My Introduction

[MBR 224]

My background, started out in Land Mobile Radio (LMR) commonly refereed to as Two-Way radio, worked at a Motorola Radio Service Station (RSS), at the time Motorola was tight knit serving mostly Public Safety and the business market, think taxi's, delivery fleets, commercial trucking, etc.

 

Since I had tested for and been granted a First Class FCC Radio telephone License I could be hands on with anything that could transmit, after a few years with Motorola I went to work as a contractor for a South Florida AM station AM 790 WNWS, now known as WAXY, the company I contracted for Jefferson Pilot bought out WAXY a low power AM license and it's FM sister WMXJ, working directional AM was a steep learning curve but i loved working there. 

 

We had a very intelligent Chief Engineer and he taught me a lot about directional AM, a technology that also applies to directional HF.

 

Later on I tested for an was issued a Florida electrical contractors licensed and until 1997, I worked that and still remained contracting RF work on a per job basis.

 

Sold the company to a couple of my employee's in 97 and retired the first time, but I wasn't ready to stop working, it keeps me alive, if I stop I will die, I have seen the pattern, too many of associates retired and stopped working and changed into the travel and tour mode with the wife, yea a lot on nice pictures of somewhere else, but in a casket within 5 years.

 

Stay active, stay alive, no one who has worked their entire life can just flip the switch and stop, that's self execution, slow down a little eliminate the need for deadlines and an older male can ride out life for decades more.       

 

Retired the second time in 2015, moved to the middle of no where and started a small consulting business designing radio systems to be used where cellular is not practical.

 

In 2017 I applied for and was granted a Florida statewide Private Carriers (PC) license by the FCC, this license allows me to setup temporary as needed LMR communications systems anywhere in Florida.

 

And in my opinion a private carriers license is a very good license for a Militia to hold, with a PC any Militia can issue permission for any member to operate under the Militia's license, members do not need to be licensed, such as with Ham radio..

 

And unlike personal radio services a licensed Militia can use full power, in many case's it is 110 watts, while forbidden on Ham radio PC licensing allows encrypting and codes to be used 

 

Also as a PC a Militia can offer communications services for events, lets say your locals want to hold a event, they need comms and maybe some warm bodies to imbed and work security, a local Militia can offer to provide both for a reasonable fee or as a donation to the event creating positive cash flow or good PR for the Militia.

 

That stated and in closing, if any Militia needs assistance with designing and specifying what is needed to build a comm system, I am more than willing to help, for no charge, the only fee's a Militia would have to pay and not to me is for a coordinator who can file the  FCC 601 application, a Militia can use any coordinator out there, I know a good one and can strongly recommend her, she's retired and works part time, but understands the maze the FCC has built around licensing, if a Militia wants to use her for the filing I will forward her information to that leader, I don't get involved in licensing, I'm a technical person, I can recommend the equipment you would need and the frequencies that would best suit you needs, but I don't get involved in licensing, I tried and it's over my head.

 

So if you have any questions, please ask them, if I don't know the answer I will do my best to find it, if the question is sensitive or Militia specific, IM me and we can discuss it somewhere away from public view. 

 

 

       

        

[Constitutional Patriot 267]

11 minutes ago, MBR said:

My background, started out in Land Mobile Radio (LMR) commonly refereed to as Two-Way radio, worked at a Motorola Radio Service Station (RSS), at the time Motorola was tight knit serving mostly Public Safety and the business market, think taxi's, delivery fleets, commercial trucking, etc.

 

Since I had tested for and been granted a First Class FCC Radio telephone License I could be hands on with anything that could transmit, after a few years with Motorola I went to work as a contractor for a South Florida AM station AM 790 WNWS, now known as WAXY, the company I contracted for Jefferson Pilot bought out WAXY a low power AM license and it's FM sister WMXJ, working directional AM was a steep learning curve but i loved working there. 

 

We had a very intelligent Chief Engineer and he taught me a lot about directional AM, a technology that also applies to directional HF.

 

Later on I tested for an was issued a Florida electrical contractors licensed and until 1997, I worked that and still remained contracting RF work on a per job basis.

 

Sold the company to a couple of my employee's in 97 and retired the first time, but I wasn't ready to stop working, it keeps me alive, if I stop I will die, I have seen the pattern, too many of associates retired and stopped working and changed into the travel and tour mode with the wife, yea a lot on nice pictures of somewhere else, but in a casket within 5 years.

 

Stay active, stay alive, no one who has worked their entire life can just flip the switch and stop, that's self execution, slow down a little eliminate the need for deadlines and an older male can ride out life for decades more.       

 

Retired the second time in 2015, moved to the middle of no where and started a small consulting business designing radio systems to be used where cellular is not practical.

 

In 2017 I applied for and was granted a Florida statewide Private Carriers (PC) license by the FCC, this license allows me to setup temporary as needed LMR communications systems anywhere in Florida.

 

And in my opinion a private carriers license is a very good license for a Militia to hold, with a PC any Militia can issue permission for any member to operate under the Militia's license, members do not need to be licensed, such as with Ham radio..

 

And unlike personal radio services a licensed Militia can use full power, in many case's it is 110 watts, while forbidden on Ham radio PC licensing allows encrypting and codes to be used 

 

Also as a PC a Militia can offer communications services for events, lets say your locals want to hold a event, they need comms and maybe some warm bodies to imbed and work security, a local Militia can offer to provide both for a reasonable fee or as a donation to the event creating positive cash flow or good PR for the Militia.

 

That stated and in closing, if any Militia needs assistance with designing and specifying what is needed to build a comm system, I am more than willing to help, for no charge, the only fee's a Militia would have to pay and not to me is for a coordinator who can file the  FCC 601 application, a Militia can use any coordinator out there, I know a good one and can strongly recommend her, she's retired and works part time, but understands the maze the FCC has built around licensing, if a Militia wants to use her for the filing I will forward her information to that leader, I don't get involved in licensing, I'm a technical person, I can recommend the equipment you would need and the frequencies that would best suit you needs, but I don't get involved in licensing, I tried and it's over my head.

 

So if you have any questions, please ask them, if I don't know the answer I will do my best to find it, if the question is sensitive or Militia specific, IM me and we can discuss it somewhere away from public view. 

 

 

       

        

Very valuable information. Secured communication is critical.