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05-30-2024 - I made contact with K4FZO at Griswoldville Battlefield State Historic Site (US-7472) in Georgia on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
05-30-2024 - This afternoon, I head GMRS traffic - call signs included - on 462.550 and 462.600 MHz. These are repeater output frequencies and I don't think this is local traffic. There must be some tropospheric ducting going on. I didn't hear any call sign clearly enough to check the FCC database.
05-30-2024 - 1:30 PM - NOAA SPACE WEATHER - Last 24 Hours - Radio Blackouts (Moderate) Solar Radiation Storms (None) Geomagnetic Storms (None)
05-30-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring – May 29–30, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• No new significant incidents / operations
Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Thunderstorms – Southern and Central Plains
• Heavy Rain/Flash Flooding – Southern and Central Plains
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• FMAG Approved Simmons Fire – AZ
• Major Disaster Declaration Request – AR
• Two amendments issued – NE, TX
Event Monitoring:
• No new significant events
05-30-2024 - Wichita Falls area Amateur (ham) Radio Skywarn® storm spotters were activated for a short time this morning as thunderstorms moved through Wichita Falls. Tune in to the spotters at 146.940 MHz on your scanner radio.
05-30-2024 - At 6:30 AM, the Clay County storm spotters issued a weather update on the 146.800 MHz repeater. You can listen in on your scanner radio.
05-30-2024 - 6:30 AM - NOAA SPACE WEATHER - Last 24 Hours - Radio Blackouts (Strong) Solar Radiation Storms (None) Geomagnetic Storms (None)
05-30-2024 - According to Water Data for Texas on this date, Wichita Falls water supply reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 73.5% Kemp: 93.3% Kickapoo 72.8%. The City of Wichita Falls uses the combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo to determine drought stage.
05-30-2024 - ERCOT (Texas) snapshot - Grid Conditions - 6:18 AM - OPERATING RESERVES: 6,645 MW - NORMAL CONDITIONS - ERCOT reports enough power for current demand.
05-30-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. East southeast wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 10pm and 4am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 66. East southeast wind 7 to 14 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
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05-30-2024 - Good Morning! Our lake levels dropped a teeny weenie bit, but that should go back up if we get the predicted rain and that rain falls in the right places. In the Ham Radio world, the eQSL logging site is down this morning. With Logbook of the World and eQSL down, I have no place to log my Parks on the Air® contacts. My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready, and that's all that matters! UPDATE: At 6:45 AM, eQSL was back up and running!
05-29-2024 - The ARRL (American Radio Relay League) Logbook of the World (LOTW) has been down for two weeks. I haven't been able to log my Parks on the Air® contacts there. I have been logging on eQSL. It doesn't affect me because I log contacts only for the benefit of the stations I work. Since I don't chase awards of any type, logging is of little use to me. I don't feel a need to look back at my contacts over the years. Many do, and that's cool.
05-29-2024 - I continue to be amused by the number of people on X (Twitter) who think every radio with a microphone is a CB Radio. Oh well, there's one or two things I don't know so I shouldn't complain.
05-29-2024 - ERCOT (Texas) snapshot - Grid Conditions - 6:54 PM - OPERATING RESERVES: 6,864 MW - NORMAL CONDITIONS - ERCOT reports enough power for current demand.
05-29-2024 - According to a KFDX story, the City of Wichita Falls will install new traffic lights on a portion of Scott Avenue. If the City wants to "revitalize and beautify the downtown area" and "give folks passing through a better opportunity to check out all that downtown has to offer" as the story says, they should resurface 10th St. between Scott & Indiana. That section is a visitor-alienating, car-disassembling, bone-rattling, tooth-jarring abomination of a travesty. Okay, that was an exaggeration, but it does need work.
05-29-2024 - From the U.S. Federal Communications Commission - IN THE MATTER OF LINGO TELECOM, LLC . FCC proposes a $2M fine against Lingo Telecom, LLC, the carrier responsible for failing to properly authenticate caller ID information associated with thousands of illegal deepfake generative AI robocalls.. Action by: the Commission . Adopted: 2024-05-23 by NAL. (FCC No. 24-60). EB.
05-29-2024 - I made contact with NV4H at Kincaid Lake State Park (US-1261) in Kentucky on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
05-29-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring – May 28–29, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• Severe weather – FEMA Regions III, IV, VI, VII – FINAL
Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Thunderstorms – Northern and Central Plains
• Heavy Rain/Flash Flooding – Southern Plains
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• One amendment issued – OK
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
05-29-2024 - The City of Wichita Falls brought down the 100-year-old water tower at 9th & Beverly. I'd be afraid to see what it looks like inside. I might give up water forever! Maybe ignorance is bliss, after all.