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{TOC} ! Army Stuff !! Infantry Stuff * [EIB Station C1 (Shift from Known Point Practice)|./eib/c1/] - This is one of the more technical stations, so it lends itself to some practice. The same skill is used in both Shift from Known Point and Call for Fire. * [M249 (SAW) Tool Use|./saw-tool/] - Because almost no one uses it to its fullest, this is an excerpt from the manual. * [M4 Qualification Smartstrip|./doc/M16-Smartstrip.pdf] - The order of the targets (and their ranges) is a published, fixed standard. If you don't use the info, you're not using all means rightfully available to you. This can definitely help those who are struggling on the range. ** Particularly surprising engagements are marked with arrows. ** Exactly wide enough that you can laminate them with packing tape when you don't have lamination paper handy. ** 3 to a sheet - why waste paper? ** Created with LaTeX (source available). ** Caveat: The "left"/"right" clues change depending on your Fort's range. * [SFAS Land Navigation Tips] - Get it right or pay the price. !! Bookish Stuff * [GT Improvement] - GT scores should be over 110 to get the most out of opportunities in the Army. This is my sketch of the methods to get there. * [Going to College in the Army] - So many soldiers want to do this but don't. This will at least take the "I didn't know how to" excuse away. * [Pre-Basic Training Task List Study|./pre-basic-training-tasklist-study] - I made/used before I joined. There is absolutely no justification for joining as an E-1. The difference between E-2 and E-1 pay ends up being in the $thousand+ range, and the PBTL is just a few tasks. Here is a simple study tool for the "hard" parts. * [Easy AKO Logins|Logging in to AKO] - Logging into AKO is not as easy as other sites. There are a few reasons why, and I'll try to explain everything I know about it. * [Logging in to AKO Webmail with Google Chrome on Linux] - The riddle is cracked. !! Big-Picture Stuff * [Jihadism] !! Obscure Stuff * [SFAR] - Instructions for adding SF Applicants into the Database for Ft. Drum OJTs (pretty obscure---mostly just for my use). * [DTS Tips|./dts/] - The Army travel auth/voucher system---these tips were made for people who used it all day. Thankfully, this hasn't been me for a long time) * [No Getting High in the Army] - Even in ways that are legal for civilians. ! Radio Stuff !! Backpack Kit My (initial) goal is to make all parts of a backpack kit that will fit in a 7.62mm ammo can sized box, transmit CW on 40m. I plan to build, roughly in this order: * [Transciever|DIY Transciever] - SW-40+ * [Morse Key] - Starting with a junky straight key. Anything to get on the air. * [Iambic Bug] - Still looking for that perfect design * [Antennas] - Constrained by neighborhood rules, mostly. * [Power|Backpack Kit Power] - Generated or battery !! [Test Equipment] !! Later on [Big Amp] - (QRP is cooler, but booming is kind of neat in a different way) [Antenna Tuner] - Will just cut to freq for the first revision, but later on I'll want to make a few tuners !! Wilder [Interior Crocodile Oscillator] - Awesome idea to teach/learn radio design using homemade CRT oscilloscopes. !! Yaesu FT-840 * [Brochure PDF|./ham/FT840-Brochure.pdf] * [User Manual PDF|./ham/FT840-User_Manual.pdf] * [Service Manual PDF|./ham/FT840-Service_Manual.pdf] * Specifications (from Universal Radio) - http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/hamhf/2319spec.html * FAQ - http://jim.jingozian.tripod.com/ft840faq.html (a few good tips, including out-of-band xmit) * Sound-card Interfacing: http://www.qsl.net/wm2u/interface.html * Hook-up points: http://www.qsl.net/wm2u/inter_ft.html (Bottom line: 'AF OUT' = RCA jack at back, 'Mic Input' = pin 8 i/p, pin 7 gnd; 'PTT Acc' = RCA at back; 'KEY Input' = at back) * CAT Interface: http://www.eham.net/articles/2800 !! My Vibroplex Brass Racer * [8044 Keyer|http://www.qsl.net/n0uf/vibroplex027.htm] - Nice mod, I might need to do this. !! Calculation * gsmc manpage/tutorial: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man1/gsmc.1.html * [Ampacity and AWG number] !! [Communication Theory] !! Nonsense: * [Words that can be spelled with dits and dahs swapped|http://panoptic.com/rking/ham/flipwords/] ! Electronics Stuff * [Falstad's Excellent Circuit Simulator|http://panoptic.com/rking/falstad/e-index.html] - Lots of example circuits, good animation/interactivity. * [Handy Electronics Youtube Videos] * [Reading Fuses] * [Annotated Schematics] * [Dorkbot PDX|http://dorkbotpdx.org/] - Has potential * [Brainwagon (K6HX)|http://www.brainwagon.org] - Always doing something cool. * [A few Java Applets on Physics|http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/] - Under "Electrodynamics" ! Software Stuff !! Clipboard.pm http://search.cpan.org/~king/Clipboard - I made this a long time ago, but it's a darned handy set of scripts. In fact, I am annoyed whenever I'm at a machine that doesn't have clipedit and friends. Here's how to get it: * [Set up the cpan CLI] * Run: {{cpan}} * Then type: {{install Clipboard}} * Then check out the goods: ** [clipedit|http://search.cpan.org/~king/Clipboard/scripts/clipedit] - Quick way to edit the contents of the clipboard ** [clipaccumulate|http://search.cpan.org/~king/Clipboard/scripts/clipaccumulate] - Loops and keeps track of everything you copy, adding them together at the end. ** [clipfilter|http://search.cpan.org/~king/Clipboard/scripts/clipfilter] - Apply a textual transformation to the clipboard contents (for example, URI escape with -uri) ** [clipjoin|http://search.cpan.org/~king/Clipboard/scripts/clipjoin] - Clean up spurious whitespace ** [clipbrowse|http://search.cpan.org/~king/Clipboard/scripts/clipbrowse] - Send to your web browser (opening in a new tab, usually) ** And, of course, [The Module API|http://search.cpan.org/~king/Clipboard/lib/Clipboard.pm], which is just:{{ use Clipboard; print Clipboard->paste; Clipboard->copy('foo');}} ! Dari Stuff * [AriaDic|http://www.ariadic.com] - Conveniently remaps keyboard when going Farsi->English * [Persian Internet Radio and Online News Radio|http://www.multilingualbooks.com/online-radio-persian.html] * Idea: To polish nuances, monologue while being filmed with a native speaker correcting every single flaw; review. ! College Stuff * [Logging in to AMU] - Quickly/With a vengeance. ! Stuffy Stuff * [How a Normal Brain Becomes a Pea Brain] * [Glued Words] * [Goofy RosettaStone Images]
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