Portable TOC in a Box

00:00 - Introduction
01:00 - Software Overview
09:52 - What Didn't Work
21:43 - Power Consumption
36:25 - What Does Work

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[VerilyViscous]

Forgot to get your girl a gift for Valentine's Day? Give her your TOC in a box!

[adubs.]

I know this probably puts some people to sleep, but this is my jam.

[mikemcdonald]

nope not excessive and not boring. We need more of this.

[tophattommy]

@S2 Underground A parts list in the description would be GREAT!!!

[RabeHK]

Love it. We have something not to far off for fire brigade operations, quite a bit bigger, but the same idea. The one thing missing is the coffee machine, no operations without coffee. As a friends back in my military days once said, the only thing that differentiates us from animals is the fact that we are able to make coffee in the field

[mtdmoody]

IT nerd here. I dabble with this stuff. I like it. Offload processes to a low powered arm server. Option to add others to your network. Throw an ethernet cable and an ethernet-to-usb adapter in your case, and you just cut off your wifi transmission. I assume that you have at least one usb port on the Surface. Then you can turn off your meshtastic and no transmission setup. You gave me some ideas.

[juice]

You should do a video in which you actually deploy this and utilize the software from the laptop. Awesome stuff!

[slappomatthew]

Most preppers are like, I got some guns and ammo, some food and survival gear, maybe a radio or 2.

Bro ready to do nation state level administrative warfare. You a scary man my friend.

[davidpopowicz]

Its been a year since we got a long-form TOC All of us radio/logistics geeks appreciate this!

[TheRealHarrypm]

One thing to always note, is open frame PD65-PD100w (so 20v 5A) power banks are very cheep now and the 18650 cells they use are very easy to pilfer out of outher kit from vapes to laptops and tesla cars the standard 18650 is a very nice battery to be based around for any kit, or power cell packs avoiding extra DC to DC buck converters saves power and heat.

The Pi5 is pretty powerful now, but the Apple M2/M3 chips are insanely powerful now for how much power draw they have.

The RTLSDR can be swapped with hardware like the RSP1 clones that have a lot more bandwith (10mhz 8-bit) and filtering range control at the 20USD mark with USB-C ready to plug into a phone for example same level of software support with its I/Q sampling mode.

The Cyberdeck community has made some really cool command and control cases/backpacks.

Some MG Chem silicone conformal coating goes a very long way in weatherproofing kit.

[michaelaudet]

Not boring man. Your videos are informative and shed light on things that I wouldn't have known or realized without.

[laarzival]

Great video, please keep this kind of content coming. I’ve learned a lot from your videos especially those about the „nerdy and boring“ things.
I’m a humanitarian volunteer in eastern Ukraine and stuff like this is exactly what keeps me and my team alive. Thank you!

[TyMoore]

I really enjoyed your technical discussion of your TOC in a Box concept. Your use of integrated signals intelligence with active capture scanning capability, really is interesting. I am a Ham radio guy, but am intriguied. I can't help but imagine that with some clever programming an intercept, store and forward concept could be developed for even a cached or "left behind" intel sensor node.
I think with a bit of work a weather tight, autonomous passive node/listening post could be created.
I have once speculated about doing the reverse: creating a small computer running multiple scripts to create a "Chatterbox" with multiple transmitters spread over a reasonable area to spoof an enemy into doing active fox hunting, or evening diverting forces or creating the impression of a much larger, well equipped force. Lot's of fun could be had! 😉

[annnnonnymous]

Yup, I nerded out this whole video, and now Ive got some great ideas for my own build. Be safe.

[kevingross]

Man I love this stuff. Such amazing set up. Please don't stop the kind of videos.

[Midwest-FieldOps]

If you're going to a bigger box, a portable printer might come in handy for printing maps, SOIs, duty rosters, and quick reports.

[sdoville]

Had issues with the surface pro and LI-ION batteries charging in 100+ degree temps. Could only recharge over night from primary power (LI-PO/Solar) after the temps dropped. LOL, should have watched the whole video first. Great setup.

[gooshy]

Almost forgot:
Take a look at the Inovato Quatra for a Raspberry Pi alternative. The current version comes with HamPi installed. Costs about $50.
Tiny PCs: the original GMK NUC box, a cube that'll easily fail to cover the palm of your hand. Takes the 12V USB power. Runs windows 10 quite nicely. Get a little 12" or so monitor to fit in the top of your box, you're good. The PC should be around $150, monitor under a hundred. GMK sells little 14" touch screens for a couple hundred, I THINK.
Have fun!

[bstancel]

Only 1:26 into the video so far and loving. Daily consumer of The Wire, but really love your in-depth videos you do on key topics like this one.

[thomasgomer]

Any consideration for an integrated Faraday cage? Just thinking through the PACE plan. Very thorough and thought out. Thanks!