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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: National STEM Festival, Washington, DC, telebridge via VK6MJ (Chris Williams KJ5GEW) Contact is go for: Thu 2026-06-25 13:31:42 UTC 49 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!
AMATEUR RADIO FIELD DAY - JUNE 27 - 28: From Google AI Overview: "Amateur Radio Field Day is an annual, 24-hour amateur radio event. During this time, operators set up temporary stations in parks, fields, and public spaces to practice emergency communication skills. It doubles as a public demonstration and an informal contest to contact as many other stations as possible."
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 W5C, 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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06-23-2026 - 5:00 AM - Good Morning! It’s Tuesday, and the Clay County Amateur Radio Club will conduct its weekly emergency practice net tonight on the club’s 146.800 MHz repeater. Tune in with your scanner radio, or check in if you’re an Amateur (ham) Radio Operator. I have nothing on the schedule for today. At the moment, I have CW (Morse code) running in the background on the old Yaesu 857D radio. I didn’t make any contacts yesterday. I’ll just have to see what today brings. My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready.
--- 5:05 AM - NWS Forecast - Today: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then a slight chance of showers between 1pm and 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 94. Heat index values as high as 101. East southeast wind 7 to 11 mph becoming south in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10pm and 1am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 75. South southeast wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
--- 5:10 AM - NWS Short Range Weather Discussion
--- 5:15 AM - NWS Extended Range Weather Discussion
---6:00 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 83.5% Kemp: 97.3% Kickapoo: 90.6%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 90.3% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo (86.9%) to determine drought stage.
--- 6:17 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 8,846 Megawatts.
--- 6:30 - Not long ago, I was at the "lab" at the Clinics of North Texas for bloodwork ahead of a routine physical. There were nine patients waiting. I was the only one not looking at my phone. What does it mean? Nothing. I just found it interesting. I'm probably one of the few people in Wichita Falls who doesn't use a cell phone as a social device. I do all Internet-related work, play, and whatever else from my laptop computer. It can all wait until I get home. In fact, I have seriously been considering going back to a no-features flip phone.
--- 7:55 AM - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing
--- 8:20 AM - The best Amateur (ham) Radio repeater directory is a local “ham” monitoring 146.520 MHz FM simplex. Who else would know which of the 84 repeaters in Dallas, Texas, are most likely to yield an answer if you call?