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05-18-2024 - I made contact with KA0CSW at Litchfield Wetland Management District (US-0362) in Minnesota on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
05-18-2024 - I made contact with KD8IE at Grand River State Wildlife Area (US-9466) in Ohio on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
05-18-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring – May 17–18, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• Severe weather – TX/LA
Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe thunderstorms/Heavy rain/Flash flooding – Southeast
• Tropical Activity
Eastern Pacific – Disturbance 1: Low (10%); Disturbance 2: Low (20%)
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• Amendment No. 7 to FEMA-4776-DR-OK
• Approval: FEMA-4781-DR-TX
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
05-18-2024 - I made contact with KZ1O at Half Moon Wildlife Management Area (US-6306) in Florida on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
05-18-2024 - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls water supply reservoirs are 81.0% full on this date. The City of Wichita Falls uses the combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo to determine drought stage.
05-18-2024 - Aviation Weather - 5:30 AM - KSPS 180952Z AUTO 18004KT 9SM CLR 18/16 A2979 RMK AO2 SLP076 T01780156
KSPS 180520Z 1806/1906 18008KT P6SM FEW250
FM182300 14008KT P6SM SKC
05-18-2024 - NOAA SPACE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER - Last 24 Hours - Radio Blackouts (R2 Moderate) Solar Radiation Storms (None) Geomagnetic Storms (G2 Moderate)
05-08-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: Sunny, with a high near 92. South wind 5 to 9 mph. Tonight: Clear, with a low around 70. Southeast wind 8 to 10 mph.
05-18-2024 - Good Morning! It's 5:30 AM and our local BNSF Railroad is chatty on 160.920 MHz. 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. It's coffee time!
05-17-2024 -Listening to the 147.140 MHz repeater this evening, it sounds like some Amateur (ham) Radio operators will provide communications support for an event tomorrow. I'm not "in the loop" on all local Ham Radio happenings, so I have no idea what the event might be. Maybe my scanner radio will reveal all tomorrow, or maybe not.
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05-17-2024 - From the U.S. Federal Communications Commission - SKYDIVE ELSINORE, LLC; LAKE ELSINORE, CA 92530. Notice of Unlicensed Operation issued for unlicensed amateur radio station operating on frequency 442.725 MHz in Elsinore, CA.
05-17-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring – May 16–17, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• Severe weather – TX/LA
Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe thunderstorms – Northern Plains, Gulf Coast
• Heavy rain/flash flooding – Lower/Middle Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• Amendment No. 6 to FEMA-4776-DR-OK
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
05-17-2024 - I made contact with N9DBJ at Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument (US-0916) in Ohio on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
05-17-2024 - I made contact with K4QD at Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge (US-0231) in Florida on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
05-17-2024 - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls water supply reservoirs are 79.8% full on this date. The City of Wichita Falls uses the combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo to determine drought stage.
05-17-2024 - NOAA SPACE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER - Last 24 Hours - Radio Blackouts (None) Solar Radiation Storms (S1 Minor) Geomagnetic Storms (G1 Minor)
05-17-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between noon and 1pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 81. North northeast wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 61. Southeast wind around 7 mph.
05-17-2024 - Good Morning! It's Friday, and I'm up to 168 parks in the Parks on the Air® program. I've got six states to go for working a park in each state plus the District of Columbia. I got the elusive Oklahoma yesterday. It's elusive on the 20-meter band anyway. Too close for a sky wave (skip) - our signals bounce over each other, and too far for a ground wave - limited by terrain features, antenna height, etc. I doubt anyone in a park is using an amplifier. I don't own one and never will. I own some Folgers Black Silk coffee, and I'm pouring a cup now!
05-16-2024 - I made contact with K5LE at Spavinaw Wildlife Management Area (US-10696) in Oklahoma on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
05-16-2024 - Travelers are passing through town and chatting on 146.520 FM simplex. I know not where they came from or where they're headed. Their signal strength maxed out and stayed there so that, along with much talk about weather, tells me these might be storm chasers. They did identify, though.