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07-05-2026 - 6:00 AM - Good Morning! It’s Sunday, and the Wichita Amateur Radio Society will conduct its weekly informal net tonight on the club’s 147.140 MHz repeater. Tune in or check in. Last night’s neighborhood fireworks experience was not nearly as bad as it has been in past years, when someone 3 houses away was detonating bunker busters. Our water supply lake levels continue their backslide. My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready.
--- 6:05 AM - NWS Forecast - Today: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 7am. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 98. Heat index values as high as 101. South southeast wind around 6 mph becoming northwest in the morning. Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. Southeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening.
--- 6:15 AM - NWS Short Range Weather Discussion
--- 6:20 AM - NWS Extended Range Weather Discussion
--- 6:25 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 81.6% Kemp: 93.2% Kickapoo: 88.4%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 87.7% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo (85%) to determine drought stage.
--- 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 of 10,602 Megawatts.
--- 7:00 AM - Once again, I'm starting my radio day with the President McKinley CB Radio on a 40-channel scan. And, not surprisingly, Channel 6 is the first to make its presence known with stations in Illinois and Michigan checking in. Let's see what the day brings.
--- 7:35 AM - Some Wichita Falls weekend radio scanning targets: Walmart 154.570 MHz, Allred Unit 153.815 MHz, Wichita County Jail 155.520 MHz, State Hospital 154.800 MHz city transit buses 453.5375 MHz, Wichita Valley Airport 122.800 MHz, Kickapoo Airport 122.700 MHz, Wichita Falls Regional Airports / SAFB 119.750 & 122.950 MHz, FAA ATC Fort Worth Center 132.925 MHz, and the BNSF Railroad 160.920 MHz. MORE!
--- 7:40 AM - I haven't heard anyone on any radio service identify themselves as being encamped at our new Crossroads Luxury RV Park, located at U.S. 287 and Loop 11 (the loop that doesn't loop). It is common for Ham Radio Operators to make a call on the national VHF calling frequency of 146.520 MHz FM to strike up a friendly chat and/or get local information. They might also use one of the local repeaters, the frequency and *CTCSS tone information obtained from repeater directory. *The CTCSS tone is not needed to receive the repeater signal, only to "key" its transmitter.
--- 10:05 AM - UPDATED - International Space Station Passes Over Wichita Falls
--- 11:15 AM - Last year, I drove to Spectrum on Kemp to terminate service and return a modem. I pulled onto the lot, drove to the Rib Crib side of the strip center, turned left to head to Spectrum, and hit a meteor crater-size pothole. I might have chipped three teeth, as well. I wonder if they ever repaired that crater? I could go see and get some ribs. I have never been to a Rib Crib.