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COMING MAY 12, 2024 - International Space Station over Wichita Falls - Time: Sun May 12, 9:05 PM, Visible: 7 min, Max Height: 61°, Appears: 10° above WSW, Disappears: 10° above NE. Listen on 145.800 & 437.800 MHz for possible Amateur (ham) Radio communications.
COMING MAY 15, 2024 - Texas Department of Criminal Justice (prisons) Recruiting Event - Fort Sill Oklahoma Career Fair, 2502 Sheridan Rd, Fort Sill, Oklahoma 10:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Tune in to the Allred Unit at 153.815 MHz on your scanner radio.
COMING JUNE 14 -15, 2024 - DFW Ham Expo - 06-14-2024 (1PM - 6PM) - 06-15-2024 (9AM - 3PM) Vista Mall North Entrance #6 (Food Court) - 2401 S. Stemmons Fwy Lewisville, TX 75067 I35E & TX-121 (Sam Rayburn Tollway)
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05-05-2024 - I made contact with KF0KDI at Lake Manawa State Park (US-2300) in West Iowa on 20 meters CW (Morse code) as part of the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
05-05-2024 - I made contact with W3CT at Tomlinson Run State Park (US-0629) in West Virginia on 20 meters CW (Morse code) as part of the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program. This was a tough one with the crappy band conditions coupled with the thunderstorm static crashes!
05-12-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring – May 11-12, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• Space Weather – Geomagnetic Storms
Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Weather – Southern plains to Southeast
• Fire Weather – Southern Plains
• Excessive Rainfall/Flash Flooding – Southern Plains to Southeast
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No new declaration activity
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
05-12-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 11am and 4pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 4pm. High near 70. Southeast wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. Tonight: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Southeast wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
05-12-2024 - Good Morning! The International Space Station will make another pass at 9:05 PM. I might step outside for a look if the clouds will allow it. I hear some Parks on the Air® activity at 8:30 AM. Maybe today will be better than yesterday when the 20-meter band was dead. There are some thunderstorms on the radar headed this way. Unknown if they will rise to the level needed to get the attention of our local Amateur (ham) Radio Skywarn® storm spotters. It's time for more Folgers Black Silk coffee. At 8:30 AM, I've already had a few cups.
05-11-2024 - No Parks on the Air® today. The 20-meter band was crap all day long. I didn't check any other band as I'm pretty much just a 20-meter guy these days. So far, since January 1, I've worked 158 parks via Morse code.
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