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06-15-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring for June 14-15, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• Excessive Rainfall and Flooding – South Florida – FINAL
Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Thunderstorms – Plains to the Upper Mississippi Valley
• Heavy Rain/Flash Flooding – Middle and Upper Mississippi Valley
• Tropical Activity:
Atlantic:
• Disturbance 1 – Med (50%)
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• Major Disaster Declaration Approval – OK
• Amendment No. 1 to FEMA-4784-DR-IA
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
06-15-2024 - I never realized how versatile CB radios are until I got on Twitter. I see tweets about people claiming someone they know listened to police calls, cordless phones, old car phones, and who knows what else on their CB Radio. Also, just about any radio they see with a microphone is a CB Radio. It's not a big deal, just interesting.
06-15-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: Sunny, with a high near 94. Heat index values as high as 97. South wind 6 to 11 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 75. South southeast wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
06-15-2024 - 5:00 AM - NOAA SPACE WEATHER - Last 24 Hours - Radio Blackouts (Minor) Solar Radiation Storms (None) Geomagnetic Storms (None)
06-15-2024 - 5:00 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls water supply reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 78.2% Kemp: 100.0% Kickapoo 82.3%. The City of Wichita Falls uses the combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo to determine drought stage.
06-15-2024 - 5:00 AM - ERCOT (Texas) snapshot of grid conditions - ERCOT reports that conditions are normal and there is enough power for current demand with an operating reserve of 8,055 Megawatts.
06-15-2024 - Good Morning! Wichita Falls has never really kind to restaurants, chain or locally-owned. It looks like Red Lobster might be the next to leave Wichita Falls. Denny's on Kemp is no more. I'm still wondering why Golden Corral shut down. It always looked busy. Now I'm worried about Olive Garden. Will the $120 I dropped in there a week ago keep them afloat? My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready!
06-14-2024 - I made contact with N9WPY at Miami on Mississinewa Lake State Recreation Area (US-4169) in Indiana on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
06-14-2024 - From the U.S. Federal Communications Commission - IN THE MATTER OF ASUSTEK COMPUTER, INC. FCC proposes $367,436 fine to ASUSTeK for apparently violating the Commission's equipment marketing rules by marketing wifi adapters and routers that were modified to operate in excess of its authorized power limits. . Action by: The Commission. Adopted: 2024-06-13 by NAL. (FCC No. 24-69). EB.
06-14-2024 - From the U.S. Federal Communications Commission - IN THE MATTER OF ALSTOM TRANSPORT HOLDING US INC. . FCC Enforcement Bureau settles with Alstom Transport Holding US Inc. for its failure to seek Commission approval prior to transferring control of private wireless licenses. Alstom will pay a $30K civil penalty and implement a compliance plan.. Action by: Chief, Enforcement Bureau. Adopted: 2024-06-14 by Consent Decree. (DA No. 24-474). EB.
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06-14-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring for June 13-14, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• Excessive Rainfall and Flooding – South Florida
Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Thunderstorms – Plains and Mid-Atlantic to the Northeast
• Tropical Activity:
Atlantic:
• Disturbance 1 – Low (20%)
• Disturbance 2 – Med (50%)
Eastern Pacific:
• Disturbance 1 – Low (10%)
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No new declaration activity
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
06-14-2024 - If you're familiar with CB Radio, you know that most radios made these days have a "talkback" feature. Talkback allows you to hear what you sound like while you're transmitting. Listening to some Ham Radio signals, I'm beginning to think this might be a useful feature on Amateur (ham) Radio rigs.
06-14-2024 - I would love it if there were an Amateur (ham) Radio band, or even a small section of each band, designated for people who don't need or want a QSL card or any other type 3rd party logging of contacts. For example, as I write this, I need three more parks to have worked a Parks on the Air Park in all 50 states. When I get those three, I will know I have accomplished that goal. I don't need anyone's blessing over my logs or anyone's logs to say that it officially happened. That goes for any of the so-called Ham Radio contact milestones. Just think, I write the contact in my log, or maybe I don't record it. No more uploading to Logbook of the World, eQSL, or whatever. There's no need to because the people I contact don't require it. The only reason I upload contact info now is out of consideration for the other operator. I haven't kept a paper log in 30 years. I'm living in a "dream world", I know. But dreaming is fun.
06-14-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: Sunny, with a high near 95. Heat index values as high as 98. Southeast wind 6 to 9 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 71. Southeast wind 7 to 10 mph.
06-14-2024 - 5:32 AM - NOAA SPACE WEATHER - Last 24 Hours - Radio Blackouts (Minor) Solar Radiation Storms (None) Geomagnetic Storms (None)
06-14-2024 - 5:32 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls water supply reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 78.2% Kemp: 100.0% Kickapoo 82.1%. The City of Wichita Falls uses the combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo to determine drought stage.
06-14-2024 - 5:32 AM - ERCOT (Texas) snapshot of grid conditions - ERCOT reports that conditions are normal and there is enough power for current demand with an operating reserve of 8,985 Megawatts.
06-14-2024 - Good Morning! According to news reports, the Hobo Coffee Shop at Loop 11 (the loop that doesn't loop) and Seymour Highway will close this weekend. Another coffee shop of some sort will take over the building. Do you remember Best Products on Kell? All the products in the showroom were for display only. If you wanted something, you filled out the product info on a card, paid for the item, and then waited for it to come out of the storeroom on a conveyor belt. If it was too big for the conveyor belt, someone would bring it out to you. I remember buying one of those "kneeling" chairs. I haven't seen one of those e-bikes downtown in quite some time. They used to be parked on 7th Street, just east of Scott. Are they still there? There's no way I'd ride a bike in the street in crazy downtown Wichita Falls. My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready!
06-13-2024 - Yesterday, while having my car serviced at North Texas Auto Service, I noticed a Kenwood 2-meter radio - minus the microphone - sitting atop a filing cabinet. I inquired as to who the "ham" might be. I was told it belonged to a customer whose vehicle was in for service. The vehicle - in the parking lot - belonged to a "tower" installation company from another state. The driver was not present for further interrogation.
06-13-2024 - From the U.S. Federal Communications Commission - In the Matter of Liberty Latin America Limited, Liberty Mobile Puerto Rico Inc., Liberty Mobile Usvi Inc. . FCC EB settles with Liberty for $100K civil penalty resolving an investigation into whether Liberty failed to report a data breach in a timely manner as required and failed to abide by conditions of Liberty's license under a national security agreement.. Action by: Chief, Enforcement Bureau. Adopted: 2024-06-13 by Consent Decree. (DA No. 24-518). EB.