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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 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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06-18-2026 - 6:00 AM - Good Morning! It’s Thursday, and the “weather people” are forecasting a high of 98 degrees today and a chance of rain tonight. The Wichita Amateur Radio Society meets every third Thursday at 6:30 PM in Hotter 'N Hell HQ building at 104 Scott Ave. You don't have to be a "ham" to attend. Once again, I have nothing important planned for today. I will have the scanner radio on listening for the ISS Amateur (ham) Radio school contact on 145.800 MHz at 11:36 this morning. My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready.
--- 6:05 AM - NWS Forecast - Today: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 98. Heat index values as high as 107. South southeast wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 1am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 70. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
--- 6:10 AM - NWS Short Range Weather Discussion
--- 6:15 AM - NWS Extended Range Weather Discussion
--- 6:20 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 83.9% Kemp: 97.8% Kickapoo: 91.0%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 91.1% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo (87.45%) to determine drought stage.
--- 6:53 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 13,210 Megawatts.
--- 7:15 AM - Whenever I step into our local Spec’s store, I stare in awe at the fantastic children's section just to the right. There are hundreds and hundreds of the tiniest, cutest samples of almost every alcoholic beverage available for the grown-ups! Awesome! :-)
--- 7:25 AM - The CB Radio is alive and well this morning, with traffic already populating half of the 40 AM channels. Get a radio and join the fun! You can also turn it off if, as it occasionally does, it gets a little too wild. It's CB Radio, and it is what it is. I alternate between CB Radio, Scanner Radio, Shortwave Radio, and Amateur (ham) Radio. I'll let the scanner handle monitoring the FRS/GMRS/MURS radio services since I'm not active on those.
--- 8:35 AM - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing
---10:15 AM - According to a story on the Linton (Indiana) News website, ITU Corporation has acquired Ameritron and Mirage RF Amplifiers and Electronics from MFJ Enterprises. ITU had already acquired the Hy-Gain and Cushcraft antenna brands earlier this year. Manufacturing of these brands will be consolidated at ITU Corporation’s 15-acre facility in Linton, Indiana.
--- 10:25 AM - The Economics Daily
--- 11:36 AM - I hear Astronaut Chris Williams, NA1ISS, taking questions from the Youth on the Air Camp 2026 (YOTA Camp 2026) in Huntsville, Alabama. Of course, I can't hear the Alabama side of the contact since this is a simplex, and not a repeater contact.