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05-06-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring – May 5–6, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• Flooding – Texas
Hazard Monitoring:
• Heavy Rain/Flash Flooding – Northern/Southern Plains and the Middle
Mississippi Valley
• Severe Thunderstorms – Central/Southern Plains and Middle/Lower Mississippi Valleys
• Critical Fire Weather – New Mexico and Texas
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No new declaration activity
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
05-06-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Some of the storms could be severe. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. South wind 9 to 14 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Some of the storms could be severe. Mostly clear, with a low around 56. South wind 8 to 18 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph.
05-06-2024 - Good Morning! It's Monday and time for the scanner radio to come alive! 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. My coffee is ready!
05-05-2024 - I made contact with KD3D at PA 213 State Game Land (US-8910) in Pennsylvania on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
05-05-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring for May 4-5, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• Flooding – Texas
Hazard Monitoring:
• Heavy Rain/Flash Flooding – Southern Plains to the Middle Mississippi Valley
• Critical Fire Weather – New Mexico
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No new declaration activity
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
05-05-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 76. North northeast wind 7 to 9 mph. Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Southeast wind around 8 mph.
05-05-2024 - Good Morning. We got rain last night and a power outage this morning. Neither lasted very long. There's a small chance of rain today. I've heard several people on the radio talking about how fast their grass is growing. I've noticed that, too. More mowing equals more exercise. How is that a bad thing? My coffee is ready!
05-04-2024 - I'm waiting to work a park on CW (Morse code) in the Parks on the Air® program, and the activator is "writing a book" on each contact. This guy is obviously not a contester. I know this is not a contest, but you know what I mean. It's amusing only because I don't need that state.
05-04-2024 - I made contact with N0ANE at Minneopa State Park (US-2510) in Minnesota on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
05-04-2024 - I made contact with AB9CA at Greene-Sullivan State Forest (US-4201) in Indiana on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
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05-04-2024 - I made contact with N7TX at Robbins Butte Wildlife Area (US-11028) in Arizona on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
05-04-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring for May 3-4, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• Flooding – Texas
Hazard Monitoring:
• Heavy Rain/Flash Flooding – Southern Plains
• Severe Thunderstorms – Southern Plains
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• Major Disaster Declaration Approval – Nebraska
• Major Disaster Declaration Request – West Virginia
• One amendment issued
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
05-04-2024 - At 7:50 AM, I got about 30 seconds of audio on 437.800 MHz, the downlink frequency of the Amateur (ham) Radio cross-band repeater aboard the International Space Station. A few call signs were exchanged before the signal faded. That's all I could expect from my current scanner antenna, a discone antenna in the attic.
05-04-2024 - I hear talk on the 147.140 MHz repeater that would lead me to believe that some local Amateur (ham) Radio Operators are assembling at the Pioneer #3 restaurant for their usual Saturday morning "eyeball QSO."
05-04-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. South southeast wind 6 to 8 mph becoming northeast in the morning. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 4am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 62. North northeast wind 7 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
05-04-2024 - Good Morning! May the 4th Be With You! Yep, it's world Star Wars Day! I stood in line at the Coronet Theater on Geary Blvd in San Francisco to see it. Not long after that, I was back in line at the Coronet to see Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Enough of the past! My Folgers Black Silk Coffee is ready!
05-03-2024 - The 147.140 MHz repeater is getting a good workout this morning with lively conversations, including a cornucopia of useful technical information. I've learned a lot. Tune in with your scanner.
05-03-2024 - I made contact with AE4GS at Allatoona Pass Battlefield State Historic Site (US-7471) in Georgia on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
05-03-2024 - FEMA - National Current Ops / Monitoring for May 2-3, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• No significant incidents / operations
Hazard Monitoring:
• Heavy Rain/Flash Flooding – Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley
• Severe Weather – Southern and Central Plains
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• Major Disaster Declaration Requests – NE, ME, and IA
• Major Disaster Declaration Approval – OH
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
05-03-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 1pm and 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Northeast wind 6 to 9 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Tonight: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 7pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. South southeast wind 6 to 11 mph.