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09-04-2024 - I made contact with KC9IL at Volo Bog State Natural Area (US-4160) in Illinois on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
9-04-2024 - I'm watching the last episode of "The Terror" on Netflix while I listen to an ARRL bulletin in CW (Morse code) on 14.047.50 MHz. I binged 5 episodes of "The Terror" yesterday, and I'm finishing up the last 5 today. I think the series is pretty excellent!
09-04-2024 - I made contact with KB0HP at Stagecoach State Park (US-11091) in Colorado on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
09-04-2024 - I made contact with KI7KY at Lee Kay Public Shooting Grounds Utah DWR State Recreation Area (US-11091) in Utah on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program. Question: Do you go there to shoot or get shot?
09-04-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring for Sep 3 - 4, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• No new significant incidents / ops
Hazard Monitoring:
• Heavy Rain / Flash Flooding – Gulf Coast
• Excessive Heat – Pacific Northwest to Southwest
• Tropical Activity
Atlantic
• Disturbance 1: Low (30%)
• Disturbance 2: Low (10%)
• Disturbance 3: Low (20%)
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• One Amendment issued
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
09-04-2024 - Someone on X, formerly known as Twitter, posted some pics of The Loft, the new restaurant above Picker's Universe at 10th & Indiana. The photo showed a harpsichord, and the poster said it was in use while they dined. From the pics, I see Chef Brandy Belk, formerly of Suga B's at the Wichita Falls Regional Airport, is the pastry chef. I'll put The Loft on my "to do" list!
09-04-2024 - Today: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10am, then a slight chance of showers between 10am and 4pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Light and variable wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 70. Southeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening.
09-04-2024 - 6:34 AM - Wichita Falls reservoir status according to Water Data for Texas: Arrowhead: 68.0 Kemp: 100.0% Kickapoo 70.9%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 82.4% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses the combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo to determine drought stage.
09-04-2024 - 6:34 AM - NOAA SPACE WEATHER - Last 24 Hours - Radio Blackouts (Minor) Solar Radiation Storms (None) Geomagnetic Storms (None) Current - Solar Wind Speed: 430 km/sec Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 26 nT, Bz 13 nT Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 242 sfu.
09-04-2024 - 6:34 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 8,227 Megawatts.
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09-04-2024 - Good Morning! It looks a little wet outside this morning. I guess we got a sprinkle sometime during the night. We have one more chance for rain today, then nothing for the rest of the week. Our lakes didn't make the gains I hoped for, but they didn't lose much, if any, during our intermittent showers. While we might not get rain this coming week, our temperatures will be milder. My coffee is ready!
09-03-2024 - I made contact with KD9UDV at Kil-So-Quah State Recreation Area (US-5683) in Indiana on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
09-03-2024 - I made contact with KG8CO at Hayes State Park (US-1504) in Michigan on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
09-03-2024 - In another flashback, I recall the Heath SB 1400 HF transceiver. As far as I could tell, it was almost a copy of the Yaesu 747GX. I bought it in 1991 or 1992 and, for a time, used it in my next digital venture, Packet Radio. I don't remember the make and model of the Terminal Node Controller (TNC) I used. I remember how unexciting it was to have a conversation printed on the computer screen. My Packet Radio days didn't last long. I don't blame Amateur Radio for the boredom. I'm bored by many adventures. I gave up skydiving because I had to drive 30 miles to make those jumps. A big "selling point" in Amateur radio was that I didn't have to leave home to do it. Packet Radio, however, just wasn't for me. I never ventured into digital communications again. I remain a simple VHF simplex and analog voice guy. I do CW (Morse code). Some would call that the original digital, but that's my digital limit. There is a definite need for Amateur Radio digital communications. I'm just not involved in any activity where it is needed.
09-03-2024 - I had a flashback of my early Amateur (ham) Radio days (1984) and my powerful Commodore 64 computer running someone's RTTY (Radio teletype) program through whatever two-meter rig I had at the time. I had the Commodore 1541 disk drive and the Commodore Datasette (cassette) drive. I kept track of it all on a green-screen monitor. I was ready for RTTY action. A local ham - now a silent key - maintained an RTTY bulletin board system on one of his VHF repeaters. I don't remember any local simplex RTTY activity at the time. It all seemed fun at the time, but it wasn't long before the local infrastructure thing began to bug me. To have fun, I had to use another ham's equipment. Before long, I was off of local RTTY. I never made the jump to HF RTTY. The infrastructure thing still bugs me to this day, and that's one reason I'm a "my antenna to your antenna" guy. I wish I still had the Commodore gear!
09-03-2024 - I made contact with K2JVB at Montauk Point State Park (US-2109) in New York on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
09-03-2024 - The Clay County Amateur Radio Club holds a weekly informal net on Tuesdays at 8:00 PM on the 146.800 MHz repeater. As far as I know, all licensed Amateur (ham) Radio operators are invited to check in. Of course, scanner radio enthusiasts can also tune in.
09-03-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring for Sep 2 - 3, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• No new significant incidents / ops
Hazard Monitoring:
• Heavy Rain / Flash Flooding – Texas
• Tropical Activity
Atlantic
• Disturbance 1: Med (40%)
• Disturbance 2: Med (40%)
• Disturbance 2: Low (10%)
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No new declaration activity
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
09-03-2024 - NWS forecast - Today: A 40 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 81. Northeast wind around 6 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon. Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 69. East northeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening.
09-03-2024 - 5:10 AM - Wichita Falls reservoir status according to Water Data for Texas: Arrowhead: 68.0 Kemp: 100.0% Kickapoo 71.0%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 82.4% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses the combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo to determine drought stage.