43 Recommended HF Gear List Antenna Options Antenna choices usually fall into two categories: Resonant or Non-Resonant (AKA “Tuned”). Your choice of radio will dictate what type of antenna you need. Resonant: Doctrinally speaking the…

42 Recommended HF Gear List Basestation Radios: Huge, chunky rigs that are meant to sit on a desk. Usu- ally capable of transmitting at 100w. Great for blasting out a lot of power without the radio…

45 Recommended HF Gear List Powering Your Radio Once you get your first HF radio, you might take it out of the box and be rather dismayed to find bare wires sticking out of the back…

28 JS8Call Primarily an HF-based platform that, when installed on a computer linked to an HF radio, provides the operator with keyboard-to-keyboard texting capabilities. JS8 excels at weak-signal interception, and is well…

7 Emergency C2 Nodes In the event of incidents occurring that require more active monitoring or response from average citizens, ad hoc Tactical Operations Centers may be required for monitoring the situation. Command and Control (C2…

21 EMCON Guidelines 1 RADIO ROUTINE Transmissions: RADIO ROUTINE. Any and all radio calls are authorized. ¹ Emitters: Any and all comm emitters are authorized. All non-comm emitters are authorized: PED, vehicles, generators, radars. Adversary…

26 Incident Response Monitoring Basic Monitoring Capabilities The capabilities listed below are intended to help concerned citizens track events in real time, without forgetting a particular capability or tool. Not every item listed will be necessary…

…to ensure that all the bases are covered, and as many situations as possible are planned for. GhostNet Survivability We all live in strange and uncertain times. What is certain, however, is that accurate information is…

32 Last-Ditch Receive-Only Options Unfortunately, the sharp reality is that most people will simply not take the appropriate precautions to estab- lish a comm plan before comms are lost. Most people will simply be…

…As the GhostNet is largely a more strategic plan and resource, this is an acceptable trade-off. In the past, the effectiveness of just picking a random frequency that can be used nationwide has not been…

6 GhostNet Concept Establishing a truly global communications plan is difficult, simply due to the physics of ionospheric propa- gation. There is no one plan that will allow the globe to communicate at the exact same…

…Currently, there’s no way to legally use the GhostNet HF radio plan without at least a General Class Amateur Radio license as designated by the FCC. Unlike GMRS and LMR for handheld radios, there’s…

24 Readiness Conditions REDCON 1 Full Alert: Unit Ready to Move and Fight: WMD Alarms and hot loop equipment stowed. OPs pulled in. All personnel alert and mounted on weapons. Weapons manned. Engines started. Company team…

22 Reducing Emissions While not a concern for those operating radios in a friendly and civil environment, the use of radios as a tool sometimes precludes many of the operating habits currently used by the majority…

…Chances are, if something substantial is going on, people will be sharing information on the GhostNet. Battle Tracking Step 3: Establish TOC, Staff Functions Begin A Tactical Operations Center, appropriate to the incident, is to be…

…A great use of the GhostNet would be to serve as a common network that many people can use to share news regarding natural disasters which may have degraded cellular networks. Decentralized, uncensorable, off-grid news…

33 Band and Mode Details VHF DIGITAL DMR TIER II STANDARD VHF ANALOG ENCRYPTED VHF DMR TIER II STANDARD AES-256 THIS IS NOT A STANDARD NET, ONLY FOR USE IN A SCENARIO IN WHICH FCC…

23 Authorized Emitter Matrix USMC EP EMCON SOP Tool Mode EMCON 1 EMCON 2 EMCON 3 EMCON 4 Analog VHF/UHF VOICE, FM YES MAYBE NO NO Digital VHF/UHF VOICE, FM YES YES NO NO…

…Consequently, creating a system of readiness conditions (or Strategic Radio Conditions) may be worthwhile for setting a standard for establishing strategic HF radio networks like the GhostNet. This concept can be applied to any radio network…

4 Trusted Contacts Name FCC Callsign Alternate Callsign Challenge/Response The Need for Aliases In some very rare situations, the use of approved FCC callsigns may be above the level of acceptable risk. From open warfare…