Radio Telephone Operator (RTO) 3-Day Course - 1-3 AUG NC

The Radio Telephone Operator's Course (RTO) is the communications course for austere and unconventional environments. Designed to teach students how to first create communications where there otherwise would be none using commonly found equipment in any working environment in any corner of the world. Starting at literally the ground and working our way up, students not only learn the real-world application of communications based on combat-proven methods but gain replicatable skills in doing so.  This is NOT a "ham" radio course. RTO Course covers: Understanding frequency ranges of common / off the shelf equipment Creating a Signals Operation Instruction (SOI) for any environment Proper Communications techniques for both brevity and clarity Basics of antenna theory Improvised wire antenna construction High Frequency (HF) radio theory and operation Practical exercises demonstrating student competency in each task covered Advanced RTO Course covers: Communications Security (COMSEC) t