Why the UV-17R
The new Baofeng UV17R has gotten a lot of mixed reviews since it’s launch, so I thought I’d share my thoughts about it and why I’ve chosen them as a budget fleet radio solution. The Need for Cheap Comms There…
Category Communications
ADS-B and UAT for Situational Awareness
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…
EmComm Server Power Management
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…
Securing Our Server – Uncomplicated Firewall & Fail2Ban
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…
Simplify Password Management with KeePass
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.
Now on GitHub – EmComm Server Live Updates
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?…
Portable EmComm Server – Initial Setup
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…
Building a Portable EmComm Server
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…
My Handout Communications Kits
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…