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I’ve always enjoyed working with technology (unless it’s actively trying to fight me), and my many side projects are a testament to that.

There’s probably a lot more that I’ve worked with over the years than I have here, but I’m always trying out new things and writing up my experience (when I remember…)

Personal Weather Station

Personal Weather Station

Just like all things space and aviation, I’ve also always been fascinated with everything weather-related. I also like collecting data - so put those two things together and having a personal weather station (PWS) at my house seemed like an obvious answer, right? I’ve had one off and on at 3 different houses now. The “off” period was when a tornado destroyed the last one in 2020 and I finally bought a new one at the beginning of the year. For both of my stations, I’ve gone with Ambient Weather devices. I’ve always found them a good mix of reliable components, but also not prohibitively expensive for amateur home use. The particular station I’m using is the Ambient Weather WS-2000 (NOT affiliate links), but it is a little on the pricier side. If you’re looking for something a little more affordable, the WS-2902C is about half the price. (Yes, the model numbers confuse me, too) The biggest difference is the WS-2902C doesn’t support additional addon sensors, where the WS-2000 does.

SDR and Aircraft Tracking

Amateur Radio and SDR

I’ve always been interested in learning about radio frequencies and amateur radio topics. But until recently, that’s all I was really doing - just learning about them and not doing anything hands on. In the past year I’ve been working on changing that a little bit. I’ve finally gotten my amateur radio license, and I’ve purchased a couple of SDR (software defined radio) units to tinker with as well.