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04-06-2026 - 5:30 AM - Good Morning! It’s Monday, and I have nothing important on the schedule for today. A bank, Post Office, and Spec’s trip might be all the heavy lifting done today. I mowed the yard yesterday. In the 1977 Wichita Falls City Directory, under restaurants, there are 144 listings. One was a Waffle House at 710 10th Street. Do you remember it? By the way, the City needs to fix the street on that block! My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready.
--- 5:35 AM - NWS Forecast - Today: Sunny, with a high near 72. Calm wind becoming east southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon. Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. Southeast wind around 7 mph.
--- 5:40 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 82.2% Kemp: 96.0% Kickapoo: 84.5%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 88.6% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo (83.35%) to determine drought stage.
--- 5:45 AM - NWS Short Range Weather Discussion
--- 5:50 AM - NWS Extended Range Weather Discussion
--- 7:40 AM - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing
--- 7:45 AM - I hear KK5YZ "aeronautical mobile" on 146.580 MHz FM simplex, making contacts. I chatted with him a few months ago, and he sent me a nice QSL card of himself at the controls of a Cessna Citation.
--- 10:15 AM - Once again, I passed by Hawaiian Brothers Island Grill on Kemp Blvd., and once again, I am wondering how they keep the place open. There is always a shortage of vehicles. Are they long for this town? I have not visited. I don't believe in supporting a business or other venue just because they're there. Just to keep them in town. You have to offer what I want - burger and fries or a pizza!
--- 3:00 PM - About 7 or 8 years ago, a young man selling security alarm/camera services caught me outside. There was no place to hide! If I mentioned the name of the company, you'd recognize it. He saw my Zero-Five ground plane antenna and asked about its purpose. I told him it was for Amateur (ham) Radio and CB Radio. He had never heard of either. He looked to be about 21 years old. What are they teaching in school these days?
--- 6:10 PM - I had plenty of fun with CB Radio at Fort Hood in 1972. For about 6 months, I was one of my unit's permanent CQ (Charge of Quarters) guys. On my duty nights, I would sometimes, after all the "rank" had left the area, set up my CB Radio, power supply, and filing cabinet-mounted mag-mount antenna. I was in business, and there were plenty of people to chat with in the Killeen-Fort Hood area. I can still hear "A Horse With No Name" by America coming from my "good times" radio nearby. I remember one married couple who re-enlisted and used their bonuses to buy more CB Radio equipment. It would have been a cruel Army joke if one or both of them had been transferred to a country where CB Radio use was illegal. By the way, that regular CQ schedule allowed me to obtain my Private Pilot Certificate at what was then Killeen Municipal Airport. The school was Four Winds Aviation. I learned in a Cessna 150. The plane was rented for $12 an hour, and the instructor was $6 an hour. Wow!
--- 7:00 PM - According to my research, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia still require instruction on cursive writing in schools. The main reason is the ability to read historical documents. Now, how about Morse code?
--- 8:00 PM - 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), FAA ATC Fort Worth Center (132.925 MHz), and the BNSF Railroad (160.920 MHz). MORE!