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04-30-2024 - The Montague County Amateur Radio Club conducts a weekly net on Tuesdays at 7:00 PM on the club's 147.320 MHz repeater. Tune in with your scanner radio!
04-30-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: Sunny, with a high near 88. Light south southeast wind becoming south 11 to 16 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph. Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. South southeast wind 13 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
04-30-2024 - Good Morning! It's Folgers Black Silk coffee along with CW (Morse code) on the 40-meter band this morning as I attempt to wake up. I only listen on 40 meters. I do my actual CW work on 20 meters. I've never felt a need to work every band and every mode. I remember hearing a ham say that he had five identical radios and five wire antennas, one each for 10, 15, 20, 40, and 80 meters. I don't think that's the norm in Ham Radio, but whatever makes you happy!
04-29-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring for Apr 27-29, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• Severe Weather – FEMA Regions VI & VII – FINAL
Hazard Monitoring:
• Heavy Rain/Flash Flooding – Southern Plains/Lower Mississippi Valley
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• Approvals: Major Disaster Declaration – KS & WA
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
04-29-2024 - I made contact with WS0SWV at Lackawanna State Park (US-1368) in Pennsylvania on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
04-29-2024 - Aviation Weather - KSPS - at 6:50 AM - KSPS 290952Z 35006KT 10SM CLR 14/12 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP099 T01390122
KSPS 290520Z 2906/3006 VRB04KT P6SM SKC
TEMPO 2909/2913 4SM BR SCT010
FM291500 16007KT P6SM SCT250
FM300200 13005KT P6SM SKC
04-29-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 84. Light and variable wind becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Tonight: Clear, with a low around 62. Southeast wind 10 to 13 mph.
04-29-2024 - Good Morning! We attended the Sheppard Air Force Base air show yesterday. Security was tight with an empty-your-pockets search and a walk through a metal detector. Nothing surprising there, considering the times. I was more than a little surprised to see two snipers with scoped rifles on the control tower catwalk. There were a lot of aircraft on display and in the air. The F-16s were deafening at close range. The F-35 was deafening, period! My Folgers Black silk coffee is ready.
04-28-2023 - The Wichita Amateur Radio Society holds a weekly informal net on Sundays at 8:00 PM on the club's 147.140 MHz repeater. All licensed Amateur (ham) Radio operators are invited to check in. Scanner radio enthusiasts are also invited to listen in.
04-28-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring for Apr 27-28, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• Tornadic activity – Regions VI & VII
Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe thunderstorms – Southern Plains to the Upper Mississippi Valley
• Heavy rain/flash flooding – Southern Plains to Ohio Valley
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No new declaration activity
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
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04-28-2024 - I made contact with W2TEF at Greenfield State Park (US-2655) in New Hampshire on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
04-28-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today - A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am. Mostly cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 81. South southeast wind 8 to 10 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 55. Southwest wind around 6 mph becoming north in the evening.
04-28-2024 - Good Morning! Thunderstorms kept me awake until way after midnight. Our local Amateur (Ham) Radio Skywarn® storm spotters did a great job. I hope our lakes got a good dose of this rain. I'll see if I can catch day #2 of the Sheppard AFB Air Show. We decided to skip yesterday's show due to the low cloud cover. The Thunderbirds did fly, but I'm betting the show will be better today. My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready!
04-27-2024 - Wichita Falls area Amateur (Ham) Radio Skywarn® storm spotters just put out a briefing on the 146.940 MHz repeater. Two rounds of storms are expected, and the one later tonight might mean trouble. The Net Control Station mentioned APRS and said A-P-R-S rather than the word "APARS." Thank you!
04-27-2024 - It's Saturday at 9:00 AM, and the Montague County Simplex Net is on the air at 147.500 MHz. According to online sources, the net meets Saturdays at 9:00 AM. I can hear a few of the stations, but I'll need a higher antenna to get them all.
04-27-2024 - I made contact with K0YY at Benson Creek State Natural Area (US-7158) in Arkansas on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
04-27-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely between 1pm and 4pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Some of the storms could be severe. High near 79. South wind 15 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Tonight: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then showers and thunderstorms between 10pm and 4am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4am. Some of the storms could be severe and produce heavy rainfall. Low around 59. South wind 16 to 21 mph decreasing to 9 to 14 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
04-27-2024 - Good Morning! It looks like rain, or at least a lot of clouds, is in the forecast for the Sheppard AFB Air Show today. I think I'll go Sunday. I'm still trying to make an Amateur (ham) Radio contact with a park in all 50 U.S. states using Morse code. I've got 12 to go. Those 12, plus others, have been very weak the last few days. I'm not looking for any type of certificate, although they are offered. I want to do it for my satisfaction. My Folger's Black Silk coffee is ready!
04-26-2024 - Space Weather - Turn your radio on. Either the band is open or it's not. That's going to ruffle a few feathers.
04-26-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring for Apr 25-26, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• No significant incidents / operations
Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe thunderstorms/heavy rain/flash flooding – Middle Mississippi Valley to the Southern Plains
• Critical fire weather – New Mexico and Texas
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No new declaration activity
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
04-26-2024 - Here are some of our regular scanner radio targets: Amateur (ham) Radio (146.520, 147.140, 146.940. and 146.800 MHz), Walmart (154.570 MHz), Allred Unit (153.815 MHz), the County Jail (155.520 MHz), State Hospital (154.800 MHz) city transit buses (453.5375 MHz), school buses (152.360 MHz), school handheld radios (151.940 MHz), Air Evac Lifeteam (159.900 MHz), BNSF Railroad (160.920 MHz), Kickapoo Airport (122.700 MHz), Wichita Valley Airport (122.800 MHz), and the Fort Worth Air Route Traffic Control Center (Wichita Falls remote) 269.250 MHz. Tune in with your scanner radio.