issues ie… Rain / Humidity / ?? (Oh and HEAT) - here in SWFL those are MAJOR topics when working outdoors. Learning but I do find your area challenges are similar ALOT of the time. Chat soon
You're very welcome. I am dumping videos more quickly than I normally do (with little editing) as I am literally just documenting my current projects as I go. The next video on "how to install an air gapped windows system" is coming soon. I only have experience operating in temperatures up to 120F with low humidity. Although, I may try to operate during our next monsoon. This is the month, but nothing yet.
Awesome stuff, Gaston. I hereby dub thee "Inspector Gadget"! 😆 That aircraft identifier is slick!!! My issue with the small laptop is the screen is too small for me to see. (I am 60 and Mr. Magoo). Just ordered an 11 inch tablet with keyboard, but it is android, not Windows. Good news is you can charge it via 12 volts. Also thanks for the follow up on your dual juice supplies for your laptop! Lots of great ideas here, thanks! 73, Brett K5WXP
Hey Gaston! Nice idea to have all the power source/management organized. I tried to find a tough pad here in Europe but I couldn't find it for less than $1000. Now I'm looking for some alternatives for that here. Have you some suggestions about that? Have a nice day man!
Take a look at the Getac rugged laptops. However, I have no experience with them, but people seem to like them. They are quite a bit larger and heavier, though.
@@TheTechPrepper thanks for the answer Gaston. I looked at that brand. The price is around $1000 as well for a refurbished one. The new one I found for $2500, which is a considerable amount of money. I found another option that cost $500 though. It's a Dell Latitude 14 rugged. Have you heard or had experience with this one?
Opinions (just like everyone I’ve got one too) Yaesu FT-60: an excellent choice for a portable radio (VX-6 is just too small to my liking). I have had the 2M only predecessors to the FT-60, Yaesu VX-150, FT-250, FT-270, and the UHF only FT-277 (the latter two my current HTs), as well as the -60. I think these rigs are damned near bullet proof. I think them w-a-a-a-y more radio each than baofengs of which I have a very low opinion from personal experience. Strong features: these radios might occasionally be found on the pre-owned market, ALL use the same battery packs and the same OEM 2M antennas (of course, but for the -60 and the FT-277). My only very strong complaint is a serious design flaw continued with the FT-70 corrected only in the current production FT-4X, VX-6R, and FT-65: Orange back lighting and orange legends for key functions. In low ambient light the keypad back light completely washes out the legends. I can only think that some(s) in Yaesu marketing with an overload of sake still thinks it’s a good design. ARGH!!! (Sorry for that rant.) Else I don’t think one can go wrong with any one of these HTs. PowerFilm - certainly a good choice. Though available as of my comment on Amazon, doesn’t appear on the PowerFilm web site. They DO have a 20W model. Per one’s application, a competing good choice can be the Off Grid Trek solar “blanket” line though the smallest model they have is 30W.
I am a huge fan of the FT-270. I have two of them, but never talk about them as they are part of my EMP. They are easily the toughest radios in my fleet. I love that they use the same batteries as the FT-60. The only issue is that I do a lot of 440 mHz work and it's VHF only. I've had the 20W PowerFilm for years. It's been in most of my videos. That one is dedicated to my ruck.
@@TheTechPrepper Without hesitation, I admit that the feature/limitation of the FT-270 is it being a single band HT. I had an FT-277 stolen while on a Red Cross deployment (ARGH!!!!). I couldn't find a replacement as it was then no longer in the Yaesu product line , it rapidly disappeared from any dealer existing stocks and anyone who had one wasn't parting with it. So, replaced with the FT-60 (no doubt a bullet-proof rig in its own right). Kept the faith and >finally< a barely used 277 showed up on the used market. Opted to give up the FT-60 primarily because its operation differed from the mirrored ops between the 270 and 277. For UHF ops, the 277 is terrific. Would suggest keeping your eye to for one to add to your personal inventory. 🙂
You have a bunch of amazing content so I am sorry if I missed this… I know at one point you had a limited run on your bag…. But I really like it…. Any way to buy one?
