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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
I apologize for the lack of blog material here at watermanatwork.com and also at ronbarbish.com. This is the time of year I make my annual pilgrimage from the desert southwest to my home in the Pacific Northwest. This season of kayak fishing in the desert was terrible. The Sonoran desert is not a calm place, … Read more
It has been a long time since a kayak fishing photo or video has posted on the watermanatwork.com kayak fishing blog. The reason for that is there is no kayak fishing to be done here on the lower Colorado River. In the same place, a few years ago, it was easily one of the best … Read more
I’m sorry to report that there has been no kayak fishing lately. Of course it sucks when you go somewhere to go fishing and there is no fishing at all, but I think we are starting to see the results of the multiple environmental catastrophes here in the American west. Drought and extreme weather are … Read more
Sorry there’s no kayak fishing action to report because the desert winds have been howling, but there is always something going on. Early this morning there was a total lunar eclipse. A few clouds, not too many. Without the wind, we could fish all night by the full moon, which is very bright. The eclipse … Read more
The Last Kayak Fishing Video-Salmon is the story of the glory days of salmon fishing on the Columbia River. The video encompasses about a decade of great salmon fishing before the decline of the Columbia River salmon and steelhead that began about 2020. The video is now live on YouTube. The video footage and original … Read more
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This is a temporary category of the watermanatwork.com blog to sell some of the things I’ve accumulated over time. I’ve done a lot of things and have some interesting stuff for sale. These are my personal possessions, no stores involved. Some of the items will be posted on online classified page websites. Most of the … Read more
This post presents hot Cascade Mountain bike riding during the hottest days ever recorded in the Pacific Northwest. We still managed to get some excellent early morning rides before it got too hot. One day, June 27, 2021 it was 113°F. 3000′ in the Cascade Mountains, cancelling the day’s ride because it’s too hot. That’s … Read more