Military Radio “Field Day” 2019
Military Radio Field Day 2019 After Action Report UPDATED 9 NOV 2019 Another field exercise was conducted by the West Coast Military Radio Collectors Group (Detachment Alpha, FWD). The overall […]
Ham Radio ops at N6CC
Military Radio “Field Day” 2018
AFTER ACTION REPORT – Updated 6/3/19 Dateline: 23 June 2018, Forward Operating Base BIGFOOT The West Coast Military Radio Collectors Group, Detachment ALPHA (FWD) conducted field ops in conjunction with […]
Military Field Day Ops, 2016
Updated 8/10/17 The American Radio Relay League sponsors “Field Day” as an operating event to exercise Ham Radio communications under austere, grid-down conditions. Such as in an emergency when mass […]
Out There / HAARP
HAARP: High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program HAARP had been shut down at least temporarily since May 2013 due to budget cuts. But the primary reason is the inability of […]
Veterans Day Displays
Some photos of recent military radio displays set up for Veterans Day events. These are from November 11-13, 2016 at the Veterans Memorial Building in Danville CA. The theme for […]
Radio News
UPDATED 8/19/19 What’s happening at N6CC, both at the home QTH as well as off-grid Ops out in the boonies. Type 12 / MAW Hearability Tests: In October 2010 we […]
AN/GRC-109 / RS-1 Transmitter with VFO
UPDATED 21NOV14 Of course my favorite military Black Radio. The GRC-109 and its immediate predecessor the CIA’s RS-1. I was sitting here thinking about the cost of adding additional FT-243 […]
Emergency Response: RACES – ACS – CERT
UPDATED 11/21/19 We are members of the local Sheriff’s Auxiliary Emergency Communications service (AEC) organization. AEC is a new team in our County/State Office of Emergency Services and is structurally a […]
N6CC Fixed Stations
UPDATED: 11/21/19 One of many morphs of my station. Mostly WWII equipment with some from the 1950’s and 1960’s. Definitely “EMP Proof”. Patch panels allow me to select any of […]
Collins 618F-1A VHF Aircraft Transceiver
UPDATE 3/11/18 The latest project at N6CC is “reviving” a 1965 Collins 618F-1A VHF aircraft radio. This radio was designed for light aircraft as an early frequency – synthesized radio […]