Unfortunately, they all sold out last year and I'm no longer in a position to make them any more. There are about 150 units in the wild, so maybe one will turn up for sale on the used market.
@@caseyguinan7472 It was a local who hand made them, so that is not likely. Like everything I do, I want to support the community and keep things local and hand made by craftsmen.
Do you replace those rubber bands often? I find they wear out in a few weeks if they get hot. There's some cinche knots that would work as replacements if they break in the field.
Yet another fine video! Curious if you ever just run any USB OS's (PenDrive) with persistent memory? Probably not great for anything comms-related, due to the endless configurations out there. But if you need to spin up an OS on a rando machine and access your files without leaving a trace (crypto, research/howtos, maps, etc.), could come in handy.
I have not, but my custom version of Linux, EmComm Tools, does exactly that. When you boot into the "Try it" mode, all the services and plug-and-play support are ready to go. This is not yet in the community build, but it will. I just need to enter my call sign. I also have all the crypto tools ready to go. I have the private/public keypair encrypted on one of thumb drives.
Had my microsoft surface computer get a fit either due to chance or as a result of heat. What is your plan if your panasonic computer shuts down in the field? You cannot do js8call anymore if that happens?
We train daily with multiple modes of operation. Our daily routine looks like this: 1. Check Winlink email via VHF, UHF or HF 2. Check APRS store-and-forward messages via the "MAIL" gateway" 3. Voice over RF-only repeater network 4. Voice over 40m NVIS 5. Monitor 40m JS8 6. Fallback to satcom
I can see you won't be stuck playing Candy Crush by yourself until your cellphone goes dead after the grid goes down. My guess is that you'll have some intelligent resourceful people to talk to.
It's RG-174 and it comes with the Ed Fong roll-up J-pole. The J-Pole itself also has some length. I have not measured it, so you may want to look at the specs on their website. It feels like roughly 6 ft., but I could mistaken. Since we're in the desert and have low Palo Verde trees, mine has never been deployed more than 15 ft.
That's not right. The model shown in the video does 15.5V DC out. Here's the part number: ACDC9015-PA01. Here's the link to Lind: lindelectronics.com/product/acdc9015-pa01/
Are you referring to my "TTP Manpack" bags. If so, I had to stop making them. There are about 150 units total in the wild though. Maybe someone might sell one.
@@TheTechPrepper A question to ask say if I wanted to run the os on another Computer other than a Panasonic CF-20 or FZ series could I do that or is the OS gear set to Panasonic firmware. I ask because I have two Fujitsu Lifebook T731 laptops and I am running a Linux distro on both computers.
It isn't necessary for you to pack an RTL-SDR ADS-B detector. For around $10/year, you can get a subscription to a service that will provide historical ADS-B data plotted on a map. So just note the time and look it up later.
Your videos always make me want to organize my stuff!!!! Hope the Ms. Tech Prepper is doing well!!!!
She is doing well. She's even joining me on some of the radio outings and experiments lately. Happy organizing.
Please make a video on how to use a radio to run the ADS-B aircraft tracking. That looks really cool!
Will do. Thanks.
It's always nice to see people's com gear setups. It definitely gives me some ideas. Thanks for the content, brother. 🤙🏾
Hopefully there's an idea or two in the video. The trick is adapting the kit to your needs. Cheers, man.
The Haley Strategic flat pack is such a good bag. I've beat mine up since they came out and it is still going strong. Worth every penny.
Glad to hear it. I have the same experience. The one shown here is the EDC pack, but I've been running the original smaller one in the backcountry since it came out. It has over 10,000 trail miles and is still going strong.
I have to admit...the ability to track and ID aircraft without internet was/ is way cool.
The best part is that you don't get ads in the app either when you're offline.
If I may suggest.
Your big front zipper pouch. A map or emergency radio contacts laminated with velcro on the backside corners, you open your pack, and on the inside opposite side, you can stick your velcro map or emergency radio contact list.
73s
Great suggestion. I actually have those contacts printed twice on laminated cards. I have on in my wallet and the other in the Tuff Possum Gear pouch.
