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02-29-2024 - I made contact with WT7B at Anza Borrego Desert State Park (US-1126) in California on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.

02-29-2024 - FCC Chairwoman calls on agency to help stop abusers from using connected cars to harass and intimidate their partners - Proposal Would Examine How the FCC Can Ensure Car Manufacturers and Wireless Carriers Are Taking Steps to Assist Abuse Survivors - WASHINGTON, February 28, 2024—FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel today called on the agency to help stop abusers from using connectivity tools in vehicles to harass and intimidate their partners. Her proposal would examine how the agency can use existing law to ensure car manufacturers and wireless service providers are taking steps to assist abuse victims and seek comment on additional steps the Commission can take to safeguard domestic violence survivors. It follows multiple media reports of smart car services being used to stalk and harm survivors of violence and abuse.

02-29-2024 - I made contact with WA5RR at Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge (US-0384) in Mississippi on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.

02-29-2024 - It's 8:00 AM and time for "radio checks" for our city transit buses on 453.5375 MHz and our local Air Evac Lifeteam on 159.900 MHz. Tune in with your scanner radio.

02-29-2024 - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for February 29, 2024

New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• Wildfires – Southern Plains

Hazard Monitoring:
• Heavy snow – Pacific Northwest and California to the Northern Rockies
• Critical fire weather – Central Plains

Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No new declaration activity

Event Monitoring:
• No significant events

02-29-2024 - With my morning coffee, I'm enjoying local VHF-UHF radio traffic on my scanner. The 147.140 MHz Amateur (ham) Radio repeater is active with two hams chatting, school buses - 152.360 MHz - are delivering their chatty loads to the school houses, a couple of guys are on 151.820 MHz, a license-free, Multi-Use Radio Service frequency, and the Allred Unit - on 153.815 MHz - never sleeps. Get a scanner radio and join the listening fun!

02-29-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: A 50 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 48. Southeast wind 5 to 9 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. Southeast wind 6 to 8 mph.

02-29-2024 - Good Morning! It's the last day of February in a Leap Year. So, Happy Birthday to those of you who have a birthday only once every four years! I'll have a slice of delicious strawberry cake - from United Market Street - later in your honor. Right now, my coffee is ready.

02-28-2024 - I made contact with AE4GS at Alligator Creek Wildlife Management Area (US-9767) in Georgia on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) - Parks on the Air® program.

FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for February 28, 2024

New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• Wildfires – Southern Plains

Hazard Monitoring:
• Heavy snow – Pacific Northwest to the Northern Rockies and Great Lakes
• Freezing rain – Great Lakes
• Thunderstorms – East Coast

Disaster Declaration Activity:
• Three FMAG approvals
• Approval: Major Disaster Declaration – NH
• Two amendments issued

Event Monitoring:
• No significant events

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02-28-2024 - Forecast - Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 53. North wind 9 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. East northeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming southeast after midnight.

02-28-2024 - Good Morning! Last night, I listened to the Clay County Amateur Radio Club net (146.680 & 146.800 MHz). There were a good number of check-ins, plus news and reports. I missed the Wichita Amateur Radio Society net (147.140 & 444.000 MHz) Sunday night. I'm not a regular listener of either net, but I tune in sometimes. My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready, so I'll pour a cup!

02-27-2024 - The Clay County Amateur Radio Club conducts a weekly Skywarn practice net on Tuesdays at 8:00 PM on the club's 146.800 MHz repeater. All licensed Amateur Radio Operators are invited to check in. Scanner listeners are also welcome.

02-27-2027 - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for February 27, 2024

New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• No significant incidents / operations

Hazard Monitoring:
• Heavy Snow – Pacific Northwest to the Central and Northern Rockies, and Upper Mississippi Valley
• Severe Thunderstorms – Middle Mississippi Valley to the Great Lakes • Freezing Rain – Great Lakes
• Critical Fire Weather – Southern Plains

Disaster Declaration Activity:
• Request: Major Disaster Declaration – ME

Event Monitoring:
• No significant events

02-27-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Windy, with a southwest wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph. Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Windy, with a southwest wind 15 to 25 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph.

02-27-2024 - Good Morning! A headline reads: "Houthis blast underwater cables linking Europe to Asia..." You know what they didn't blast? The Morse code I've exchanged with Amateur (ham) Radio operators around the nation over the last month since I've started doing the "Parks on the Air® program. The Houthis haven't blasted any Hobby Radio communications from anyone anywhere. Get a radio. Start communicating. They didn't blast my Folgers Black Silk Coffee, either, and I'm about to enjoy my first cup at 5:30 AM!

02-26-2024 - This morning I made my way to the top of the 80-foot-high Mount Murphy at the south end of Lake Wichita Park. With me was my trusty Icom IC V80 2-meter handheld radio. I managed to make one contact with another Amateur (ham) Radio operator. I didn't try to make any more contacts, but I might return another day. Many years ago, a vistor to Wichita Falls wrote a "letter to the editor" about his stop at one of our city parks. He said he saw a parks department crew in the park and "they were actually working!"

02-26-2024 - From the U.S. Federal Communications Commission - WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON ECHODYNE CORPORATION REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF WAIVER TO PERMIT GROUND-BASED USE OF 24.45-24.65 GHZ RADAR. (DA No. 24-169). (Dkt No 17-352). Comments Due: 2024-03-27. Reply Comments Due: 2024-04-11. WTB //// FCC APPROVES WI-FI MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO OPERATE IN 6 GHZ BAND //// ACCELERATING WIRELINE BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT BY REMOVING BARRIERS TO INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT. WCB Extends the Reply Comment Date to March 13, 2024.. (Dkt No 17-84). Action by: Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau. Reply Comments Due: 2024-03-13. Adopted: 2024-02-23 by ORDER. (DA No. 24-168). WCB

02-26-2024 - I made contact with NS1C at Stump Pass Beach State Park (US-1920) in Florida on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.

02-26-2024 - I used to check the Wichita County Sheriff's Office website for the Daily Crime Brief, so I decided to resume that activity today. The latest Daily Crime Brief listed is for December 1, 2023. I'd have to say that this is not very "daily". Do I keep checking every day? Probably not. Maybe next month.

02-26-2024 - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for February 26, 2024

New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• No significant incidents / operations

Hazard Monitoring:
• Heavy Snow – Pacific Northwest to the Central/Northern Rockies
• Critical Fire Weather – Southern/Central High Plains

Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No new declaration activity

Event Monitoring:
• No significant events

02-26-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: Increasing clouds, with a high near 89. West southwest wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. South southwest wind 3 to 7 mph.