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06-06-2026 - 5:40 AM - Good Morning! It’s Saturday, and it looks like we got a sprinkle of rain overnight. According to Water Data for Texas, we lost a little ground on our supply lake levels. The Montague County Simplex Net will kick off at 9:00 AM this morning on 147.500 MHz. You’ll need a relatively high outside antenna to hear them on your scanner radio. The Wichita Falls Railroad Museum will have a Grand Re-Opening ceremony at 10:00 AM this morning at 500 9th Street. My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready.
--- 5:45 AM - NWS Forecast - Today: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. High near 85. South wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Tonight: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 10pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 10pm. Low around 67. South wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
--- 5:50 AM - NWS Short Range Weather Discussion
--- 5:55 AM - NWS Extended Range Weather Discussion
--- 6:00 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 83.1% Kemp: 95.7% Kickapoo: 86.1%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 89.1% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo (84.6%) to determine drought stage.
--- 6:10 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 5,329 Megawatts.
--- 6:55 AM - The 20-meter Amateur (ham) Radio band is still asleep, so I've got the President McKinley CB Radio on 40-channel scan. The CB Radio band is definitely not asleep! I'll check 20 meters a little later.
The Uniden BC365CRS scanner radio (affiliate link) includes 500 channels and covers the bands used for emergency reporting including Amateur (ham) Radio, Business Band, FRS, GMRS, MURS, NOAA weather, Aviation, Marine, Railroad, NASCAR and non-digital police, fire, and more! In the Wichita Falls area you'll be able to monitor Amateur (ham) Radio storm spotters and general, day-to-day communications, the Wichita County Jail, the James V. Allred Unit, WFISD staff and school buses, City transit buses, local aviation, local "big box" stores, and a lot more!
--- 8:10 AM - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing
--- 7:05 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!
--- 8:20 AM - I'm used to seeing the general public online referring to the Amateur Radio Service as HAM Radio, or just HAM. Now, I'm seeing more and more actual Amateur (ham) Radio Operators doing it. Stop it! It’s not an acronym.
--- 9:35 AM - What a coincidence; it's 9:35 AM, and I hear "935", one of the local CB Radio "superbowl" (Channel 6) operators making his presence known. Get a CB Radio and join the fun. Although I will admit that Channel 6 isn't for everyone.
--- 10:25 AM - These days, the term "wardriving" usually means the practice of driving around town looking for unsecured WiFi networks. Scanner radio enthusiasts were "wardriving" long before WiFi existed. Some scanner enthusiasts had high, tower-mounted antennas and could monitor activity miles away. Other scannists had to move themselves closer to the action. More!
--- 10:50 AM - Air Traffic Control (Fort Worth Center) is busy as usual on 132.925 MHz. I haven't heard any traffic at our local airports (Kickapoo 122.700 MHz or Wichita Valley 122.800 MHz), but I just "enabled" the air band bank in the scanner radio a few minutes ago. That should change. UPDATE: Kickapoo is busy, also!
--- 11:45 AM - My hunt for Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air stations is a bust, so far. Just about every station on the POTA spotter page is too weak to attempt a contact. This is not unusual since most stations are running low power with simple, possibly "compromised" antenna systems. I'll check again later.
--- 2:45 PM - The Clay County (Henrietta) Amateur (ham) Radio Skywarn Storm Spotters just issued a National Weather Service update on the 146.800 MHz repeater for a severe thunderstorm warning for southwestern Clay County until 3:30 PM. The radar shows this system will pass to the southeast of Wichita Falls.