Tracking planes in near proximity is very cool. Thanks Gaston. :)
I definitely would love to see a more in depth video on the ADS-B SDR kit.
You got it!
I'm a new tech and newer sub - your videos are some of the coolest on youtube when it comes to comms/ham stuff!
Glad to hear it. Welcome to the hobby and the channel. More on the way.
Please do a video on aircraft tracking and identification offline, sounds very interesting
Will do. It's on the list.
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Hi, The dual charger for FZ-M1 you have is cool, did you know that you can charge them anywhere from 10V to 16.8V?
This means that you can make a cable that has PowerPoles and power the FZ-M1 from any battery you use to power transcievers - 3S Lipo/Liion, 4S Lipo/Liion, 4s LiFePo4 or even Car batteries.
I have tested it with my FZ-M1 Mk1 and when you apply lower voltage the internal buck converter in the tablet just pulls a bit more current.
In regards to finding a good power connector for FZ-M1, the one with the two grooves that actually holds in place: Get an old IBM Thinkpad 16V charger and cut the cable, theese are everywhere and have exactly the same connector that on the original FZ-M1 charger, exept they are straight rather than 90 degree.
My setup is FT-891 (XT-60 mod), FZ-M1 Mk1, USB cable to connect them and an 4-way XT-60 Y-splitter cable to allow me to plug the radio, tablet and more stuff as needed to the battery. Currently I have one 3S 50Ah Lipo (3kg) and a 4S 50-60Ah Lipo (3.2Kg from Nissan Leaf; I need to measure the capacity of this one). I charge the 4S battery to 16V to not damage my FT-891 and it successfully took me through 3 nights of off-grid camping and transmitting at 100W (SSB) at the evenings. The 3s has lower usable capacity as the radio looses output power when the battery is below 12V but it is a great battery that doesn't drop even 0.1V when under load of the radio.
For charging the batteries I have ISDT 608PD charger that can be powered from DC 5V to 30V at 10A through XT60 or even USB-C! (USB-C PD at 140W) It can also discharge the battery through USB-C so you can use any battery as a 100W USB-C powerbank. It is cheap and only weights 85g so maybe you could check it out?
Wow great info I didn’t realize it had that big of a charging range maybe I can ditch some bulk & just use a Anderson powerpole cable directly to a battery
You are way ahead of the "power curve" compared to most of us. Great work!
@@vironpayne3405 Thanks, I try to optimise the battery for maximum usable energy to be able to transmit at full power for the longest. The FT-891 starts to loose power at around 12.5V as I measured. So 4S Lipo charged to max 16V is the best for me, because even if it is discharged it still provides enough voltage to push 100W out of the FT-891.
I am a new HAM (License received on 29. May 2024) and i only work HF SSB now, but i will look into digital modes and satellite operations in the future :)
73 DE OM1ASZ
Thanks for the tip. I've never tried to supply anything other than 15.5V. I'll give it a try on my older FZ-M1 Mk2.
Love your kit and definitely love the modular mindset! I absolutely go out of my way to make sure my setup is modular. My comms gear kit-building has taken a backseat, unfortunately due to a bit of a financial crunch that is in place until next February, but your ideas and videos provide all the inspiration I need for when I am able to focus on my own comms setup again early next year. Keep it up, man!
Thanks, bud. Take your time building your kit. There's a lot a food-for-thought when it comes to seeing how others build their kits. Good luck with the finances.
Need more SDR, need more sigint!
It's coming. Don't worry.
@@TheTechPrepper direction finding too please
@@xNsKxVAPOR I have a friend of the channel that is sending me a KrakenSDR. I plan to have some locals try to direction find me in an area that is not an urban environment with a constant beacon.
@@TheTechPrepper very interested on this because it’s something on my list to buy. My curiosity would be how well it works on both UHF AND VHF, but also how well it picks up the transmission if you only key up for a few seconds speaking a sentence
Edit: would also love to see how the kraken would work when not attached to a car. I’d prefer it manpacked
I'm interested in this side of things as well!
