Brad G

Miscellaneous writings since 2020's. Engineer and Software Dev

SSR

Notes on SSR Aircraft are assigned Mode3/A codes by Air traffic Control. It's part of the Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) System. The aircrew enter this in their transponder before takeoff. During flight when an ATC radar interrogates that aircraft it will respond with its 4 digit code. There aren't enough Mode 3/A codes for each aircraft to have one so they are assigned regionally and reused in different regions. When the aircraft in this scenario is in Europe it has whatever Mode3/A co...
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Problems With Powerpoint

GIST: Powerpoint is a poor alternative to a technical report Sources: Tufte’s Cognitive-Style-of-Powerpoint-by-Edward-Tufte-Copyright-6dihaw.pdf https://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen PowerPoint is presenter-oriented, not content-oriented, not audience-oriented. PowerPoint’s convenience for some presenters is costly to the content and the audience. These costs arise from the cognitive style characteristic of the standard default PP presentation: foreshortening of evidence and thou...
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Arista Switch Notes

Arista Switch Notes DHCP on Arista https://www.networkingheart.com/2018/06/configuring-dhcp-server-on-arista-eos.html Python on Arista Python interpreter version can be verified using the following commands: > enable > bash # python --version Python 2.7.18 # python3 --version Python 3.9.17 https://github.com/Sparky-python/Arista_scripts Includes script to generate multicast traffic Multicast On Arista routing The routing command allows the switch to forward multicast packets. Multi...
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Army Structure

Army Structure Ver 1.0 Original 2020 Brigade A Brigade typically consists of three to four battalions under the command of a BGen. Brigades lack sufficient resources to conduct independent operations. They must operate within a division and they are dependant on division troops for support. In Canada we have Brigade Groups, which are slightly larger than brigades and include brigade troops (reconnaissance, artillery, engineers, signals, aviation, medical and logistics (including military po...
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