Off Grid Pete

Human, free speech & 2A advocate. Science/technology geek, Tesla & SpaceX fan. Off-grid communications & radio enthusiasts.

[Off Grid Pete @OGridPete]

Took the KrakenSDR out for some fox hunting today and realized it’s time to turn my messy box of parts into a proper field RF kit for broader intelligence-gathering operations. To that end, I'll add additional SDRs, like the HackRF, to increase the spectrum coverage. The plan is to add waterproof pass-throughs for all the antennas and other ports to make everything more durable and field-ready.

What other useful tools and software would you suggest for this build?

#SDR #KrakenSDR #RFAnalysis #FoxHunting #hamradio #sigint

[Off Grid Pete @OGridPete]

@devon_loerop @UnpluggedTesla Is it okay that I'm jealous of your garage...

[Off Grid Pete @OGridPete]

@UnpluggedTesla The Cybertruck one with a steering wheel. I drive with FSD well over 90% of the time, but I have a truck for specific jobs. FSD will never fully understand exactly where I want the truck and why. For those times, I need full control of the vehicle.

[Off Grid Pete @OGridPete]

@freedom_nys @IsaacBotkin @The0bsrvr @GrumpyTechBro @DataRepublican @timburchett @TheAKGuy @CynicalPublius @Wild_Horse Tracks with what a lot of us have felt for years. The founders wanted limited government and to be left alone. Now Washington has a rule for everything and bills nobody reads. They'd be horrified.

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@K_CSG @HustleBitch_ Definitely not recommended

[Off Grid Pete @OGridPete]

@NewsNation @KatiePavlich Sounds an awful lot like "show me the man and I'll show you the crime." Let me see, who said that… oh, that's right. It was Stalin's secret police. 🤔

[Off Grid Pete @OGridPete]

I'm not planning to add more languages out of the box right now. You can add it yourself, though. Go to Settings, Language, Export English template. Translate the text, then import the file. The author guide covers the details in Github at /docs/language-pack-author-guide.md.

I'm encouraging anyone whose language isn't supported to do the same and host the translation file in their own GitHub repo, so others can grab it and import it too.

[Off Grid Pete @OGridPete]

Fieldwatch user,

I built Fieldwatch for my own use and eventually decided it was good enough to share with the community. I enjoy the work. I make no money from it, and it's completely free, whether you use it as is or build your own work on it. That's why it's MIT licensed.

There's now an app on the Play Store called "Fieldwatch: Hidden Camera Scan." It isn't mine. It's built from my code and sells weekly and monthly subscriptions. I don't know whether its paid features add anything beyond what free Fieldwatch already does. They may.

I'm not against people charging for derivative work. I'd just hope it adds real value beyond what I already offer for free.

The bigger issue is the name. Fieldwatch™ is trademark pending, and in my opinion, putting that name on a derivative app confuses users into thinking it's mine. I've already seen at least one person assume Fieldwatch is a paid app. In my opinion, it's benefiting from the reputation of my work.

I'll be straight with you: seeing that takes a lot of the energy out of wanting to keep going.

If you've used and enjoyed Fieldwatch, please help spread the word. The only official source is GitHub: [https://t.co/Mx5yo2e3YR]
Other apps using the Fieldwatch name for the same kind of app are not mine.

[Off Grid Pete @OGridPete]

Thanks Luke. It's not the code I'm concerned about. I've gone through it, and they did use some of my code, which is fine. That's why I made it MIT licensed. I really want folks to use it to make cool stuff, hopefully for the community. My problem is that they used some of the code, presenting some of the same features while using the Fieldwatch name on it. That can confuse people into thinking its associated with my efforts.

[Off Grid Pete @OGridPete]

@UnpluggedTesla 💯

[Off Grid Pete @OGridPete]

@bchampy2 Making some how to videos is on my list. In the meantime, please check out the user guide which covers all the functionality including some use cases.

[Off Grid Pete @OGridPete]

@mattyp Does this still use https://t.co/mStyKZZTbI for phone calls?

[Off Grid Pete @OGridPete]

Fieldwatch non ha nessun abbonamento ed è completamente gratuito. È anche completamente open source, senza account e senza server. Non serve nemmeno una connessione cellulare o Internet, funziona tutto sul telefono. Il progetto è su GitHub, non sul Play Store: https://t.co/Mx5yo2dw9j. L'app sul Play Store con un nome simile è un'altra app, e io non c'entro niente. Se avete altre domande sull'app, chiedete pure.

[Off Grid Pete @OGridPete]

Attenzione: quella non è la mia app. "Fieldwatch: Hidden Camera Scan" sul Play Store non ha niente a che fare con me. Il mio Fieldwatch non è sul Play Store, è gratuito, senza abbonamento, e si scarica solo da qui: https://t.co/Mx5yo2dw9j. Se l'avete installata dal Play Store, disinstallatela.

[Off Grid Pete @OGridPete]

@robertocommit @MarcoDabizzi Grazie a te! Se lo provi, fammi sapere come va.

[Off Grid Pete @OGridPete]

If you got it from the Play Store, that's not my app. "Fieldwatch: Hidden Camera Scan" is something else, so uninstall it. The real Fieldwatch only comes from GitHub: https://t.co/Mx5yo2dw9j. Android sometimes warns about apps installed from outside the Play Store, but the code is all open source and you can check it."

[Off Grid Pete @OGridPete]

@amendolamarco @MarcoDabizzi Sì, solo Android. Purtroppo iPhone non permette alle app di fare questo tipo di scansione Wi-Fi e Bluetooth.

[Off Grid Pete @OGridPete]

Domanda giusta. Sono solo un ingegnere del software in pensione a cui piace scrivere software, quindi non ho niente da venderti. Fieldwatch non ha server, account, telemetria o pubblicità, e non serve nemmeno una connessione cellulare o Internet. Tutto quello che rileva resta sul tuo telefono. L'unica connessione è il controllo opzionale degli aggiornamenti su GitHub. Il codice è completamente open source, quindi puoi verificarlo tu, come hanno già fatto in tanti: il progetto ha oltre 4000 stelle su GitHub e più di 500 fork. Per stare più tranquillo, puoi anche mandare il link del repository a Grok, o al tuo assistente AI preferito, e chiedergli di controllarlo.

[Off Grid Pete @OGridPete]

Grazie Marco per aver diffuso Fieldwatch! È un progetto a cui lavoro da tempo e ho deciso di renderlo pubblico su GitHub. Non è sul Play Store, quindi va installato da GitHub: https://t.co/Mx5yo2dw9j. Una volta installato, è facile tenerlo aggiornato: all'avvio controlla le nuove versioni, se il telefono è connesso a Internet. È completamente gratuito: nessun abbonamento, nessun account da creare, nessuna telemetria e nessuna pubblicità. L'ho costruito per me e ho deciso di condividerlo. Sul repository trovate un manuale dettagliato con tutte le funzioni e documenti tecnici per chi vuole approfondire. Spero che lo proviate, sono curioso di sapere come va.