Interesting to hear you talk about some need for Windows (obviously that's where a lot of the software development has traditionally been). I've set up one of my FZ-G1s dual boot so and can run some Windows only apps. I did purchase a Macbook Air (refurb) to try it out (my first Mac, ever) but can't get YAAC to run on it. I'm patiently waiting on EmComm Tools R3 before I try that out on the dual boot machine. Amazing work and effort. I hope you will provide some guidance or mention any special considerations for installing EmComm tools if we have a dual boot set-up. Many of us (especially those of us on BMAC) really appreciate your efforts!
Michael, I will walk everyone through the setup in the coming months. In the next video, I'll walk the public through how I approached the Windows installation on the FZ-M1 Mk2 shown. Later, I'll show the BMAC community how I will re-size and allocate a second partition for EmComm Tools. This will take some time. However, there are lots of great articles on how to dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu. ETC is Ubuntu with some customizations.
@@TheTechPrepper Thank You. Setting up Dual Boot itself is not a problem for me, but watching some of your earlier BMAC EmComm Tools installation videos, I wasn't quite sure of the implications for installing that on the Ubuntu partition when you already have a dual boot setup. Patiently standing by. You do good work, I'm sure it will be fine, I'm just not much of a Linux/Mac person.
Good evening Gaston! Great video.
Cheers!
So you run android. Did you ever think to have backups of APKs for all the apps that you run on your phone? Save backups of your android apps as well? You can store them on those flash drives.
I have an entire folder for APKs on the offline USB drive. Most of the amateur radio software is available as APKs for direct download which makes things nice.
Another INFO Dump for those of us trying to keep up!!!
THANK YOU G
Looking forward to #3
Getting my rig(s) Up - (stumbling but making Headway!!)
Sincere Thank You for “WHAT YOU DO & HOW you apply it”!!
Keep up the amazing Info flow.
(New Vanity call to be assigned on 19th)
* Lastly, Any chance you have info/experience with Water issues
ie… Rain / Humidity / ?? (Oh and HEAT) - here in SWFL those are MAJOR topics when working outdoors.
Learning but I do find your area challenges are similar ALOT of the time.
Chat soon
You're very welcome. I am dumping videos more quickly than I normally do (with little editing) as I am literally just documenting my current projects as I go. The next video on "how to install an air gapped windows system" is coming soon.
I only have experience operating in temperatures up to 120F with low humidity. Although, I may try to operate during our next monsoon. This is the month, but nothing yet.
Wow - good job mate!
Thanks from sunny AZ! Are you from the UK, Australia, elsewhere?
He keeps it all in a single cargo pocket. 🧙♂️ 😂
Awesome stuff, Gaston. I hereby dub thee "Inspector Gadget"! 😆
That aircraft identifier is slick!!!
My issue with the small laptop is the screen is too small for me to see. (I am 60 and Mr. Magoo). Just ordered an 11 inch tablet with keyboard, but it is android, not Windows. Good news is you can charge it via 12 volts.
Also thanks for the follow up on your dual juice supplies for your laptop!
Lots of great ideas here, thanks!
73,
Brett K5WXP
Go, Gadget Go! Take a look at the FZ-G1. It's a bit larger.
Good video Gaston!
Glad you enjoyed it
Hey Gaston! Nice idea to have all the power source/management organized.
I tried to find a tough pad here in Europe but I couldn't find it for less than $1000. Now I'm looking for some alternatives for that here. Have you some suggestions about that?
Have a nice day man!
Yikes! $1000 for used gear?!
Take a look at the Getac rugged laptops. However, I have no experience with them, but people seem to like them. They are quite a bit larger and heavier, though.
@@vironpayne3405 yeah man. That sucks.
@@TheTechPrepper thanks for the answer Gaston. I looked at that brand. The price is around $1000 as well for a refurbished one. The new one I found for $2500, which is a considerable amount of money.
I found another option that cost $500 though. It's a Dell Latitude 14 rugged. Have you heard or had experience with this one?
@@snoopymec Negative on Latitude. I am having good success with the Dell 7220, but it has not been in the field.
