EDIT: Go here to read review on class.Okay folks Brushbeater is having a two day course on March 3rd & 4th covering field operation of a radio. Here is a quick and dirty description from his site:
This class will teach students the basics of communications at the Team or Squad Level in the field. Topics of instruction include:
> Identifying Equipment Requirements
> Writing a Signals Operating Index
> PACE Planning for Communications
> Basic equipment capabilities
> Traffic handling
> Improvised antenna types, uses and construction
> Setting up and running an NVIS HF station
> Message Formats
> Setting up and communicating from a Hide site
Two day course will culminate in an field training event running a TOC station and Hide site in the field. Students will each build an antenna and demonstrate competency in team communications basics during the field exercise. Amateur Radio license qualification is helpful, but not required. This is NOT a ‘ham radio’ class but each student will come away with a basic understanding of a team’s communications needs in a tactical environment and how to best meet them under less-than-ideal circumstances. No equipment is required for this course; however, if students want to get field practice with their own gear, it is highly encouraged but done so at their own risk. Instruction is completely off-grid.
RTO Course: $200 per StudentI am going as I am sure I can hone my radio field craft skills.
On the same road but different gear...At 62 (next week) I will not be able to run with the young bucks doing security work in a grid down situation. So I am taking the time to hone my skills in the area (s) that I would benefit "The Group" the most. This does not mean I will not pull patrol duty nor fight for what I have. It means my skill set may be better for working communications, logistics, and other behind the theatre less glamorous rolls.
With that written, the class (s) will be held in NW North Carolina, just over the border from the great state of Virginia. I will be going from PA, to WVA., to VA., then NC if anybody would like to hitch a ride. There is a 3 bedroom house at the facility if folks would like shelter while there and don't want to get a hotel room out in the surrounding country side. I get dibs on the coach though
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here or PM me. 73 ladies and gentlemen!
