03-04-2005, 09:44
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I need some help
I need some help if anyone can help me. I'm going to be going through the 18 E course and i was wondering if anyone could help me on some information that i can start studying on so i can get the one up. So if anyone could help me just please email me or i'll be checking later thank you. brock.buddles@us.army.mil
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03-04-2005, 09:56
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This is a general comment good for all MOS's.
Concentrate on what you are doing. Getting a "leg up" can work against you. Unless things have changed, they will teach you everything you need to know and more in the course.
Read a few books on the underground and covert opns during WWII. Nothing technical but interesting info on clandestine communications. Leave the technical stuff to the instructors.
Just my opinion.
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03-04-2005, 09:58
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Where are you in the Pipeline?
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03-04-2005, 10:25
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Let me add one thing. Presuming they still teach Morse Code you may get a leg up there. I spent a lot of my evenings in Ding Dong School trying to master the 18 WPM sending and receiving tests. 
Do a search and there are several sites (some free) on the Web where you can learn and practice.
A book on BASIC antenna theory can be helpful. The AARL Antenna Handbook was my bible and I almost always had it with me.
It is a great MOS. I'm glad to see they are sending more experienced students there. In my day the commo and demo classes were almost all pvts and Pfcs like me. The older soldiers with prior service tended to go to weapons and O&! training.
I lied in a privious post. I did get promoted in Training Group -- from Pvt E-2 to Pfc E-3. 
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03-04-2005, 11:14
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Let me add one thing. Presuming they still teach Morse Code you may get a leg up there.
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They do not.
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03-04-2005, 11:59
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They do not.
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I sorry to hear that. I took great satisfaction losing a great chunk of my ass with Baratto and Davis keeping it in the 18E program.
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07-22-2006, 22:57
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COMMO
Learn everything about commo and electronics. You are expected to be the expert on the subject for team and the commander.
For a UW enviornment during the Cold War morse code was essential...
Then the digital world ...the DMDG ('Dum Dog') required a 12dB signal in order for it to work well. Something similar for the -137 I would think. The -137 was an idea that came from the MIB in the mid to late '80s. Satellite comms for the Cold War was out of the question. Digital was and still is questionably unreliable due to electromagnetic pulse (EMP).
My opinion, I think we are getting to wrapped around our high tech toys to the point we lose the ability to fight mano a mano.
Joseph Priestley:
The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.
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07-23-2006, 05:07
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[QUOTE=smitty]Learn everything about commo and electronics. You are expected to be the expert on the subject for team and the commander./QUOTE]
You can take him at his word. He was one of the best in the business if this is who I think it is.
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07-26-2006, 07:03
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I need some help
I make out to the Base Station once in awhile. The new GEE WHIZ systems look great and have some time saving features. What happen if your 'puter crashes??
BMT
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07-26-2006, 14:57
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Originally Posted by BMT
I make out to the Base Station once in awhile. The new GEE WHIZ systems look great and have some time saving features. What happen if your 'puter crashes??
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The war ends. LOL When in doubt, pull out the sat phone and go secure.
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07-26-2006, 17:39
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The war ends. LOL When in doubt, pull out the sat phone and go secure.
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To me it doesn't matter if you drop a quarter in a pay phone or use X, K, wideband satcom and superheterodyne recievers. The question is did you get it?
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07-26-2006, 17:57
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I make out to the Base Station once in awhile. The new GEE WHIZ systems look great and have some time saving features. What happen if your 'puter crashes??
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I played with both ends of the spectrum... Base Station, out station, high tech, no tech No particular preference so long as it works and it's reliable. Test comms while under duress (that's when you need it most). I'd be willing to bet that no military radio, used for voice communications, uses a compression amp on the input (esoteric humor).
smitty
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07-27-2006, 17:38
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Get proficient on Morse Code (CW) transmitting and recieving for openers. Get yourself up to at least 20wpm in and out, you can get faster later. Good Luck.
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