As always an excellent video and kit! Love the aircraft receiver solution! 73 de k2CJB
It works incredibly well. Everytime my wife sees an aircraft she insists that I fire up the ADB-s tracking software on the phone.
I love this video, I've been working on an emcomm go kit.
Good luck with your build. It's been evolving over the last 4 years.
Opinions (just like everyone I’ve got one too) Yaesu FT-60: an excellent choice for a portable radio (VX-6 is just too small to my liking). I have had the 2M only predecessors to the FT-60, Yaesu VX-150, FT-250, FT-270, and the UHF only FT-277 (the latter two my current HTs), as well as the -60. I think these rigs are damned near bullet proof. I think them w-a-a-a-y more radio each than baofengs of which I have a very low opinion from personal experience.
Strong features: these radios might occasionally be found on the pre-owned market, ALL use the same battery packs and the same OEM 2M antennas (of course, but for the -60 and the FT-277). My only very strong complaint is a serious design flaw continued with the FT-70 corrected only in the current production FT-4X, VX-6R, and FT-65: Orange back lighting and orange legends for key functions. In low ambient light the keypad back light completely washes out the legends. I can only think that some(s) in Yaesu marketing with an overload of sake still thinks it’s a good design. ARGH!!! (Sorry for that rant.) Else I don’t think one can go wrong with any one of these HTs.
PowerFilm - certainly a good choice. Though available as of my comment on Amazon, doesn’t appear on the PowerFilm web site. They DO have a 20W model.
Per one’s application, a competing good choice can be the Off Grid Trek solar “blanket” line though the smallest model they have is 30W.
I am a huge fan of the FT-270. I have two of them, but never talk about them as they are part of my EMP. They are easily the toughest radios in my fleet. I love that they use the same batteries as the FT-60. The only issue is that I do a lot of 440 mHz work and it's VHF only.
I've had the 20W PowerFilm for years. It's been in most of my videos. That one is dedicated to my ruck.
@@TheTechPrepper Without hesitation, I admit that the feature/limitation of the FT-270 is it being a single band HT. I had an FT-277 stolen while on a Red Cross deployment (ARGH!!!!). I couldn't find a replacement as it was then no longer in the Yaesu product line , it rapidly disappeared from any dealer existing stocks and anyone who had one wasn't parting with it. So, replaced with the FT-60 (no doubt a bullet-proof rig in its own right). Kept the faith and >finally< a barely used 277 showed up on the used market. Opted to give up the FT-60 primarily because its operation differed from the mirrored ops between the 270 and 277.
For UHF ops, the 277 is terrific. Would suggest keeping your eye to for one to add to your personal inventory. 🙂
@@jimpiper5297 Thanks for sharing your story. If a 277 comes up on my radar, I'll snag it.
You have a bunch of amazing content so I am sorry if I missed this… I know at one point you had a limited run on your bag…. But I really like it…. Any way to buy one?
Unfortunately, they all sold out last year and I'm no longer in a position to make them any more. There are about 150 units in the wild, so maybe one will turn up for sale on the used market.
@@TheTechPrepper who was your source? Maybe I could get it fired up?
@@caseyguinan7472 It was a local who hand made them, so that is not likely. Like everything I do, I want to support the community and keep things local and hand made by craftsmen.
@@TheTechPrepper I agree. Would they not like more money to make a few more? lol
You should really look at the wouxon q10h love mine and it's usb-c
Without divulging your field comm plans and contacts, what does your FT-60 cheat sheet look like?
I’m looking to add an unlocked Android phone to my arsenal. So much more ham stuff on there than iOS.
Just be careful on whether your carry supports the unlocked phones.
Do you replace those rubber bands often? I find they wear out in a few weeks if they get hot. There's some cinche knots that would work as replacements if they break in the field.
About every 3-4 months.
Yet another fine video!
Curious if you ever just run any USB OS's (PenDrive) with persistent memory? Probably not great for anything comms-related, due to the endless configurations out there. But if you need to spin up an OS on a rando machine and access your files without leaving a trace (crypto, research/howtos, maps, etc.), could come in handy.
