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I have spent a lot of time in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, which is close to where I live. I’ve ridden my mountain bike on just about every road and trail. Many of the posts in the Cycling section of the watermanatwork.com blog are from here. It’s one of the last places where you … Read more
New desert kayak fishing photos have been added to the watermanatwork.com website on the Desert SW Kayak Fishing Photos page. Click HERE or on the photo above for Desert SW Kayak Fishing Photos.
In this once great fishing spot in the desert southwest on the mighty Colorado River is now the river runs dry. After watching the salmon disappear and even smallmouth bass fishing that has become very expensive on the Columbia River, I spent the last few years fishing for largemouth bass here on the Colorado River. … Read more
Consumer Cellular vs AT&T Wireless Prepaid, an honest comparison. I don’t do a lot of reviews, but the honest reviews are popular. A mobile phone is a necessity of modern life and nearly everybody needs mobile phone service. The service providers know it so there is no need to provide affordable service and no incentive … Read more
This post has user tips and information for the Harbor Freight 1400 Inverter Generator. These lightweight, relatively quiet generators are popular for light to moderate 120v electrical device use. There’s a few things you can do to make the Predator 1400, or any other small gas generator, run better and last longer. Most of my … Read more
In this post, we’ll be setting up a cheap ADS-B 1090 PCB antenna to track aircraft using SDR. Of course, it’s not going to cost much and might do a good job pulling in ADS-B aircraft tracking transmissions. We’ll be using a fairly generic PCB antenna. These antennas can be purchased at various vendors. They … Read more
I’ve got a few antenna projects in the pipeline, but before construction starts, a few things about buying radios and radio parts online from AliExpress. Unless you live near an electronic parts store, you’ll probably be buying parts online, like I do. The cheapest place I found to buy most consumer-type radio parts is AliExpress. … Read more
Here we are building a cheap SDR antenna for aircraft tracking. I’m rounding up the parts to start building some basic antennas, but for now, we can start with the antenna that came with the RTL-SDR v4 kit and $10 worth of PVC pipe and a few fittings. This setup will be similar to one … Read more
We are going to be exploring SDR to check out live aircraft tracking. SDR++ is up and running on both my Windows 10 laptop and Asus Chromebook. SDR++ appears to be working well. Even with the minimal antenna purchased with the RTL-SDR receiver, I’ve been able to listen to a number of frequencies. Starting out … Read more