OffGrid Communication Plan Tested - Feat. TheTechPrepper

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OffGrid Communication Plan Tested - Feat. TheTechPrepper

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Күн бұрын

This communication exercise was A LOT of fun, and I learned a ton. It took us 12 hours, 3 attempts and 3 iterations through our place plan, but ultimately JS8 saved the day. It was roughly 1500 miles, using the RF-1944 military antenna.
This was attempted from Land Between the Lakes, a part and campground here in Kentucky.
Look out for the AAR later this week where we talked about the behind the scenes, and everything we learned.
If anyone would like a copy of the communication plan, you can find it over at themodernham.com/downloads/
Shout out to Gaston, TheTechPrepper for motivating me to get out there and try this out. If you haven't tried to communicate off grid with a specific individual, now is the time to practice. You will run into issues you would have never though of.
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00:00 Intro
05:08 Calculating Positions
05:35 Antenna Setup
07:25 First Attempt
10:30 Station Setup
11:38 Second Attempt
11:48 Third Attempt
12:35 JS8Call Success
15:05 Outro
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@TheTechPrepper Жыл бұрын

Good morning, Billy. Thank you for collaborating on this one. It was great to hear my audio on your end of the circuit. I'll be sending you a TTP EmComm Linked Dipole next month. It's a great performer, but you can only run 20 watts on digital and 50 watts sideband, but it offers good performance if you don't mind manually disconnecting the links for the bands that you want to work. We have to do this again sometime. P.S. Tell your wife, thank you for letting us borrow you for a half day of your camping trip to get this exercise done.

@ModernHam Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the collaboration! Yeah it's always interesting to hear what you sound like on the other side. I can't wait to get a hold of the linked dipole. I've never used a resonant dipole, so I'm sure it will be a great addition and main field antenna. Maybe we can do this again with a "maintenance phase" to build off the first contact. Either way, I'm sure it would go a lot smoother with that TTP EmComm Linked Dipole. If I said she was used to the shenanigans, that'd be a lie. I'll let her know, thanks again! Look forward to the next one, and I'll be taking a look at those prediction tools too.

@TheTechPrepper Жыл бұрын

@@ModernHam Ditto. It was blast, man. Take care.

@-pyrosef- 9 ай бұрын

You both seem like cool guys! Thanks for being awesome

@gmdavisphotography3422 Жыл бұрын

Love the Targeted communications work that you and Tech Prepper are doing. The Apex of effective field communications. My favorite topic. Thanks!

@ModernHam Жыл бұрын

We learned a ton. Look out for the AAR later this week. Glad you liked the video.

@gmdavisphotography3422 Жыл бұрын

@@ModernHam absolutely!

@Bob814u Жыл бұрын

I just watched his video. At the end he said it was you he was contacting. I thought "Oh him!" and came here to see your video. Remember, nobody owns a frequency. Those yelling are just mad they only know how to key the mike and yell. Keep up the great work! 73! de KE5ES

@ModernHam Жыл бұрын

Glad you made it over!

@mikesmith-po8nd Жыл бұрын

While I will agree that the malicious interference was wrong, ham radio has "gentleman's agreements" . These are not law, but just a civilized way of minimizing interference. If you operate outside them, you are a lid. Don't be a lid.

@Liberty4Ever Жыл бұрын

@@mikesmith-po8nd - I can definitely see someone upset because they are attempting a scheduled voice communication in the voice portion of the band and someone else is attempting a scheduled digital communication in the voice portion of the band. It's called a gentleman's agreement because gentlemen agree to abide by it.

@markusberg2770 Жыл бұрын

Another way to practice sending traffic is through NTS Trivia, sponsored by K8AMH. (Unfortunately, KZfaq does not allow me to post URLs.) With regard to your military antenna, the device appears similar to the Chameleon CHA TD Broadband Dipole. Their instructions offer different configurations for the terminating resistor. Once again, you have shown us something the Big 5 hasn’t. Nice presentation. 73 de Florida

@ModernHam Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked the video. I'll look into NTS Trivia. Yeah I think Chameleon modeled their antenna after it, but maybe their instructions can still be used.

@neubert500 Жыл бұрын

Excellent!

@trumpdonald6911 9 ай бұрын

Nice video. I was at Campbell years ago. Rakkasan.

@tomm899 Жыл бұрын

Cool Stuff. Enjoyed

@ModernHam Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@Swamp-Fox Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the video! Great test of your capabilities and giving a real world view of the difficulty of targeted communications. I am looking forward to your AAR.

@ModernHam Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@DXJungle Жыл бұрын

Great work Billy! 👏👏👏👏👏

@ModernHam Жыл бұрын

Thanks! It was a tough one.

@DXJungle Жыл бұрын

@@ModernHam Perseverance paid off! Lead the way! 🏆🤝

@billryland6199 Жыл бұрын

An antenna using resistive loading is wasting RF to lower SWR. That is inefficient. Use a resonant antenna or a tuner. An EFHW for 40 also is a full wave on 20.

@ModernHam Жыл бұрын

I wish I could tell how much is truly lost. I guess that's the tradeoff.

@Bluecollarham Жыл бұрын

He literally said a resonant antenna would be best… Ease and portability is a giant factor for these types of comms…

@TimHarperW5TAH Жыл бұрын

I am available to conduct testing as at work I set up portable antennas and do similar HF work. I am available evenings to do this 3 days a week. And Indo have a youtube channel.

@mikesmith-po8nd Жыл бұрын

1) Typically you will have windows for each station to transmit and receive. For example, first 30 seconds of the minute station A transmits and station B receives and in the second 30 seconds it is reversed. Once you make contact you can change that up as necessary. 2) If you are going to use digital, there are some that automatically request a resend of any portion of data that was missed. It's efficient because it only resends the missing parts. 3) Off-topic, but The Land Between the Lakes has a long history of Bigfoot/Dogman sightings. Who knows what that was watching you from the woods. Hihi.

@ModernHam Жыл бұрын

Oh I should have added all the strange eyes in the darkness I saw with the wife before things kicked off. Thanks for the tips, I think we may have talked about a lot of it in the upcoming aar

@Endzonee 11 ай бұрын

When will you come back 😢

@SL-dv8og 8 ай бұрын

Is this group still active? I'm building a portable setup and I've been wanting to do this.

@coreypotter5596 Жыл бұрын

Hey man what was the app you used for the azimuth for antenna?

@jeffallen6459 Жыл бұрын

Is there anything to use to reduce the glare,reflections on the computer screen? I have a piece of the antiglare film on mine but doesn’t work very well.