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05-25-2024 - I made contact with AI8AI at Tinker's Creek State Park (US-1997) in Ohio on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
05-25-2024 - I made contact with KC9P at Zilpo Campground Wildlife Management Area (US-10171) in Kentucky on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
05-25-2024 - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls water supply reservoirs are as follows: Arrowhead: 73.0% Kemp: 93.3% Kickapoo 73.2%. The City of Wichita Falls uses the combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo to determine drought stage.
05-25-2024 - NOAA SPACE WEATHER - Last 24 Hours - Radio Blackouts (Minor) Solar Radiation Storms (None) Geomagnetic Storms (None)
05-25-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Some of the storms could be severe. Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 95. Heat index values as high as 102. East northeast wind 6 to 16 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph. Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 7pm and 10pm. Some of the storms could be severe. Mostly clear, with a low around 73. South southeast wind 17 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.
05-25-2024 - Good Morning! Hirschi High School peeps are having a fling at Castaway Cove today. A final send-off to a school that will not exist next year. I graduated from Hirschi before most people reading this were born, and I gave it my final send-off on that night. Y'all have fun, though! My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready.
05-24-2024 - The North Central Texas Simplex Net in the Weatherford area began at 8 PM tonight on 146.580 MHz. I could hear only the Net Control Station. I think a "pre" net starts at 7 PM, and this one might be under the control of KI5LET in Wise County. KI5LET was the only station heard during that time period. The base of my Ringo Ranger II antenna is only 17 feet off the ground. More research is needed to make sure I have the correct information.
05-24-2024 - From the U.S. Federal Communications Commission - Released: 2024-05-24. PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU SEEKS COMMENTMON THE IMPACTS OF THE MAY 2024 GEOMAGNETIC STORM ON THE U.S. COMMUNICATIONS SECTOR. (DA No. 24-493). (Dkt No 24-161). The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau seeks comment on any impact to communications believed to be a result of the May 2024 severe geomagnetic storm. . Comments Due: 2024-06-24. PSHSB. Contact: Rochelle Cohen.
05-24-2024 - From the U.S. Federal Communications Commission - IN THE MATTER OF STEVE KRAMER . FCC proposes a $6M fine against Steve Kramer for illegal robocalls that used a deepfake generative AI voice message that imitated President Biden. Action by: the Commission. Adopted: 2024-05-23 by NAL. (FCC No. 24-59). EB.
05-24-2024 - I made contact with W8WZ at Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge (US-0298) in Louisiana on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
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05-24-2024 - I need four states to have worked all 50 states plus the District of Columbia in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program, using Morse code. Alaska is one of those states. There are two stations in the same park in Alaska right now, and I can't hear either. That's Ham Radio!
05-24-2024 - NOAA SPACE WEATHER - Last 24 Hours - Radio Blackouts (Minor) Solar Radiation Storms (None) Geomagnetic Storms (None)
05-24-2024 - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls water supply reservoirs are as follows: Arrowhead: 73.1% Kemp: 93.3% Kickapoo 73.2%. The City of Wichita Falls uses the combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo to determine drought stage.
05-24-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: Sunny, with a high near 89. South wind 10 to 15 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 64. North northeast wind 7 to 11 mph.
05-24-2024 - Good Morning! I'm enjoying a little early-morning local CB Radio with my Folgers Black Silk coffee. As for the CB Radio, I'm listening on Channel 19 on my Yaesu 857D Amateur (ham) Radio. The Yaesu can't transmit on CB Radio frequencies - without illegal tampering - but it listens just fine.
05-23-2024 - From the FCC - WASHINGTON, May 23, 2024—The Federal Communications Commission today proposed a first-of-its-kind enforcement action related to the spoofed, deepfake illegal robocalls that targeted potential New Hampshire voters prior to the January primary. Lingo Telecom transmitted these calls, incorrectly labeling them with the highest level of caller ID attestation and making it less likely that other providers could detect the calls as potentially spoofed. Lingo Telecom faces a $2 million proposed fine for apparent violations of the Commission’s caller ID authentication rules.
05-23-2024 - I made contact with WS0Y at Erie Dam/Brewer Lake Wildlife Management Area (US-8578) in North Dakota on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
05-23-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring for May 22-23, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• Severe Weather – Central Plains/Midwest
Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Thunderstorms – Plains
• Heavy Rain/Flash Flooding – Southern Plains to the Tennessee Valley
• Critical Fire Weather – New Mexico and Texas
• Tropical Activity
Atlantic
• Disturbance 1: Low (10%)
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• Major Disaster Declaration Request – Idaho
• Major Disaster Declaration Approved – KY/WV
• Two amendments issued
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
05-23-2024 - Are you old enough to remember (1) when the building on the southwest corner of 7th and Lamar was the bus station and (2) what it looked like with taxis lined up on the Lamar side? Into the early 1980s, and no longer a bus station, you could still see the "Colored" sign at the back door!
05-23-2024 - NOAA SPACE WEATHER - Last 24 Hours - Radio Blackouts (Minor) Solar Radiation Storms (None) Geomagnetic Storms (None)