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"It comes to you, this stuff just flies through the air, they send this information "beamed" out over the ******* place, you just got to know how to grab it, see, I know how to grab it." Kelso in the movie Heat.
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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SCHOOL CONTACT: Youth on the Air Camp 2026 (YOTA Camp 2026), Huntsville, AL, direct via W4Y (Chris Williams KJ5GEW). Contact is for: Thu 2026-06-18 16:36:25 UTC 37 deg. You can listen to the ISS side of the contact on 145.800 MHz on your scanner radio if you are within the "radio footprint", which is quite large with the ISS 250 miles up!
SPECIAL EVENT STATION: The Lake Whitney Amateur Radio Society will be on the air with the "Football/Futbol On The Air - the 2026 World Soccer Tournament" Special Event Station, call sign W5, from June 11 to July 19, 2026 on 14.074 MHz. QSL to Ron Franklin, 120 PR 22223, Whitney, TX 76692.
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06-15-2026 - 5:30 AM - Good Morning! It’s Monday, a day of varying importance to various individuals. If you have a shortwave radio, you might find interest in the Maritime Mobile Service Net on 14.300 MHz. The purpose of the net, to quote their website, is “… that of handling legal third party traffic from maritime mobiles, both pleasure, and commercial, and overseas-deployed military personnel. We also help missionaries in foreign countries, and volunteer net control stations from throughout North America and the Caribbean maintain the network.” You can hear the net from 12:00 noon to 8:00 PM CDT. Another net of interest during hurricane season is the Hurricane Watch Net. You’ll find the net on 14.325 MHz as needed. My Folgers Black Silk Coffee is ready.
--- 5:35 AM - NWS Forecast - Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 85. East northeast wind around 8 mph. Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. East southeast wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm after midnight.
--- 5:40 AM - NWS Short Range Weather Discussion
--- 5:45 AM - NWS Extended Range Weather Discussion
--- 6:50 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 of9,599 Megawatts.
--- 5:55 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 84.3% Kemp: 98.1% Kickapoo: 91.3%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 91.4% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo (87.8%) to determine drought stage.
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06-14-2026 - 5:45 AM - Good Morning! It’s Sunday, and the Wichita Amateur Radio Society will conduct its weekly informal net tonight at 8:00 PM on the club’s 147.140 MHz repeater. Tune in with your scanner radio. We had, or still have, a 50% chance of rain today. Looking at the weather radar, I see a large group of storms moving east and crossing I-35. Did we miss our chance, or is more on the way? My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready.
--- 5:50 AM - NWS Forecast - Today: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Northeast wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Tonight: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Northeast wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
--- 5:55 AM - NWS Short Range Weather Discussion
--- 6:00 AM - NWS Extended Range Weather Discussion
--- 6:10 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 84.6% Kemp: 98.3% Kickapoo: 91.7%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 91.7% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo (88.15%) to determine drought stage.
--- 6:19 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 of11,225 Megawatts.
--- 7:15 AM UPDATED - Scanner Radio Frequencies & Radio Activities for Wichita Falls, Texas
--- 8:05 AM - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing
--- 11:00 AM - I decided to mow the yard this morning, just in case we got some rain. After a shower, I'll take the rest of the day off. Tomorrow, too!
--- 12:30 PM - It was 1969. My high school summer job was running the candy vending machine route for Houston Vending Company on Sheppard Air Force Base. So, there I was, driving on one of Sheppard's main streets, daydreaming about who knows what. A short but heavy rain had just ended. A large puddle near the curb had formed, and I was headed straight for it. The rest of the story.
--- 2:50 PM - I hear short bursts of audio from the Amateur (ham) Radio repeater (437.800 MHz) aboard the International Space Station. They must be at the edge of the "radio footprint", and I have no idea which way they're headed. Most likely "away" since I didn't hear any further communications.
--- 3:00 PM - Are you old enough to remember Draughon's Business College at 905 9th Street in Wichita Falls? Classes featured were IBM Key Punch, Office Machines, Clerk Typist, Secretarial and Bookkeeping, Accounting d Data Processing, Drafting, and Civil Service Training Courses.
---- 5:20 PM - It was 40 years ago, and I was out for a pre-sunrise walk. A twin-engine airplane of some manufacture was passing overhead. I gave it three or four bursts from my powerful Streamlight flashlight. The pilot answered by cycling his navigation lights off and on. What does this all mean? Not a damn thing. It just popped into my mind, that's all.
--- 6:15 PM - The Local Group is up and running on CB Radio Channel 23, and I'm getting ready to watch the Texas Rangers take on the Boston Red Sox. I think I can handle both.
--- 8:00 PM - The Wichita Amateur Radio Society is on the air on 147.140 MHz with their weekly informal net. Tune in or join in. I'm still watching the Rangers - 6 to 2 over the Red Sox in the top of the 5th inning.