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AT THE IRON HORSE PUB: CODA ARMOUR Presents DIO - Friday July 3 - Doors 8:30 PM Start 9:30 PM - 615 8th Street - Wichita Falls.
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07-03-2026 - 6:30 AM - Good Morning! It’s Friday, the day before the fireworks. I have attended the Twin Falls Drive-In on Sheppard Access Road (not far behind the Pioneer #3 restaurant, but I have never attended the Twin Sheppard Drive-In in the 4000 Block of Old Iowa Park Road, just east of Talley Lane. I have never spoken to anyone who has attended that drive-in. You can still see the supports for one of the screens, but its footprint, visible on Google Maps, is rapidly fading. My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready.
--- 6:35 AM - NWS Forecast - Today: Partly sunny and hot, with a high near 97. South wind around 9 mph. Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 78. South southeast wind 8 to 10 mph.
--- 6:40 AM - NWS Short Range Weather Discussion
--- 6:45 AM - NWS Extended Range Weather Discussion
--- 6:50 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 81.9% Kemp: 93.5% Kickapoo: 88.6%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 88.0% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo (85.25%) to determine drought stage.
--- 6:55 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 12,027 Megawatts.
--- 7:30 AM - UPDATED - International Space Station Passes Over Wichita Falls
--- 7:35 AM - I’m within “hearing distance” of the railroad tracks along Old Iowa Park Road. I don’t know the train schedule. But if I happen to be in one of those “not quite asleep” periods between midnight and 5:00 AM, I can hear the horn as trains approach several intersections. There used to be an engineer who had mercy on the nearby residents by giving just short “beeps” on the horn. I haven’t heard him in a while. Everyone else “leans” on that horn, and I guess that’s the proper thing to do. Listen to BNSF Railroad “company traffic” on 160.620, 160.920, 161.010, and 161.130 MHz on your scanner radio.
--- 7:55 AM - I’m starting my “radio” day again on the CB Radio, and I have the President McKinley on 40-Channel scan. There is a good amount of local traffic on Channel 19. What’s on your radio? The scanner radio is busy with the local “usual suspects.” See Scanner Radio Frequencies and Radio Activities for Wichita Falls, Texas.
--- 8:45 AM - An attractive nurse walks past "7" Chow Hall at the James V. Allred Unit. About a dozen inmates get up and run to the window. The boss tells them it looks like they've finished eating so he'll dump their trays for them. They all sat back down. One inmate looked to be about 70 years old. The boss asked, "What were you doing at the window?" The inmate answers, "I'm not out of the game yet, boss!" See what else happened at the Allred Unit!
--- 9:00 AM - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing
--- 9:35 AM - On the CB Radio, Channel 38 lower sideband is very busy this morning with courteous and professional DX contacts being made. Since it’s CB Radio, a butthead will show up from time to time. What’s on your radio? Anyway, it’s time to check the Amateur (ham) Radio 20-meter band for some Parks on the Air CW (Mose code) activity. In the “old days” of my Ham Radio career, I would make those short “special event” and “contest” contacts using the voice mode. Now, having used Morse code for the last several years, I can’t imagine ever doing the “pick me” thing on voice. It seems so “blah.” As always, you do what makes you happy. I just heard someone on Channel 38 say the dreaded “No doubt about it.” It’s definitely time to move to Amateur Radio!