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08-04-2024 - All the usual suspects are up and running today - 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), and the BNSF Railroad (160.920 MHz) are active! Tune in with your scanner radio. School is still out for summer so no school buses (152.360 MHz) or school handheld radios (151.940 MHz) until August 15th.
08-04-2024 - The new Starbucks at Windthorst Road and E. Central Freeway - across from the Loves Truck Stop - did not seem overrun with customers when I drove by this morning at 10 AM. I guess the morning rush is over. The Maurine St. location didn't work out. Let's see what happens here.
08-04-2024 - I made contact with N9WPY at LaSalle State Fish and Wildlife Area (US-4213) in Indiana on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
08-04-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring for August 3-4, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• Tropical Storm Debby Preparations – Southeastern U.S.
• Wildfires – Western U.S.
Hazard Monitoring:
• Flash Flooding/Severe Weather – Southeast
• Excessive Heat – Southwest, California and Central Great Basin
• Elevated Fire Weather – Northern and Central Plains
• Tropical Activity:
Atlantic:
• Tropical Storm Debby
• Disturbance 1: Low (20%)
Eastern Pacific:
• Tropical Storm Carlotta
• Tropical Storm Daniel
• Disturbance 1: High (90%)
• Disturbance 2: High (70%)
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• Emergency Declaration Approval – FL
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
08-04-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: Sunny and hot, with a high near 99. Calm wind becoming east 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Tonight: Clear, with a low around 75. East wind 5 to 9 mph becoming south after midnight.
08-04-2024 - 5:55 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls water supply reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 72.0 Kemp: 100.0% Kickapoo 75.4%. The City of Wichita Falls uses the combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo to determine drought stage.
08-04-2024 - 5:55 AM - NOAA SPACE WEATHER - Last 24 Hours - Radio Blackouts (Moderate) Solar Radiation Storms (None) Geomagnetic Storms (Minor) - Solar Wind Speed: 381 km/sec Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 13 nT, Bz -12 nT Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 245 sfu.
08-04-2024 - 5:55 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 9,571 Megawatts.
08-04-2024 - Good Morning! It's Sunday. I watched Bone Tomahawk on Netflix last night. Brutal! Other than playing Ham Radio, I have nothing on my schedule for today. I have the CB Radio on Channel 38, a popular DX (skip shooting) channel. It's dead now, but those signals will slowly emerge from the ether as the 11-meter band comes alive. Later, it's back to the Amateur (ham) Radio 20-meter band for more Parks on the Air® action. It's still early, and my Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready.
08-03-2024 - A local Amateur (ham) Radio operator was operating CW (Morse code) out of Copper Breaks State Park near Quanah this afternoon. The problem was that I could not hear him. His signal - 20 meters - was skipping by overhead. How did I know he was there? The Parks on the Air® spotter page said so!
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08-3-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring for August 2-3, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• Tropical Depression Four Preparations – Southeastern U.S.
• Wildfires – Western U.S.
Hazard Monitoring:
• Heavy Rain/Flash Flooding – Southeast to the Northeast
• Excessive Heat – Southwest and Lower Mississippi Valley
• Severe Weather – Northern Plains to Upper Mississippi Valley and the Mid-Atlantic
• Tropical Activity:
Atlantic:
•Tropical Depression Four
Eastern Pacific:
• Hurricane Carlotta (CAT 1)
• Disturbance 1: High (70%)
• Disturbance 2: High (90%)
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• FMAG Approval: Mile Marker 132 Fire – OR
• Major Disaster Declaration Request – KS
• 4 Amendments Issued
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
08-02-2024 - I made contact with K2HVN at Masseys Millpond State Fishing Lake (US-10681) in Delaware on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
08-03-2024 - At 6:30 AM, CB Radio Channel 6 - the superbowl of CB Radio - is starting to come alive. You can hate these folks all you want, but they, along with Amateur (ham) Radio operators, will still be communicating should the "end of the world as we know it" happen.
08-03-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: Sunny and hot, with a high near 101. East northeast wind 6 to 9 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 73. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight.
08-03-2024 - 5:25 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls water supply reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 72.1 Kemp: 100.0% Kickapoo 75.6%. The City of Wichita Falls uses the combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo to determine drought stage.
08-03-2024 - 5:25 AM - NOAA SPACE WEATHER - Last 24 Hours - Radio Blackouts (Moderate) Solar Radiation Storms (None) Geomagnetic Storms (None) - Solar Wind Speed: 370 km/sec Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 7 nT, Bz -5 nT Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 247 sfu.
08-03-2024 - 5:25 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 10,282 Megawatts.
08-03-2024 - Good Morning! I'm waking up to Air Route Traffic Control Center chatter on 269.250 MHz this morning, along with my Folgers Black Silk coffee. Aside from the James V. Allred Unit on 153.815 MHZ, they're the only entity awake. It's Saturday, and I expect local airport radio traffic to pick up. Kickapoo can be heard on 122.700 MHz and Wichita Valley on 122.800 MHz.
08-02-2024 - I pass by Rolling Meadows on McNiel when I'm headed to Home Depot or Natural Grocers. I sometimes see myself in the guard shack, or whatever they call it, kicked back, making CW (Morse code) Parks on the Air® contacts with my QRP Labs QCX Mini, sending my 5-watt signal through a tuner and into the flagpole out front. I might even greet visitors if I have time.
08-02-2024 - I made contact with KB6NU at Pinckney State Recreation Area (US-3322) in Michigan on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.