shortwave_warlords_radio2022

2026-03-24

Shortwave: The Warlord’s Radio

S2 Underground

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGOyvNLk6Bg

Notes
Mohammad Omar
Abdul Ghani Baradar
Taliban
first ever drone strike
shortwave
Afghanistan
giving orders via shortwave
Afghan insurgency
pennants, signals, semaphores
radio changed the nature of warfare
Joseph Kony
Uganda
Lord’s Resistance Army
HF radio
radio network
reliable, non-internet based communications
Ham radio
Ham radio community can be cantankerous
FCC
SOTA
SMS
off-grid communications
ARRL
American Red Cross
call sign
Altoids tin radio
Cuban jamming 2021
Ukraine, Russia
train like you fight
cant train like you fight with radio because of FCC
alternative callsign
PEP
radio jamming
use only enough power to make contact
communication plan
portability
knock on the door due to being Ham radio operator
selecting equipment and such for comms
Ham clubs
ARES, RACES
sneakernet
VHF
handheld
HF radios are expensive
not everyone in a community will have a transceiver
HF radio is a tool
HF radio is a skill
HF radio grants a lot of capabilities
MARS, MARS mod
Cold War
band plan
Intel Cyclone
firmware
have it and not need it vs. needing it and not having it
QRP
physical fitness and radio operations
direction finding, foxhunting
call signs and privacy
Nazis and ham radio operators
Goebbels
DASD - German Amateur Transmission and Reception Service
operating when being hunted/pursued
rugged terrain is an equalizer
grid square
camouflage
RTTY
data modes
teletype
BAUDOT
digital mode
RTTY for weather data, bulletins, and generic text
PSK, PSK31
weak signal propagation
RTTY smartphone decoder apps
Sending images over radio
SSTV
D-Star
DMR
P25
hotspot
hotspot controversy
repeater
simplex
D-Star gateway, reflector, hotspot
D-Star simplex
DMR simplex
IC-705
IC-52
Kenwood TH-d74a
IC-7300
JS8Call
FT8
FT8 controversy
waterfall
JS8Call heartbeat
JS8Call relay / store and forward
email
Winlink
Winlink peer to peer mode
WINMOR, Pactor
VHF, UHF
PACE plan
Comm scheduling
NVIS
ionosphere
VHF, UHF range
terrain’s impact on propagation
SALUTE report
POSREP
NSTR
encryption
encryption generally isn’t allowed on ham bands
One Time Pad
Baofeng
PTT
plate carrier
SDR
living without the internet
useful parts of the internet that actually help humanity

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