If you’re already using a software defined radio to monitor the RF spectrum, you can put it to use monitoring local air traffic to enhance your situational awareness in an emergency. Why Monitor Air Traffic? While monitoring RF traffic (such…
Until now, I have been running wall adapters to my Raspberry Pi’s and an Ethernet switch, but it’s time to get things wired in a bit better. From determining our power needs and choosing our equipment to soldering it all…
They say an army marches on its stomach and anyone who’s studied logistics surely agrees. Professional militaries and preppers alike invest heavily in food security – for obvious reasons, and there are a ton of emergency food options on the…
One thing we can do off the bat is set up our firewall which is exactly what we are going to do in this third part of our portable server set up guide. If you haven’t checked out our previous…
Password management is essential to your digital security. In this segment of our portable EmComm Server build, we will be walking through how to install KeePass and setting up a database to host on our upcoming server build.
The EmComm server project is now live on GitHub, bringing version control, live updates, and collaboration opportunities to the forefront. Moving forward, you’ll now have a front row pass to every edit, trial and error this project entails. Why GitHub?…
Now that we’ve laid out a plan for what we want to do with the server, its time to get things set up. In this segment, we will flash our operating system to the Pi’s SD card, and do some…
Having been a regular user of the Mantis family of training tools for a little over 2 years now, I thought it was time to take another look at my experience with the system. The Pink Rhino and Knockoffs When…
It’s been a while since we’ve posted regularly, but we are back with a new ungoing project – a portable server for EmComm use. Why a Server? To understand my rationale behind building a server rather than just using a…
For some time I’ve enviously admired The Tech Prepper’s fleet of HF manpacks. The whole concept of a self contained rig that is ready to go and can be used in a variety of situations, is fascinating in itself, but…