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03-10-2024 - 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. On the net tonight it was announced that the next W.A.R.S. monthly meeting would be March 21, 2024, but no Amateur (ham) Radio license test would be administered. However, testing will happen and the April 18, 2024 meeting. All meetings are held in the Professor Jackson building behind the American Red Cross at 1809 5th Street.

03-10-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring for March 9-10, 2024

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

Hazard Monitoring:
• Freezing Rain – Northeast
• Heavy Snow – Pacific Northwest and the Northeast

Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No new declaration activity

Event Monitoring:
• No significant events

03-10-2024 - Our local Air Evac Lifeteam crew has been busy this morning. I didn't have my scanner radio on but I heard the helicopter twice between 5:30 AM and 7:30 AM. Their frequency is 159.900 MHz.

03-10-2024 - I was listening to CW (Morse code) on the 40 meter Amateur (ham) Radio band this morning when I heard a "novice" - WN**** - call sign. I looked up the call on QRZ and found that the operator, now holding a General Class license, reclaimed his old novice call from 50 years ago under the vanity call sign program. Cool!

03-10-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: Sunny, with a high near 65. South wind 3 to 8 mph. Tonight: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with a low around 41. South wind around 8 mph.

03-10-2024 - Good Morning! There was a "prison break" at the James V. Allred Unit last night! No, not that kind. I'm talking about moving the clocks forward so that the Allred 12½ hour shift became an 11½ hour shift. That's not much of a break, but I'm sure it's appreciated. Of course, this applied to night shift workers everywhere. They'll pay dearly for it at the next time change! My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready!

03-09-2024 - I just heard a pilot make a position report at Kickapoo Airport on 122.800 MHz. That's a slight problem because 122.800 MHz is the Wichita Valley Airport frequency. Kickapoo CTAF* is 122.700 MHz. Happy landings! *Common Traffic Advisory Frequency.

03-09-2024 - I made contact with KD5IE at Cleveland Lakefront State Park (US-1942) in Ohio on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.

03-09-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring – March 8-9, 2024

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

Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe thunderstorms and Heavy rain/flash flooding – Southeast to the Mid-Atlantic
• Heavy snow – Pacific Northwest, Northern Intermountain and the Northeast
• Freezing Rain – Northeast

Disaster Declaration Activity:
• Request: Major Disaster Declaration – RI
• No significant events

03-09-2024 - From my corrections consultant, C.O. 5 Mitch "Miscount" Murray - I was working 7/8 Gate one afternoon. This is the intersection of the walkways leading to 7-Building and 8-Building. There is a "doghouse", a shack not much bigger than the old phone booth, at this location. I had a brown paper sack containing two baked chicken leg quarters in the doghouse. It was chow time for both buildings and I was working those two gates as the offenders went to chow and then returned to their buildings. After chow was over and the dust settled, I went to retrieve my chicken. The sack was gone. I was never more than 10 feet from the doghouse and someone stole my chicken! Was it a tag team effort? Did someone distract me with some BS question while their partner in crime stole my food? It's possible. All I could do was laugh. Tune in to Allred daily operations at 153.815 MHz on your scanner radio.

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03-09-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 56. North wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Tonight: Clear, with a low around 33. North wind 5 to 8 mph becoming light and variable.

03-09-2024 - Good Morning! It's Saturday, and I have nothing important on my schedule today. I'm listening to local scanner radio traffic as I'm sipping my Folgers Black Silk coffee and feeling sorry for those poor souls waiting in line for Starbucks. My cup of Folgers probably cost around 10¢. If I want to fancy it up I'll add some hazelnut creamer for around 5¢ more. Or, if I'm really feeling grown up, maybe a splash of Jim Beam Honey Bourbon. I'll bet they don't have that at Starbucks! But I only do that at night.

03-08-2024 - Special Event Station - There will be an Amateur (ham) Radio "special event" station on the air 1700Z-2359Z 03-09-2024, from the USS Midway Museum, commemorating the launching of the USS Midway on March 20, 1945. Listen for NI6IW on 7.250, 14.320, and 14.070 MHz.

03-08-2024 - My scanner radio is busy this afternoon, but it's busy every afternoon at this time. The school buses (yellow chain buses*) - 152.360 MHz - are picking up kids and dropping them off. The Allred Unit - 153.815 MHz - is running the last chow of the day. Yes, all chow times - breakfast, lunch, and dinner, start at what most would call a little early. I'm sure the offenders have adjusted. *Chain buses - white in Texas - transport convicts from one prison to another. I'm guessing some kids think they're being hauled to a prison of sorts. Anyway, tune in with your scanner radio.

03-08-2024 - From the U.S. Federal Communications Commission - Released: 2024-03-07. THE OFFICE OF MANAGING DIRECTOR ANNOUNCES IMPLEMENTATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITY SAFEGUARDS FOR USERS OF FCC'S COMMISSION REGISTRATION SYSTEM (CORES). (DA No. 24-219). To strengthen existing cybersecurity measures and safeguard user accounts, starting on March 29, 2024, users of the FCC's Commission Registration System (CORES) will be required to undergo a two-step login authentication process each time they log in. OMD. Contact: Warren Firschein, Counsel, Office of Managing Director, (202) 418-2653

03-08-2024 - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for March 8, 2024

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

Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe thunderstorms – Southern Plains to the Southeast
• Heavy rain/flash flooding – Lower Mississippi Valley to the Mid-Atlantic
• Heavy snow – Southern Rockies

Disaster Declaration Activity:
• Request: Major Disaster Declaration – Morongo Band of Mission Indians
• Request: Major Disaster Declaration – RI
• Request: Major Disaster Declaration – VT

Event Monitoring:
• No significant events

03-08-2024 - I made contact with K9VEG at Prince William Forest Park (US-0691) in Virginia on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.

03-08-2024 - I made contact with AC4BT at Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park (US-2101) in New York on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.

03-08-2024 - I've got the laptop on top of a Walmart "milk crate" to form a simple stand-up desk. I've been standing at it for an hour, intermittently walking in place, surfing the web, drinking coffee, and listening to conversations in Morse code on the 40-meter Amateur (ham) Radio band via my Yaesu 857D. Oh, and I have a fireplace video roaring on the big-screen TV. I have to stay in shape. A dozen years ago, I commented on someone's age. I was told, "You can't talk. You're one hip fracture away from a nursing home!"