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03-12-2024 - International Space Station over Wichita Falls - Time: Tue Mar 12 9:25 PM, Visible: 3 min, Max Height: 44°, Appears: 10° above WSW, Disappears: 44° above NW. Listen on 145.800 & 437.800 MHz for possible Amateur (ham) Radio communications.
03-12-2024 NWS Forecast - Today: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 80. South southwest wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 58. South wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
03-12-2024 - Good Morning! It's time to give my Briggs & Stratton generator its regular "exercise" run. I've had to use it only twice, but the peace of mind of having it on stand-by is worth every penny I paid for it. I know the refrigerator and furnace or air conditioning will be working, and my wife knows she will always be able to watch Judge Judy! My coffee is ready, so I'll pour a cup!
03-11-2024 - I worked KD9RKG at Mead State Wildlife Area (K-4310) in Wisconsin on 20 meters CW (Morse code) in the Parks on the Air® program.
03-11-2024 - From the U.S. Federal Communications Commission - Space Exploration Holdings, LLC Request For Orbital Deployment And Operating Authority for the Spacex Gen2 NGSO Satellite System. Grants in part, with conditions, and defers in part, the amended application authorizing communications in the \"E-band \" with the SpaceX Gen2 Starlink satellites, that the Commission previously authorized. Action by: Space Bureau, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Office of Engineering and Technology. Adopted: 2024-03-08 by Order Authorization. (DA No. 24-222). //// KUIPER SYSTEMS LLC Request For Modification Of The Authorization for the Kuiper NGSO Satellite System . Kuiper's NGSO system license is modified to reduce the number of satellites from 3,236 to 3,232; change the orbital parameters; and allow launch and early-orbit phase operations, payload testing, and deorbit operations on a non-interference basis. . Action by: Space Bureau. Adopted: 2024-03-08 by Order Authorization. (DA No. 24-224). SB.
03-11-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring – March 10–11, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• No significant incidents / operations
Hazard Monitoring:
• Heavy Snow – Pacific Northwest to California, and the Northeast
• Critical Fire Weather – Northern/Central Plains and the Rockies
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No new declaration activity
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
03-11-2024 - I just learned that the Texas prison school system - Windham School District - observes Spring Break, timed with the local school district. So, the James V. Allred Unit - 153.815 MHz - is observing Spring Break this week along with the Wichita Falls ISD. Interesting.
03-11-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 73. South wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 52. South wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
03-11-2024 - Good Morning! It's 5:45 AM, and I'm listening to the 1947 kHz crew and sipping on - you guessed it - Folgers Black Silk coffee. I didn't make any Parks on the Air® contacts yesterday. Mowing my yard and a NASCAR race got in the way. I'm not a serious NASCAR fan. I don't know much, if anything, about most drivers. I don't want to see any cars destroyed or drivers injured, but I enjoy the minor fender-benders! I'll never attend a race in person. If I did, it would be to listen in on the scanner radio traffic. I could do that from the parking lot of the In-N-Out Burger across the street from the Texas Motor Speedway. Speaking of scanners, It's time to switch from the 1947 kHz crew to local scanner radio traffic. It's WFISD Spring Break, so no school bus - 152.360 Mhz - radio traffic the week. Let's see what the Allred Unit - 153.815 MHz - and the city transit buses - 453.5375 MHz - are talking about.