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06-17-2026 - 5:00 AM - Good Morning! It’s Wednesday. If you have a shortwave radio, you can tune in to the 7290 Traffic Net Monday through Saturday, 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon on 7.290 MHZ, Lower Sideband. They’re on Monday through Friday from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM, on the same frequency. You will learn how messages are routed across the region when other communication systems are down or overloaded. As for the weather, it's going to be toasty today! My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready.
--- 5:05 AM - NWS Forecast - Today: Sunny and hot, with a high near 100. Heat index values as high as 105. South wind 11 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 77. South southeast wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
--- 5:07 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 13,992 Megawatts.
--- 5:10 AM - NWS Short Range Weather Discussion
--- 5:15 AM - NWS Extended Range Weather Discussion
--- 5:20 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 84.2% Kemp: 98.0% Kickapoo: 91.3%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 91.3% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo (87.75%) to determine drought stage.
--- 5:25 AM - UPDATED: International Space Station Passes Over Wichita Falls
--- 5:30 AM - Early in the Space Shuttle program, the Goddard Amateur Radio Club, call sign W3NAN, at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, would broadcast shuttle radio communications on 14.295 MHz in the 20-meter Amateur (ham) Radio band. I don't remember when that ended. I do remember an astronaut, when frustrated by a task assigned by Mission Control, snapping, "Do you want to come up here and do this?" I can imagine the controller saying, “Hell yes!”
--- 5:40 AM - In the news on Texoma's Home Page (KFDX) - Petrolia rallies to support late EMT Tilly Fox’s family, WF Council acts on flood, food truck inspections, David Coleman to seek seat on Wichita Falls City Council, Former WFPD detective faces charges for false affidavits, STAAR results: Mixed progress for elem. & middle students.
--- 6:00 AM - I have been diligently listening to Morse code on the 40-meter Amateur (ham) Radio band for the last hour. Now, it’s time to see what’s happening on the CB Radio. Of course, I’ve had the scanner radio going, hearing the Allred Unit and Air Traffic Control.
6:10 AM - There exist only about a dozen operational "tower" restaurants in the United States. I haven't done it yet, but on my next tower visit, I'd like to take along a small handheld scanner radio with a short "rubber duck" antenna and an inconspicuous earbud-type earphone, and listen to the city while I wait for my food order. I wouldn't be ignoring anyone because this would be a solo trip. If there is a separate observation deck, such as the one at the Tower of the Americas in San Antonio, I might try a 2-meter simplex contact with a handheld radio, assuming I happen to own one. I'm not known as a big handheld radio user, since I don't use repeaters.
--- 6:40 AM - Radio Shack left town a few years ago. If it were the old 1970s and 1980s Radio Shack, I would be sad. But it wasn't. It was, in my opinion, a Radio Shack that wasn't much different from a Best Buy or Circuit City. If Radio Shack had stuck to its roots—hobby radio electronics—there would have been no need to compete. Continue.
--- 7:20 AM - The CB Radio has been quite active this morning with both local and distant (DX) signals heard. I’ll continue to listen for another hour or so, then I’ll see who’s on the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air spotter page. Also, I have yet to identify any radio transmissions as originating from the Luxury RV Park at Loop 11 (the loop that doesn't loop) and U.S. 287. The park has been very busy since it opened. I'm sure the owners are happy.
--- 8:10 AM - I regularly (but not every trip) tip the people at the restaurant drive-thru windows. At KFC/Taco Bell, that means both the order-taker and the one putting the order together and handing it to you.
--- 8:20 AM - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing
--- 8:40 AM - Seen at the Study Finds" website: "Sitting Too Little May Be Just As Risky As Sitting Too Much, Study Finds." Is anyone surprised? It seems that no health- or medical-related finding lasts long before it is replaced by a new finding. I guess that's the nature of the beast.
9:46 AM - I contacted a station in Guana River Wildlife Management Area (US-6305) in Florida on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
--- 10:10 AM - The Economics Daily
--- 1:40 PM - The increased use of shared FRS/GMRS frequencies (several are in use) continues on the north side of Wichita Falls. I’m hearing what sounds like work crews of some sort. Check the menu page for the Family Radio Service and General Mobile Radio Service pages.
--- 6:10 PM - As expected, the Local Group is active on CB Radio Channel 23. We need more groups because there are a lot more channels! Tune in, join in, or start a group.