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10-30-2024 - 5:11 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 62.8% Kemp: 94.3% Kickapoo 65.3%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 77.0% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses the combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo to determine drought stage.
10-30-2024 - 5:11 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 10,794 Megawatts.
10-30-2024 - 5:11 AM - Good Morning! We have a slight chance of rain today, but we need a big chance of rain to get us through the winter months. The Yankees, down 3-0 in the World Series, kept their chances alive last night with an 11-4 thrashing of the Dodgers. Don't forget that we have an active CB Radio group on the air each evening at 5:30 PM on Channel 23. CB Radio is Dead! Long Live CB Radio! Also, we lost power at the Wichita Falls Man HQ four or five times last night. I don't know what that was all about. Don't they know I have a generator and I'm not afraid to use it? My coffee is ready.
10-29-2024 - I made contact with WQ0A at Santa Fe National Historic Trail (US-4579) in Colorado 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
10-29-2024 - Driving on Indiana Avenue today, I noticed that the Fully Loaded Potato restaurant at 801 Indiana is gone. There is a "For Lease" sign on the door. Research shows that they opened in June of 2023. It looks like they lasted about a year and a half. Maybe they moved to another location. I do not know. According to the Times Record News, Chicago Pizza at Sikes Senter Mall and Golden Chick on Southwest Parkway have closed.
10-29-2024 - You know your hearing is getting bad when you think an Air Traffic Controller said "CQ DX".
10-29-2024 - Have the e-bikes pulled out of downtown Wichita Falls. They were getting popular, but I haven't seen them in the last few months. Could it be that you've seen everything there is to see after 10 minutes, so why do it again? Rude car drivers? Reckless e-bikers? I don't know.
10-29-2024 - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for October 29, 2024
National Current Ops / Monitoring for Oct 28 - 29, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• No new significant incidents / ops
Hazard Monitoring:
• Rain / Thunderstorms – Plains and Upper Mississippi Valley
• Critical Fire Weather – Central / Southern Plains
• Tropical Activity
Atlantic
• Disturbance 1: Med (40%)
Eastern Pacific
• Disturbance 1: Med (40%)
• Disturbance 2: Low (20%)
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• Request: Expedited Major Disaster Declaration – Seminole Tribe of Florida
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
10-29-2024 - If you're a CB Radio enthusiast, a local group meets at 5:30 PM on CB Radio Channel 23 most nights here in Wichita Falls. They've been on for years and generate more "radio activity" than any other local entity.
10-29-2024 - Some local scanning targets: Walmart (154.570 MHz), Allred Unit (153.815 MHz), Wichita County Jail (155.520 MHz), State Hospital (154.800 MHz) city transit buses (453.5375 MHz), WFISD school buses (152.360 MHz), school handheld radios (151.940 MHz), Wichita Valley Airport (122.800 MHz), Kickapoo Airport (122.700 MHz), Wichita Falls Regional Airports / SAFB (119.750 & 122.950 MHz), and the BNSF Railroad (160.920 MHz).
10-29-2028 - NWS Forecast - Today: Mostly cloudy, then becoming sunny, with a high near 87. Windy, with a south wind 21 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 41 mph. Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 72. South wind 21 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph.
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10-29-2024 - 5:30 AM - NOAA SPACE WEATHER - Last 24 Hrs: Radio Blackouts (R1 - Minor) Solar Radiation Storms (S2 - Moderate) Geomagnetic Storms (G - None) Current: Radio Blackouts (R - None) Solar Radiation Storms (S2 - Moderate) Geomagnetic Storms (G - None). Solar Wind Speed: 491 km/sec Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 6 nT, Bz 2 nT Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 255 sfu.
10-29-2024 - 5:30 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 62.9 Kemp: 95.3.0% Kickapoo 65.6. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 77.5% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses the combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo to determine drought stage.
10-29-2024 - 5:30 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 11,100 Megawatts.
10-29-2024 - 5:30 AM - Good Morning! I just noticed at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration website that the Sun is officially in solar maximum of Solar Cycle 25. That information was posted on October 16, 2024. This is important news for DXers/skip-shooters. My coffee is ready!
10-28-2024 - Today I received the QRP Labs QCX Mini 40-meter CW transceiver. I already have the 20-meter version. Now all I have to do is transceive!
10-28-2024 - From the U.S Food and Drug Administration - Fresh Express is voluntarily recalling a limited number of Gourmet Café Chicken Caesar Salad Bowls due to the inclusion of recalled chicken items from BrucePac, an outside ingredient supplier. The BrucePac recall is due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The fresh vegetable components are not impacted by this recall.
10-28-2024 - At 10:24 AM, I hear a weak signal on 437.800 MHz, the voice downlink frequency of the Amateur (ham) Radio repeater aboard the International Space Station. There's too much static to understand the content. I must be on the edge of the ISS radio footprint. In related news, NASA is warning U.S. ISS astronauts to prepare for evacuation over growing concerns about leaks in the Russian module.
10-28-2024 - I made contact with KE9BHN at Moraine Hills State Park (US-1012) in Illinois 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
10-28-2024 - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for October 28, 2024
National Current Ops / Monitoring for Oct 26 - 28, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• No new significant incidents / ops
Hazard Monitoring:
• Rain / Thunderstorms – Pacific Northwest, Texas, Great Lakes, and Mid-Atlantic to the Southeast
• Heavy Rain / Flash Flooding – Central / Southern Plains
• Tropical Activity
Atlantic
• Disturbance 1: Med (40%)
Eastern Pacific
• Disturbance 1: High (70%)
• Disturbance 2: Low (20%)
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No new declaration activity
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
10-28-2024 - 6:25 AM - NWS Forecast - Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. South wind 14 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 69. South wind 17 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
A Case of Hobby Radio Antenna Envy in Wichita Falls