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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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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SCHOOL CONTACT: National STEM Festival, Washington, DC, telebridge via VK6MJ (Chris Williams KJ5GEW) Contact is go for: Thu 2026-06-25 13:31:42 UTC 49 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!
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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06-22-2026 - 6:00 AM - Good Morning! It's Monday, once again. I have a "locked down" X (formerly Twitter) account that I use exclusively for research. A recurring post shows President Nixon speaking with the Apollo astronauts by telephone. More than a few people called “BS” on the photo because, well, you can't reach astronauts in orbit, or on the Moon, by telephone. I suppose they were unfamiliar with a phone patch or autopatch, a device that connects a two-way radio to a phone line. Many calls were made from and to the USA by service members using this simple technology. Then there is the one with the Amateur (ham) Radio Operator pointing a dual-band handheld antenna skyward, attempting to make contact with the International Space Station with a handheld radio. More calls of “BS.” People need to get out of the house more and touch some grass and some radios! My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready.
--- 6:10 AM - NWS Forecast - Today: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 94. Heat index values as high as 103. Southeast wind around 10 mph. TonightA 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. East wind 8 to 11 mph.
--- 6:15 AM - NWS Short Range Weather Discussion
--- 6:20 AM - NWS Extended Range Weather Discussion
---6:30 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 83.6% Kemp: 97.4% Kickapoo: 90.6%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 90.7% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo (87.1%) to determine drought stage.
--- 6:45 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 10,773 Megawatts.
--- 7:00 AM - From the TDCJ website: The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) has over 100 prison units throughout the state and employs approximately 20,000 Correctional Officers. From RadioMan763: TDCJ is always in the hiring mode, even in Wichita Falls. If you're willing to move, you can always find a Correctional officer opening somewhere in the state. Tune in to the James V. Allred Unit daily operations at 153.815 MHz on your scanner radio.
--- 7:15 AM - The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) recently announced the expansion of the Texas Rangers’ Unsolved Crimes Investigation (UCIP/Cold Case) Program across the state. This is a specialized unit dedicated to solving cold case murders and sexual assaults. So, if you're in Wichita Falls and you think you got away with it, you might want to rethink that.
--- 7:25 AM - Some Wichita Falls 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), WFISD school buses (152.360 MHz), school handheld radios (151.940 MHz), Wichita Valley Airport (122.800 MHz), Kickapoo Airport (122.700 MHz), Wichita Falls Regional Airport / SAFB (119.750 & 122.950 MHz), and the BNSF Railroad (160.920 MHz). Find more local frequencies here!
--- 9:00 AM - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing
--- 9:25 AM - I was still in high school (1966-70) when I rode, or drove (probably rode) past the MB Corral on Sheppard Access Road and saw, on the marquee, Conway Twitty. I thought, What kind of name is that? So, in 2026, I decided to look him up on Wikipedia. There, I saw "In The Billboard Book of Number One Hits, Fred Bronson states that the singer named himself after two towns on a map; Conway, Arkansas, and Twitty, Texas, and chose the name Conway Twitty." You might think, after reading this, that I am not a country and western music fan. You would be correct.
--- 10:30 AM - The Economics Daily
--- 12:40 PM - The always-elusive Alaska is on the air with a station in Upper Chatanika River State Recreation Site. I can barely hear his CW (Morse code signal. By elusive, I mean as far as Parks on the Air goes. This is because stations in parks are usually running relatively low power into wire antennas. I've “worked” Alaska before, just not for POTA. Maybe later.