I have not, but my custom version of Linux, EmComm Tools, does exactly that. When you boot into the "Try it" mode, all the services and plug-and-play support are ready to go. This is not yet in the community build, but it will. I just need to enter my call sign. I also have all the crypto tools ready to go. I have the private/public keypair encrypted on one of thumb drives.
@TheTechPrepper which type of crypto are you using?
@@JonCherba PGP
Really interested in the SDR kit
It seems like most people are interested in that topic. I'll have to add a couple of videos on this topic.
I know this is off topic but I would like to ask questions about the yeasu ft891
Had my microsoft surface computer get a fit either due to chance or as a result of heat. What is your plan if your panasonic computer shuts down in the field? You cannot do js8call anymore if that happens?
We train daily with multiple modes of operation. Our daily routine looks like this:
1. Check Winlink email via VHF, UHF or HF
2. Check APRS store-and-forward messages via the "MAIL" gateway"
3. Voice over RF-only repeater network
4. Voice over 40m NVIS
5. Monitor 40m JS8
6. Fallback to satcom
Is that an antenna you made?
Why not use a digital radio like a FT5DR?
For the price point of the FT-5DR, it does not provide all the features that I need.
I can see you won't be stuck playing Candy Crush by yourself until your cellphone goes dead after the grid goes down. My guess is that you'll have some intelligent resourceful people to talk to.
We have a great group here in the Southwest. We train daily until modes of communication. We're covered.
What type of coax and what’s the length you’re running from your HT to the j-pole?
It's RG-174 and it comes with the Ed Fong roll-up J-pole. The J-Pole itself also has some length. I have not measured it, so you may want to look at the specs on their website. It feels like roughly 6 ft., but I could mistaken. Since we're in the desert and have low Palo Verde trees, mine has never been deployed more than 15 ft.
Another great video. What is the model number on the Lind charger
Glad you enjoyed it. The model # is: SCD0902N05
@@TheTechPrepper I see that model has a 20V DC output, while the OEM charger has a 16V output. Have you had any issues with that?
That's not right. The model shown in the video does 15.5V DC out. Here's the part number: ACDC9015-PA01. Here's the link to Lind: lindelectronics.com/product/acdc9015-pa01/
I’d like to know where you got those tiny pouches
I designed them and had a neighbor sew them for me. Most of my bags are custom.
@@TheTechPrepper thanks!
Have you looked at passive radar?
Negative.
...and be caffeinated!
I need to add that to the tagline. I was under caffeinated when I filmed this at 4:00 AM. Thanks for catching the video, Michael.
Can you do a video on calyxos?
I'm an Ubuntu user, so very likely no. I'm sure that there are many videos on UA-cam. Good luck.
Can you bring your radio carry pack to market? I want to buy one!!!
Are you referring to my "TTP Manpack" bags. If so, I had to stop making them. There are about 150 units total in the wild though. Maybe someone might sell one.
So what's the total weight?
What is the Linux distro you are using
Ubuntu 22.10 with some extensive enhancements. The project is called EmComm Tools OS Community.
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Thank you for getting back to me on this, I will be checking this Linux distro out here in the near future.
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A question to ask say if I wanted to run the os on another Computer other than a Panasonic CF-20 or FZ series could I do that or is the OS gear set to Panasonic firmware. I ask because I have two Fujitsu Lifebook T731 laptops and I am running a Linux distro on both computers.
@@bobbybyrne4415 It will work on computer that can run Ubuntu LInux 22.10. That is the base OS.
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Thank you for letting me know that I don’t have to invest into another computer system.
It isn't necessary for you to pack an RTL-SDR ADS-B detector. For around $10/year, you can get a subscription to a service that will provide historical ADS-B data plotted on a map. So just note the time and look it up later.
Actually, ADS-B Exchange this historical available for free. That's how I determined the aircraft when I returned to the house.
Non waterproof solar panels not a biggie in the desert.
Bingo.
but its not morning..... :)
It was recorded at 0400 ;-)
@@TheTechPrepper imo that’s still night time lol