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The point is that FRS radios are licensed for use by mom and pop, not us.  Military use of that band is not only inappropriate, but can also cause problems.  We have frequencies allocated to us, and we should use them.  Your unit has access to the Motorolas I'm talking about: you can either buy...

First of all, some comments I've made on the 521 before: http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/26224/post-161178.html#msg161178 Second, to respond to Allan Luomala's post of a few pages back: "I'm sure everyone remembers the kafuffle over the use of FRS (Cobra/Motorola/Radio Shack models, etc)...

UNCLAS LUVW 6004 BILINGUAL MESSAGE / MESSAGE BILINGUE (TEXTE FRANCAIS SUIVRA) SUBJ:  TIRE REPLACEMENT LUVW MILCOTS (GM SILVERADO) 1. IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE CAPABILITY OF THE MILCOTS VEHICLES PMO LUVW IS REPLACING THE FIRESTONE STEELEX LT 245/75 R16 WITH THE MICHELIN 245/75R16 LTX AT 2...

Sig Ops: Often in the field, but typically located near the senior leadership, so we don't neccessarily experience field hardships to the same degree as the combat arms do.  We typically spend the night under whatever hard roof is available (everyone sleeps under a hard roof if they can, but...

QR&O 9.04 (2): Subject to any limitations prescribed by the Chief of the Defence Staff, a member of the Primary Reserve may be ordered to train each year on Class "B" Reserve Service prescribed under subparagraph (1)(b) of article 9.07 (Class "B" Reserve Service) for a period not exceeding 15...

The recruiting system has been acknowledged as being inadequate in its current form.  Maybe change is on its way.  Maybe complaining to MP's will speed the process up.  That said, the thing for potential recruits to take into consideration here is that they are entering an institution in which...

CFB Esquimalt demands that you produce a valid civvy license before you will be issued a 404.  As far as I'm aware, this policy has been in effect for several years now.  I've always meant to research the matter more closely, as it says right on your 404 that you need no civvy license so long as...

A laptop is indispensable so far as I'm concerned.  Nothing beats having your own personal entertainment centre that you don't have to fight with anyone else over.  Be prepared to have it get damaged by exposure to sand however- if I were to go again, I'd buy a cheap used one that I wasn't...

My description of what I was talking about was poor in hindsight, what I should have said is that UHF+ comms are very good for getting high bandwidth, and are often LOS based.  It's true that when we talk about UHF in the military we're typically talking about an omnidirectional A/G/A system...

Ok.  Be advised that in common parlance, kitlist/load list pretty much refers to what I was talking about.  Equipment checklist is more the phrase you're looking for here.  My mistake, your fault.  ;) Go to the Canadian Government Catalouge of Material (CGCM).  If you're on the DIN, it will be...

Directional LOS UHF+ comms are great for bandwidth, but are extremely limited by terrain and impossible to maintain on the move, as they have to be aligned precisely in order to work.   In the case of the robot stryker example, I can't think of a practical way for a LOS remote control to work...

It included all the gear that you'd operate in a field unit that you didn't learn on your QL3.  Examples would include radio relay/LTACS equipment, some crypto stuff, and some miscellaneous stuff like the INMARSAT and message handling.  Reservists used the same package that the reg force did...

When did the reg force QL4 package stop being used?  Reservists lost the QL 4 package when we were COT'd to Sig Op, but I'd thought the regs had held out with the old package.

The CGCM has checklists for equipment systems, but unless I'm misreading the post, that's not what he's asking for.  For example, if you look up the LCT in the CGCM it will state that the LCT system contains the amplifier, coupler, power distribution panel, various cables, etc etc etc.  What it...

I'm not aware of any such site.  Load lists and the like are usually a matter of unit SOP.  If your unit doesn't have one that covers these topics, then it's time to write one.  Contact other units in the group to see what they have.  If there's anything in particular that you're wondering if...

Canadian Forces Dress Instructions.  Available in PDF format at http://hr.ottawa-hull.mil.ca/dhh/publications/engraph/cfps_e.asp?cat=6.  This pam is the master reference for all issues pertaining to dress. CANFORGEN 070/04, available online at...

QL 4 for the Sig Op trade comes in the form of an OJT package.  It can be done anytime, anywhere, so long as the kit you have to qualify on is present and there is time to do it.  That said, I wouldn't count on doing it overseas.  Life is busy over there, and there are more important things to...

I'm not directly involved in recruiting myself, but I'm the day-to-day supervisor for my unit's recruiting NCO.  Tomorrow morning I'm going to ask him to produce a contingency plan/SOP for dealing with such an incident for approval by the CO.  Career fairs at universities in my city could easily...

This thread makes me angry.  On the one hand, I agree with Bintheredunthat on the basis that a mistake of terminology is not neccessarily the biggest deal in the world.  Lots of people say dumb things that they haven't thought through properly on a daily basis.  I'm one of them.  On the other...

Thanks for the replies!  Good info here.