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03-05-2024 - I drove past the Crepe Myrtle sculpture in Harold Jones Park. I wonder if I can get it to resonate on any Amateur (ham) Radio HF frequency so I can hunt real Parks on the Air® parks? It must have some purpose in life other than hurting my eyes!

03-05-2024 - I made contact with NZ7Q at White Ridge National Recreation Trail (US-8618) in New Mexico on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program. This was my first contact using the tiny QCX-Mini QRP (low power) CW transceiver. The power output for the contact was 3 watts.

03-05-2024 - From the Federal Communications Commission - The Wireline Competition Bureau announces the final last fully funded month for the Affordable Connectivity Program benefit is April 2024. //// FCC & U.K. OFCOM to partner in global fight against scam calls & text messages.

03-05-2024 - The Clay County Amateur Radio Club conducts a weekly Skywarn practice net on Tuesdays at 8:00 PM on the club's 146.680 and 146.800 MHz repeaters. All licensed Amateur Radio Operators are invited to check in. Scanner listeners are also welcome.

03-05-2024 - The license-free Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS) frequency of 151.880 MHz is active this morning. I'm hearing a one-sided conversation. The side I hear is weak but understandable. Unknown if they're using fixed, mobile, or portable radios or what types of antennas are involved.

03-05-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: Sunny, with a high near 73. North northeast wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 46. North northeast wind 7 to 10 mph.

03-05-2024 - Good Morning! It's Tuesday, and a new episode of Shogun is on Hulu. I read the book - over 1100 pages - twice - years ago. So far, the series is pretty good. In bed last night, I was reading a 1964 issue of S9 magazine - a CB Radio publication - while listening to an American Radio Relay League code practice broadcast on my old Radio Shack DX-394 shortwave receiver. I bought the DX-394 25 years ago at the Radio Shack in Sikes Senter Mall for around $100. Today, I found a listing for one on eBay for $350. My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready.

03-04-2024 - The "noise" on the 146.680 MHz repeater has been randomly appearing all weekend and into today. It must be some type of noise getting into the system rather than malicious "keying up" of the repeater. I know the repeater owner wouldn't put up with such nonsense. Or, maybe it's another repeater on the same frequency. I don't know why I even mentioned it since I don't use the repeater, but I have to write about something!

03-04-2024 - From the U.S. Federal Communications Commission - The FCC Enforcement Bureau issued a Notice of Illegal Pirate Radio Broadcasting (NIPRB) per its authority from the PIRATE Act to a landowner in Greenville, SC, for allowing illegal broadcasting from their property. //// The FCC Enforcement Bureau issued a Notice of Illegal Pirate Radio Broadcasting (NIPRB) per its authority from the PIRATE Act to a landowner in Maplewood, NJ, for allowing illegal broadcasting from their property.

03-04-2024 - I made contact with KE4MKG at Bayou Segnette State Park (US-2356) in Louisiana on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.

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03-04-2024 - I made contact with KT7RC at Catalina State Park (US-1055) in Arizona on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.

03-04-2024 - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for March 4, 2024

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

Hazard Monitoring:
• Heavy Snow – Pacific Northwest and California
• Heavy Rain/Flash Flooding – Lower Mississippi Valley

Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No new declaration activity

Event Monitoring:
• No significant events

03-04-2024 - Like Saturday, Sunday was also busy with General Aviation traffic at our local airports. You can hear Kickapoo on 122.700 MHz, Wichita Valley on 122.800 MHz, and Wichita Falls Regional on 119.750/122.950 MHz. Now it's Monday and Walmart (154.570 MHz), Allred Unit (153.815 MHz), the County Jail (155.520 MHz), State Hospital (154.800 MHz) city transit buses (453.5375 MHz), school handheld radios (151.940 MHz), school buses (152.360 MHz), and the BNSF Railroad (160.920 MHz) are all active! Tune in with your Scanner radio.

03-04-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Southwest wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 49. South wind 6 to 9 mph becoming east after midnight.

03-04-2024 - Good Morning! My inside temperature yesterday got within one degree of me turning on the air conditioner for a while. Our local Air Evac Lifeteam was busy yesterday. That's good news for the company but also bad news because someone is in a serious medical condition. On the one hand, we need the company to stay busy (profitable) so they are here when we need them. On the other hand, people have to suffer for this to happen. I don't know what to think about that. Maybe a hot cup of Folgers Black Silk coffee will help me process that issue.

03-03-2024 - The Wichita Amateur Radio Society holds a weekly informal net on Sundays at 8:00 PM on the club's 147.140 MHz repeater. All licensed Amateur (ham) Radio operators are invited to check in. Scanner radio enthusiasts are also invited to listen in.

03-03-2024 - There is a lot of talk about governments here and there cutting off the Internet and/or taking other actions to curtail public discourse. I'm pleasantly surprised at the number of people suggesting we need to buy CB radios, Amateur (ham) Radio gear, or both. Hopefully, there will not be a tragic or sad need for this, but Hobby Radio can still be a thing.

03-02-2024 - I made contact with K7NWA at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (US-3379) in New Jersey on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.

03-03-2024 - I think I just heard my first female BNSF train driver on 160.920 MHz. Apologies if I have misgendered this person. I'll refer to them however they wish to be referred to. For now, I'll say the driver sounded female. This is a good thing. I hear female airline pilots and truck drivers on a regular basis. Now I can add train drivers to the list!