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COMING: Cowtown Hamfest Jan. 17-18, 2025. Fri 3PM-7PM and Sat 7AM-3PM. 6901 Wichita Street, Forest Hill, Texas 76140. Talk In 146.940 Tone 110.9.
COMING: University Kiwanis 69th Annual Pancake Festival - January 25, 2025, 6:00 AM - J.S. Bridwell Ag Center.
COMING: Altus Oklahoma Hamfest - Saturday, March 29, 2025 - 8:00 AM - Altus Community Center, 401 Falcon Rd – Altus, OK 73521 442.050 Tone 100 +5 offset
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01-14-2025 - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued Allstate and its subsidiary, Arity, accusing them of illegally collecting driving data on over 45 million people and selling that information to insurance companies. Quoting the AG's press release" “Our investigation revealed that Allstate and Arity paid mobile apps millions of dollars to install Allstate’s tracking software,” said Attorney General Paxton. “The personal data of millions of Americans was sold to insurance companies without their knowledge or consent in violation of the law. Texans deserve better and we will hold all these companies accountable.”
01-14-2025 - From the U.S. Federal Communications Commission - FCC ENFORCEMENT BUREAU ISSUES NOTICE OF ILLEGAL PIRATE RADIO BROADCASTING (NIPRB) TO XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX. The FCC Enforcement Bureau issued a Notice of Illegal Pirate Radio Broadcasting (NIPRB) per its authority from the PIRATE Act to Boston landowner for allowing illegal broadcasting from their property. . Action by: Regional Field Director. by NIPRB. EB. |||| FCC ENFORCEMENT BUREAU ISSUES NOTICE OF ILLEGAL PIRATE RADIO BROADCASTING (NIPRB) TO XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX. The FCC Enforcement Bureau issued a Notice of Illegal Pirate Radio Broadcasting (NIPRB) per its authority from the PIRATE Act to Norwalk landowners for allowing illegal broadcasting from their property. . Action by: Regional Field Director. by NIPRB.
01-14-2025 - From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Economics Daily - January 14 is World Logic Day, which acknowledges the contributions of logic to fields such as engineering, mathematics, and philosophy—as well as everyday life! Critical and analytical thinking skills help people use logic and reasoning to analyze information, identify strengths and weaknesses of various approaches and solutions to problems, and draw conclusions. In recognition of World Logic Day, let’s look at some occupations for which critical and analytical thinking skills are particularly important, according to new BLS skills data.
Software developers was one of the largest occupations for critical and analytical thinkers, with nearly 1.7 million jobs. The largest occupations for critical and analytical thinkers also included medical and health services managers (515,100), chief executives (211,230), and operations research analysts (117,880). Mathematicians, agricultural engineers, and industrial-organizational psychologists were much smaller occupations, with about 2,200 or fewer jobs each.
All of the selected occupations for critical and analytical thinkers had annual mean wages above the U.S. average of $65,470. These high wages may reflect the high skill level of these occupations, typically gained through postsecondary education: all of the occupations shown typically require at least a bachelor’s degree for entry, and some, such as epidemiologists and physicists, typically require a master’s degree or doctoral or professional degree. Chief executives, with an annual mean wage of $258,900, was among the highest paying of the selected occupations, along with physicists ($158,270), computer and information research scientists ($157,160), and industrial-organizational psychologists ($154,380). Lower paying occupations for critical and analytical thinkers included legislators ($68,140); mathematical science occupations, all other ($83,330); and epidemiologists ($90,430).
Employment in most of these occupations is projected to grow faster or much faster than the average of 4 percent for all occupations from 2023 to 2033. Three occupations are projected to grow about as fast as the average: chief executives, mathematicians, and legislators. Mining and geological engineers is projected to have slower-than-average growth, while employment of nuclear engineers is projected to decline.
01-14-2025 - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for January 14, 2025
National Current Ops / Monitoring for Jan 13-14, 2025
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• Wildfires – Southern California
Hazard Monitoring:
• Extreme Fire Weather – Southern California
• Lake Effect Snow – Great Lakes
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No new declaration activity
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
01-14-2025 - Where have all the fireflies gone? When I was a kid, fireflies were everywhere during the summer. I haven't seen one in 25 years. Maybe longer. Are they hiding out with the horned frogs?
01-14-2025 - 5:14 AM - NWS Forecast - Today: Sunny, with a high near 56. Calm wind becoming south southwest around 6 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 29. Calm wind becoming north northeast around 5 mph.
01-14-2025 - 5:14 AM AM - NOAA SPACE WEATHER - Last 24 Hrs: Radio Blackouts (R - None) Solar Radiation Storms (S - None) Geomagnetic Storms (G - None) Last Observed: Radio Blackouts (R - None) Solar Radiation Storms (S - None) Geomagnetic Storms (G - None). Solar Wind Speed: 426 km/sec Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 7 nT, Bz 3 nT Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 160 sfu.
01-14-2025 - 5:14 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 68.7% Kemp: 100.0% Kickapoo: 68.1%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 82.3% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo (68.4%) to determine drought stage.
01-14-2025 - 5:14 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 10,053 Megawatts.
01-14-2025 - 5:14 AM - Good Morning! It's Tuesday! The Clay County Amateur Radio Club (Henrietta) holds a weekly practice net on Tuesdays at 8:00 PM on the 146.800 MHz repeater. As far as I know, all licensed Amateur (ham) Radio operators are invited to check in. Of course, scanner radio enthusiasts can also tune in. I checked my security cams and saw a pack of four dogs walking by my front door at 10 PM last night. Last night, I finished the Landman series, and I'm anxiously awaiting the second season. My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready.
01-13-2025 - We need a national "month" when the news media are forbidden to use "alleged" and "allegedly," opting for alternative words and phrases. It's a challenging win-win for writers and readers.
01-13-2025 - 6:47 PM - I heard a scratchy voice signal on 437.800 MHz and remembered the ISS pass over Wichita Falls should be happening now. I went outside and saw it almost directly overhead. That being the case, I don't know why the radio signal was so scratchy.
01-13-2025 - I contacted NV4H at Blue Spring State Park (US-1842) in Florida on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
01-13-2025 - I contacted WI0S at White Sands National Park (US-0970) in New Mexico on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
01-13-2025 - From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Economics Daily - The total nonfarm quits rate (the total number of quits during the entire month as a percentage of employment) decreased to 1.9 percent in November 2024. The quits rate two months prior, in September 2024, matched that of November and was the only other month since June 2020 when the rate was below 2.0 percent. In November 2024, the quits rate was 2.1 percent in private industry and 0.8 percent in government. Within government, the federal government quits rate was 0.5 percent and has been 0.7 percent or lower since September 2022. Leisure and hospitality had one of the highest quits rates in November 2024 at 3.5 percent. Other industries with rates above 2.0 percent included other services (2.6 percent); trade, transportation, and utilities (2.4 percent); and professional and business services (2.1 percent).
01-13-2025 - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for January 13, 2025
National Current Ops / Monitoring for Jan 12-13, 2025
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• Wildfires – Southern California
Hazard Monitoring:
• Critical Fire Weather – Southern California
• Snow – Northern Plains and Great Lakes
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No new declaration activity
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events