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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 WICHITA FALLS MUSEUM OF ART AT MSU TEXAS: Make & Take At The Museum - Wednesday, July 2, 2026 - 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM - 2 Eureka Circle. Quoting WFMA: "Join us at the WFMA for our new Make & Take open studio! We provide the materials, you bring the creativity for these casual drop-in sessions. Free and open to all ages and skill levels, no registration required."
AT THE IRON HORSE PUB: Thursday Night Karaoke with Lelani - Thursday July 2 - Doors 7:30 PM, Start 8:00 PM - 615 8th Street - Wichita Falls.
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07-02-2026 - 5:45 AM - Good Morning! It’s Thursday, and there’s nothing important on the schedule for today. The forecasted high is 97 degrees, and our lake levels continue their backward slide. Translation: We need rain. I’m starting my radio day again with my President McKinley CB Radio on 40-channel scan. The usual guys, some type of work crew or trucking operation, are on Channel 1. The rest of the band is still quiet. My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready.
--- 5:50 AM - NWS Forecast - Today: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 97. South southeast wind around 10 mph. Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 77. South southeast wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
--- 5:55 AM - NWS Short Range Weather Discussion
--- 6:00 AM - NWS Extended Range Weather Discussion
--- 6:05 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 82.1% Kemp: 94.1% Kickapoo: 89.0%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 88.4% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo (85.55%) to determine drought stage.
--- 6:14 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 8,739 Megawatts.
--- 7:15 AM - UPDATED - The Economics Daily
--- 7:20 AM - The last Amateur (ham) Radio "digital" work I did was Packet, and that was in 1991-92. In the mid-1980s, I did RTTY with my Commodore 64. I thought RTTY was cool, probably because it was new and different. By the time I had been doing Packet for a year, I knew digital (keyboard hamming) was not for me. So, I haven't done it since. There's absolutely a place for digital, just not at my place. As always, do what makes you happy, and I'll do the same.
--- 7:50 AM - Local chatter is happening on the Amateur (ham) Radio simplex frequency of 146.520 MHz. Simplex use comes in waves in Wichita Falls. Some years it's heavy, some years it's sparse, and other years it's somewhere in between. Tune in with your scanner radio.
--- 8:05 AM - The James V. Allred Unit, our local male maximum security prison, is burning up the airwaves this morning on 153.815 MHz. Tune in with your scanner radio, and check out the Allred Unit Snippets Page.
--- 8:20 AM - I just saw one of the Wichita Falls Police Department “Sentinel” vehicles drive by. Someone in the area is out of town for one reason or another. The Sentinel, a “civilian” WFPD employee, checks on such properties at the owner's request. They actually get out of the vehicle and look around. Well, if you have friends as neighbors, they could do the same thing. If you have criminals for neighbors, the Sentinel shows them exactly where to break in. I’m reminded of the time, several decades ago, when I stopped my mail and newspaper for a 3-day outing. When I returned, the mailbox was stuffed, and three newspapers were in the yard. I’m not making this up. How could both the newspaper and the Post Office fail at the same time? That was the last time I did that. Over 30 years ago, our local newspaper had an employee who was providing this "stop my newspaper" information to burglars. By the way, put these Sentinels in a Chevy Spark instead of a Ford Explorer. Save the taxpayers some money.
--- 8:50 AM - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing
--- 9:20 AM - In the news on Texoma's Home Page (KFDX): Clay County passes resolution opposing data centers, Grant helps East Side gas station add 24-hour fuel access, 94-year-old Wichita Falls man publishes first book, Wichita Falls seeks nonprofit help for grass mowing, Wichita Falls to recover over $2M in Carter Aviation settlement, ending lawsuit.
10:48 AM - I contacted a station in Pikes Point State Park (US-2312) in Iowa on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
11:05 AM - I contacted a station in Big Muskego Lake State Wildlife Area (US-13247) in Wisconsin on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.