A Communications Guide for Remote, Isolated and Off-Grid Areas

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Signals Handbook: A Communications Guide for Remote, Sparsely Populated, Isolated and Off-Grid Areas -- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BD3VYMRF

The Cascadia Radio Reconnaissance Group provides low-level signals intelligence (SIGINT) collection and communications support for public-safety and security missions in remote, sparsely populated, coastal and isolated areas of Cascadia, areas that cannot be conveniently or economically covered by other more conventional agencies or organizations.

This is the United States Version of the Cascadia Radio Reconnaissance Group's Signals Handbook: A Communications Guide for Remote, Sparsely Populated, Isolated and Off-Grid Areas.

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* A very useful reference for anyone wanting to communicate in the field, from remote areas, or in hostile and non-permissive environments. The handbook could benefit from a good index, but is still a "must have" reference for any radio operator.  

Some (but not all) of the sections in the book include:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BD3VYMRF

Radio Communications
Basic Radio Principles
Propagation Fundamentals
PACE Communications Planning
Radio Site Considerations
RF Interference Mitigation
RF Jammers
Immediate Mitigation
Amateur Radio Service
International Amateur Radio Union Emergency Communications Frequencies
Cascadia Amateur Radio Repeater Information
Canada-United States Amateur Radio Reciprocal Operating Agreement
Citizens Band Radio Service
General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS)
Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) Radios
Long Range (LoRa) Wireless Frequencies
Multi-Use Radio Service
National Weather Radio (NWR)
National Weather Service (NWS) FTPMAIL Server
Private Land Mobile Radio Services
U.S. VHF Marine [Important] Radio Channels
Aviation Radio (Airband) Frequencies
Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast
Search and Rescue (SAR) Frequencies
An Overview of The Radio Bands
Global Positioning System
Cospas-Sarsat System Overview
Wire Antennas
Near Vertical Incidence Skywave (NVIS)
Powering Radios in the Field
DRYAD Numeral Cipher Authentication System
Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS)
Radio Scanning and Monitoring
Internet Based Communications
Resources and References

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