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09-22-2024 - Good Morning! It's Simplex Sunday, a day to give those Amateur Radio repeaters a break and flex those simplex muscles. It's like giving your generator a regular run. Use the more inclusive two-meter FM simplex. Analog, please! GMRS users, you can play, too! I'll probably watch a few football games today. It looks like we have a decent chance of rain later today and tomorrow. Unknown if I'll mow the backyard. My coffee is ready!
Interception and Divulgence of Radio Communications
09-21-2024 - At 9 AM, the Montague County Simplex Net kicked off. I hear more stations than usual on my low Ringo Ranger II antenna, so conditions are good.
09-21-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring for Sep 20 - 21, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• No new significant incidents / ops
Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Thunderstorms – New Mexico and Texas
• Heavy Rain / Flash Flooding – Central / Southern Rockies
• Tropical Activity
Atlantic
• Disturbance 1: Low (10%)
• Disturbance 2: Low (10%)
• Disturbance 3: Med (60%)
• Disturbance 4: Low (30%)
Eastern Pacific
• Disturbance 1: Med (50%)
Central Pacific
• Disturbance 1: Low (20%)
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• Approvals: Major Disaster Declaration – IL, CT, and St. Regis Mohawk Tribe
• Request: Major Disaster Declaration – AK
Event Monitoring:
• 79th United Nations General Assembly – NY
09-21-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: Sunny and hot, with a high near 99. South wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 75. South southeast wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
09-21-2024 - 5:25 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 66.2 Kemp: 99.5% Kickapoo 69.4%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 81.2% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses the combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo to determine drought stage.
09-21-2024 - 6:41 AM - NOAA SPACE WEATHER - Last 24 Hrs: Radio Blackouts (R - None) Solar Radiation Storms (S - None) Geomagnetic Storms (G - None) Current: Radio Blackouts (R - None) Solar Radiation Storms (S - None) Geomagnetic Storms (G - None) Solar Wind Speed: 371 km/sec Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 6 nT, Bz 3 nT Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 154 sfu.
09-21-2024 - 7:11 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 10,021 Megawatts.
09-21-2024 - Good Morning! It's Saturday, and the high temp is forecasted to be 99 degrees. But. Monday's high is forecasted to be just 78 degrees! The forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday is 83 and 82 degrees. I can't wait! I'll do more yard mowing this morning. Why do it all at once when I can split it into front, side, and back yard? My coffee is ready!
Thunderstorms - A public domain FEMA report.
09-20-2024 - From the U.S. Federal Communications Commission - Released: 2024-09-20. WCB ANNOUNCES EFFECTIVE DATES FOR THE 2024 INCARCERATED PEOPLE'S COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES ORDER AND COMMENT DATES FOR THE 2024 INCARCERATED PEOPLE'S COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES FNPRM. (DA No. 24-969). (Dkt No 12-375 23-62). WCB. Contact: David Zesiger.
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09-20-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring for Sep 19 - 20, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• No significant incidents / Ops
Hazard Monitoring:
• Rain / Thunderstorms – Southwest to the Great Lakes, and the Southeast
• Tropical Activity
Atlantic
• Disturbance 1: Low (20%)
• Disturbance 2: Low (20%)
• Disturbance 3: Med (40%)
Eastern Pacific
• Disturbance 1: Med (40%)
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• Request: Major Disaster Declaration – NY
• 6 Amendments issued
Event Monitoring:
• 79th United Nations General Assembly – NY
09-20-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: Sunny and hot, with a high near 101. Heat index values as high as 104. South wind 7 to 10 mph. Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low around 75. South wind 8 to 11 mph.
Scanner Frequencies for Wichita Falls
09-20-2024 - 5:25 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 66.4 Kemp: 99.6% Kickapoo 69.6%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 81.4% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses the combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo to determine drought stage.
09-20-2024 - 6:41 AM - NOAA SPACE WEATHER - Last 24 Hrs: Radio Blackouts (R - None) Solar Radiation Storms (S - None) Geomagnetic Storms (G - None) Current: Radio Blackouts (R - None) Solar Radiation Storms (S - None) Geomagnetic Storms (G - None) Solar Wind Speed: 419 km/sec Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 6 nT, Bz -1 nT Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 161 sfu.
09-20-2024 - 6:41 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 9,325 Megawatts.
09-20-2024 - 06:30 - Good Morning! It's Friday, and some weekend Amateur (ham) Radio contests will soon begin. Many Ham Radio people live for contests. I know one such local avid contester who erected four antenna towers on his property, and then his job required him to move to another state. I'm calling "ouch!" on that one! I have nothing on the schedule today. Tomorrow will probably be lawn mowing day for me. I didn't work any Parks on the Air® stations yesterday. I'll look for one or two later when the 20-meter band opens. My coffee is ready!
A Case of Hobby Radio Antenna Envy in Wichita Falls
09-19-2024 - At 5:30 PM, I hear some activity on the International Space Station repeater downlink frequency of 437.800 MHz. I got only a piece of a call sign before the signal disappeared. I'm probably at the edge of its range and I'm using an attic-mounted discone antenna on my scanner radio. Maybe I'll get a closer pass - with radio activity - before long.
09-19-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring for September 18 – 19, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• No new significant incidents / operations
Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Weather – Upper Mississippi Valley to Central Plains
• Tropical Activity:
Atlantic:
• Disturbance 1: Low (30%)
• Disturbance 2: Low (20%)
• Disturbance 3: Medium (40%)
Eastern Pacific:
• Disturbance 1: Low (20%)
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No new declaration activity
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
09-19-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: Sunny and hot, with a high near 100. Heat index values as high as 105. South southwest wind 8 to 11 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 75. South wind 8 to 10 mph.