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Guides — long-form chapters (2)

Amateur Radio for Emergency Communications

The cellular network, the landline telephone, and the public Internet all depend on infrastructure that fails in regional disasters. The 2021 Texas…

HAM Radio for the Homesteader

Amateur radio is the single most resilient long-distance communication system available to a private homestead. It does not depend on cell towers,…

Manuals & references (7)

Antenna Handbook

Reference document.

Army Morse Code TM11 459

Reference document.

Combat Communications

Reference document.

Combat Skills of the Soldier

Reference document.

Field Antenna Handbook Alt

Reference document.

Hamfesters Learning Morse Code

Reference document.

Radio Operator's Handbook

Reference document.

Source library (public domain) (79)

About RTL-SDR

title: "About RTL-SDR"

Antenna Handbook

Reference document.

Basic Cryptanalysis

Reference document.

Channel Configuration

title: "Channel Configuration"

Communications Supplement — Source Register

Created: 2026-04-11

Configuration Tips

title: "Configuration Tips"

Device Configuration

title: "Device Configuration"

Devices | Supported Hardware Overview

title: "Devices | Supported Hardware Overview"

Digital Modes Field Reference

Voice is great for conversation, comforting in the first ten seconds of an emergency, and energy-expensive in the long run. Text-over-radio is…

Distress Signals Field Guide

license: CC0 1.0 Universal — Public Domain Dedication

Emergency Communication Plan for Your Homestead

title: Emergency Communication Plan for Your Homestead

Emergency Traffic Handling

Emergency traffic handling is the discipline of moving short, accurate, structured messages through a radio network so that a recipient thousands of…

Extra Class License Study Notes

Original study notes for the US amateur Extra class license, written from scratch for Steadwise around the ten subelements of the NCVEC question…

Fcc Part15

Reference document.

Fcc Part95

Reference document.

Fcc Part97

Reference document.

Fema Ics 213 General Message

Reference document.

Field Antenna Handbook (1999)

Reference document.

Field Radio Techniques (1956)

Reference document.

General Class License Study Notes

These are original study notes for the US amateur radio General class license, organized around the ten subelements of the NCVEC (National…

GMRS Family Radio Plan

The General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) is an FCC Part 95 radio service that sits in the 462-467 MHz UHF band. It is licensed (one $35 license…

Hawaii and Guam Concerns; Record Warmth Spreads Eastward; Heavy Snow for Sierra-Nevada; Severe Weather for the Plains

title: "Hawaii and Guam Concerns; Record Warmth Spreads Eastward; Heavy Snow for Sierra-Nevada; Severe Weather for the Plains"

Hawaii and Guam Concerns; Record Warmth Spreads Eastward; Heavy Snow for Sierra-Nevada; Severe Weather for the Plains

title: "Hawaii and Guam Concerns; Record Warmth Spreads Eastward; Heavy Snow for Sierra-Nevada; Severe Weather for the Plains"

Hawaii and Guam Concerns; Record Warmth Spreads Eastward; Heavy Snow for Sierra-Nevada; Severe Weather for the Plains

title: "Hawaii and Guam Concerns; Record Warmth Spreads Eastward; Heavy Snow for Sierra-Nevada; Severe Weather for the Plains"

Homestead Antenna Catalog

This guide catalogs the antennas I would build or buy for a 60-acre homestead HF station, in priority order, with build notes, trade-offs, and…

Introduction

title: "Introduction"

JS8Call: Keyboard-to-Keyboard HF Messaging

title: "JS8Call: Keyboard-to-Keyboard HF Messaging"

JS8Call: Keyboard-to-Keyboard HF Messaging

Reference document.

Live System Information

title: "Live System Information"

LoRa Configuration

title: "LoRa Configuration"

Low-Tech Signaling Systems for Off-Grid Communication

title: Low-Tech Signaling Systems for Off-Grid Communication

Manual Cipher Field Reference

Read this before anything else in the guide.

Mesh About Faq

Reference document.

Mesh Broadcast Algorithm

title: "Mesh Broadcast Algorithm"

Mesh Configuration Radio Channels

Reference document.

Mesh Configuration Radio Device

Reference document.

Mesh Configuration Radio Lora

Reference document.

Mesh Configuration Tips

Reference document.

Mesh Hardware Devices

Reference document.

Mesh Overview Mesh Algo

Reference document.

Mesh Software Integrations Mqtt

Reference document.

Meshtastic Docs

Reference document.

Meshtastic for the Homestead

Meshtastic is an open-source, long-range, low-power, off-grid text messaging system built on LoRa radio modulation. A Meshtastic node is a small…

MQTT | Integrations Overview

title: "MQTT | Integrations Overview"

NOAA Weather Radio SAME Code Reference — Fannin County and Neighbors

The Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) system broadcast by NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards (NWR) sends a short digital header before each alert…

Non-Amateur Radio Options for Off-Grid Communication

title: Non-Amateur Radio Options for Off-Grid Communication

North Texas Repeater and Net Directory

This guide is a snapshot reference compiled in 2026 for the North Texas / DFW area as context for a homestead operator in Fannin County. Repeater…

NVIS Antenna for Texas Regional Communications

You sit on a rural parcel in Fannin County, north Texas. You need to talk to family in Dallas (65 miles), to a friend outside Austin (220 miles), to…

Nwr Allstations

Reference document.

Nwr Same About

Reference document.

Nwr Same Fips Tx

Reference document.

Nwr Station List Tx

Reference document.

Power Budget and Solar for Off-Grid Radio

If the grid drops and stays down, can you run your radio shack on a solar system sized for a realistic homestead power budget? How big does the…

Powering Off-Grid Communications with Solar and Battery

title: Powering Off-Grid Communications with Solar and Battery

Radio Programming Field Guide: Baofeng UV-5R Keypad Entry

license: CC0 1.0 Universal — Public Domain Dedication

Repeaterbook Tx County

Reference document.

Request Access

title: "Request Access"

Rtl Sdr About

Reference document.

SDR Monitoring Station

A homestead that transmits should also listen. Transmitting is what puts you on the map for everyone else — anyone with a direction-finding receiver…

Sigidwiki Amateur

Reference document.

Sigidwiki Apt

Reference document.

Sigidwiki Index

Reference document.

Signal Communication

Reference document.

Signal Identification Guide

title: "Signal Identification Guide"

Station Grounding and Lightning Protection for Texas

North Texas sees roughly eight to ten thunderstorm days per month during the peak spring convective season (April through June) and another five to…

Tactical Hand Signals Field Guide

license: CC0 1.0 Universal — Public Domain Dedication

Tactical Single-Channel Radio Operations

Reference document.

Tcs Home

Reference document.

Texas VHF-FM Society

title: "Texas VHF-FM Society"

The requested page can't be found.

title: "The requested page can't be found."

Txvhffm Home

Reference document.

VARA HF Modem Setup Guide

title: "VARA HF Modem Setup Guide"

VARA HF Modem Setup Guide

Reference document.

Winlink Global Radio Email |

title: "Winlink Global Radio Email |"

Winlink HF Email Setup and Operation

Winlink is a global, amateur-radio-operated email system. It lets a licensed ham station at any location on Earth send and receive internet email…

Winlink Rms List

Reference document.

Winlink Winlink

Reference document.

WSJT-X

title: "WSJT-X"

Wsjtx Main

Reference document.

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