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12-04-2024 - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for December 4, 2024
National Current Ops / Monitoring for December 3-4, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• No new significant incidents / operations
Hazard Monitoring:
• Heavy Snow – Great Lakes and Northeast
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• Nine new amendments issued
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
12-04-2024 - Things to do - Model Rocketry - Wichita Falls has a model rocket launch pad in Lake Wichita Park, just west of the radio control airplane field. I don't know of any organized model rocket activity in town. You can buy rockets, engines, and accessories at Hobby Lobby. I was really into Estes model rockets when I was in the 8th grade. Most of you reading this were yet to be born.
12-04-2024 - If you're a CB Radio enthusiast, a local group meets at 5:30 PM on CB Radio Channel 23 most nights in Wichita Falls. They've been on for years.
12-04-2024 - North Texas edition of the Sidewinders on Two net is Wednesday at 8:00 PM on 144.250 MHz. A high, horizontally polarized antenna is needed for all but very close stations. I think upper sideband (USB) is used. If they sound funny, try the LSB mode.
12-04-2024 - 5:18 AM - NWS Forecast - Today: Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 67. South southwest wind 6 to 9 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Tonight: Clear, with a low around 39. North northeast wind around 7 mph.
12-04-2024 - 5:18 AM - NOAA SPACE WEATHER - Last 24 Hrs: Radio Blackouts (R1 - Minor) 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: 509 km/sec Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 9 nT, Bz 0 nT Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 185 sfu.
12-04-2024 - 5:18 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 69.8% Kemp: 100.0% Kickapoo: 69.7%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 83.0% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo (69.75%) to determine drought stage.
12-04-2024 - 5:18 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 11,392 Megawatts.
12-04-2024 - 5:18 AM - Good Morning! It's Wednesday! Other than listening, I didn't do any radioing yesterday. That's common since I'm mostly a listener. I have contacted 432 state or federal parks in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program since January 1. I missed the Clay Couny net last night on 146.800 MHz. I was watching something on TV. I never check in to the net, so I'm sure they didn't miss me. Who knows what the day will bring? My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready!
12-03-2024 - A few years ago, above the Wichita Falls Public Library, at the Fifty Plus Zone, on the floor, in the Social Room, in front of the Coffee Bar, sat a pair of panties. Was it a ploy to boost membership, or did someone really lose their panties? Well, we boomers do like to party!
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12-03-2024 - Some local radio 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).
An Idea for a Hobby Radio Communications store in Wichita Falls
12-03-2024 - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for December 3, 2024
National Current Ops / Monitoring for December 2-3, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• No new significant incidents / operations
Hazard Monitoring:
• Heavy Snow – Great Lakes
• Freezing Rain – Northern Plains to Upper Mississippi Valley
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No new declaration activity
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
12-03-2024 - 5:25 AM - NWS Forecast - Today: Sunny, with a high near 57. Light and variable wind becoming east southeast around 6 mph in the morning. Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low around 46. SSE wind 6 to 9 mph.
12-03-2024 - 6:15 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: 433 km/sec Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 5 nT, Bz 1 nT Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 185 sfu.
12-03-2024 - 6:15 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 69.6% Kemp: 100.0% Kickapoo: 68.7%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 82.9% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo (69.15%) to determine drought stage.
12-03-2024 - 6:15 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 8,319 Megawatts.
12-03-2024 - 6:15 AM - Good Morning! It's Tuesday! The Clay County Amateur Radio Club will hold its emergency practice net tonight at 8:00 PM on its 146.800 MHz repeater. Check in if you're a ham, or listen on your scanner radio. My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready!
12-02-2024 - It's 9:00 PM, and I'm listening to an American Radio Relay League (ARRL - W1AW) code practice session on 7.047.50 MHz. This session may be in the form of a news bulletin or just random characters. I'm still determining. It doesn't matter because Morse code is Morse code. Bulletins contain more numbers, and I always need practice with numbers! And it's a news bulletin!
12-02-2024 - It's 7:00 PM, and the USPS Postal Carrier is on my street. I don't know why he's so late, but I feel sorry for him. Something went wrong.