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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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AT THE IRON HORSE PUB: Punk at the Pub - Friday June 26 - Doors 8:30 pm - Start 9:30 pm - 615 8th Street - Wichita Falls
MUSEUM FAMILY DAY: CELEBRATING AMERICA: June 27, 2026, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Wichita Falls Museum of Art, 2 Eureka Cir, Wichita Falls.
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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06-26-2026 - 5:15 AM - Good Morning! It’s Friday, and looking at the weather radar, I see a small thunderstorm passing over southern Wichita Falls. Some will have their lawns watered. Our lake levels have dropped slightly since yesterday. The North Central Texas Simplex Net begins at 8:00 PM tonight on 146.580 MHz. The Net Control Station is normally in Weatherford. That fact, and the fact that it’s simplex (no repeater), means that you will need a high antenna to monitor from Wichita Falls. My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready.
--- 5:20 AM - NWS Forecast - Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 95. South wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low around 76. South wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
--- 5:25 AM - NWS Short Range Weather Discussion
--- 5:30 AM - NWS Extended Range Weather Discussion
--- 5:35 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 83.2% Kemp: 97.9% Kickapoo: 90.2%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 90.7% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo (86.7%) to determine drought stage.
--- 6:05 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 10,780 Megawatts.
--- 6:15 AM - In 1976, I bought a new Datsun B210 car. For some unknown reason, I still have the sales contract. Back then, you had to take the car in for an oil change, and other checks and adjustments, at 1,000 miles and again at 7,500 miles. I wish I still had the owner's manual. I remember, around 1982, getting a "how-to" book from the library and doing a valve adjustment on the parking lot of my apartment building. Up to that point, the most serious car maintenance task I had performed was an oil change. Those were the days. This is the car I abused by driving it through the Great Bakersfield Dust Storm that I mentioned at 2:15 PM in Post #12.
--- 8:25 AM - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing
--- 9:10 AM - According to a story at Texoma’s Home Page (KFDX), a car and motorcycle collided at Kell West and Austin. The motorcyclist was killed. According to the story, the car had a stop sign, and the motorcycle did not. I won’t get into who was at fault because there's no way to tell from the article. There is such a thing as “contributing factors” to consider, and the article does not expound on those. Criminal court and civil court don’t always see through the same lens. I gave up my motorcycle endorsement years ago. Skydiving was safer. Your mileage may vary.
9:33 AM - I contacted a station in Bethpage State Park (US-2014) in New York on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.