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Army Stuff(Edit)
EIB Station C1 (Shift from Known Point Practice) - 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 - Because almost no one uses it to its fullest, this is an excerpt from the manual.
M4 Qualification Smartstrip - 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.
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.
SFAS Land Navigation Tips - Get it right or pay the price.
Pre-Basic Training Task List Study - I found this, which I used before I joined. There is absolutely no justification for joining as an E-1. It ends up being in the $thousand+ range just for doing a few tasks, and here is a simple study tool for the "hard" parts.
Easy AKO Logins - 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.
SFAR - Instructions for adding SF Applicants into the Database for Ft. Drum OJTs (pretty obscure---mostly just for my use).
DTS Tips - 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 if it's legal for civilians.
Radio Stuff(Edit)
Projects(Edit)
Backpack Kit(Edit)
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 - 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 - Generated or battery
...plus Test Equipment
And later on:
Big Amp(Edit)
(QRP is cooler, but booming is kind of neat in a different way)
Interior Crocodile Oscillator(Edit)
Awesome idea to teach/learn radio design using homemade CRT oscilloscopes
Yaesu FT-840(Edit)
- Brochure PDF
- User Manual PDF
- 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(Edit)
- 8044 Keyer - Nice mod, I might need to do this.
Calculation(Edit)
- gsmc manpage/tutorial: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man1/gsmc.1.html
- Ampacity and AWG number
Electronics Stuff(Edit)
- Handy Electronics Youtube Videos
- Reading Fuses
- Annotated Schematics
- Dorkbot PDX - Has potential
- Brainwagon (K6HX) - Always doing something cool.
Software Stuff(Edit)
Clipboard.pm(Edit)
- http://search.cpan.org/~king/ - 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.
Dari Stuff(Edit)
- AriaDic - Automatically remaps keyboard when going Dari->English
- Idea: To polish nuances, monologue while being filmed with a native speaker correcting every single flaw; review.
College Stuff(Edit)
- Logging in to AMU - Quickly/With a vengeance.