My 2024 Commo EDC Kit

Your videos always make me want to organize my stuff!!!! Hope the Ms. Tech Prepper is doing well!!!!

Please make a video on how to use a radio to run the ADS-B aircraft tracking. That looks really cool!

I have to admit...the ability to track and ID aircraft without internet was/ is way cool.

It's always nice to see people's com gear setups. It definitely gives me some ideas. Thanks for the content, brother. 🤙🏾

If I may suggest. Your big front zipper pouch. A map or emergency radio contacts laminated with velcro on the backside corners, you open your pack, and on the inside opposite side, you can stick your velcro map or emergency radio contact list. 73s

I'm a new tech and newer sub - your videos are some of the coolest on youtube when it comes to comms/ham stuff!

Another INFO Dump for those of us trying to keep up!!! THANK YOU G Looking forward to #3 Getting my rig(s) Up - (stumbling but making Headway!!) Sincere Thank You for “WHAT YOU DO & HOW you apply it”!! Keep up the amazing Info flow. (New Vanity call to be assigned on 19th) * Lastly, Any chance you have info/experience with Water issues ie… Rain / Humidity / ?? (Oh and HEAT) - here in SWFL those are MAJOR topics when working outdoors. Learning but I do find your area challenges are similar ALOT of the time. Chat soon

Hi, The dual charger for FZ-M1 you have is cool, did you know that you can charge them anywhere from 10V to 16.8V? This means that you can make a cable that has PowerPoles and power the FZ-M1 from any battery you use to power transcievers - 3S Lipo/Liion, 4S Lipo/Liion, 4s LiFePo4 or even Car batteries. I have tested it with my FZ-M1 Mk1 and when you apply lower voltage the internal buck converter in the tablet just pulls a bit more current. In regards to finding a good power connector for FZ-M1, the one with the two grooves that actually holds in place: Get an old IBM Thinkpad 16V charger and cut the cable, theese are everywhere and have exactly the same connector that on the original FZ-M1 charger, exept they are straight rather than 90 degree. My setup is FT-891 (XT-60 mod), FZ-M1 Mk1, USB cable to connect them and an 4-way XT-60 Y-splitter cable to allow me to plug the radio, tablet and more stuff as needed to the battery. Currently I have one 3S 50Ah Lipo (3kg) and a 4S 50-60Ah Lipo (3.2Kg from Nissan Leaf; I need to measure the capacity of this one). I charge the 4S battery to 16V to not damage my FT-891 and it successfully took me through 3 nights of off-grid camping and transmitting at 100W (SSB) at the evenings. The 3s has lower usable capacity as the radio looses output power when the battery is below 12V but it is a great battery that doesn't drop even 0.1V when under load of the radio. For charging the batteries I have ISDT 608PD charger that can be powered from DC 5V to 30V at 10A through XT60 or even USB-C! (USB-C PD at 140W) It can also discharge the battery through USB-C so you can use any battery as a 100W USB-C powerbank. It is cheap and only weights 85g so maybe you could check it out?

Love your kit and definitely love the modular mindset! I absolutely go out of my way to make sure my setup is modular. My comms gear kit-building has taken a backseat, unfortunately due to a bit of a financial crunch that is in place until next February, but your ideas and videos provide all the inspiration I need for when I am able to focus on my own comms setup again early next year. Keep it up, man!

Please do a video on aircraft tracking and identification offline, sounds very interesting

As always an excellent video and kit! Love the aircraft receiver solution! 73 de k2CJB

Interesting to hear you talk about some need for Windows (obviously that's where a lot of the software development has traditionally been). I've set up one of my FZ-G1s dual boot so and can run some Windows only apps. I did purchase a Macbook Air (refurb) to try it out (my first Mac, ever) but can't get YAAC to run on it. I'm patiently waiting on EmComm Tools R3 before I try that out on the dual boot machine. Amazing work and effort. I hope you will provide some guidance or mention any special considerations for installing EmComm tools if we have a dual boot set-up. Many of us (especially those of us on BMAC) really appreciate your efforts!

I definitely would love to see a more in depth video on the ADS-B SDR kit.

Awesome stuff, Gaston. I hereby dub thee "Inspector Gadget"! 😆 That aircraft identifier is slick!!! My issue with the small laptop is the screen is too small for me to see. (I am 60 and Mr. Magoo). Just ordered an 11 inch tablet with keyboard, but it is android, not Windows. Good news is you can charge it via 12 volts. Also thanks for the follow up on your dual juice supplies for your laptop! Lots of great ideas here, thanks! 73, Brett K5WXP

He keeps it all in a single cargo pocket. 🧙‍♂️ 😂

Need more SDR, need more sigint!

Wow - good job mate!

Good video Gaston!

Good evening Gaston! Great video.

I love this video, I've been working on an emcomm go kit.