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CB Radio, Morse code, and Folgers Black Silk coffee. What else could a man need in beautiful Wichita Falls, Texas? Maybe a "Red Draw" at the BAR-L Drive In? As the late Oscar Gamble said, "They don't think it be like it is, but it do!" When you see news reports of "A Wichita Falls man..." that's usually not me.
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02-17-2026 - 5:15 AM - Good Morning! It's Tuesday, and the Clay County Amateur Radio Club will conduct its weekly emergency practice net on the club's 146.800 MHz repeater. Tune in with your scanner radio, or check in if you're a licensed Amateur (ham) Radio Operator. My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready.
--- 5:30 AM - Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 84. South southwest wind 13 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Tonight: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 50. South southwest wind 6 to 15 mph becoming west northwest in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.
--- 5:45 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are as follows: Arrowhead: 82.9% Kemp: 98.3 Kickapoo: 85.0%. The City of Wichita Falls uses combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo (83.95%) to determine drought stage.
--- 11:36 AM - I contacted a station at Belmont Lake State Park (US-2013) in New York on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
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02-16-2026 - 5:15 AM - Good Morning! It’s Monday, and Presidents Day. No trash pickup and no mail. Flashback: Before there was Google Maps, the Wichita Falls Police Department had a rack of aerial photographs in the communications room. These photographs covered a square mile or half-mile area. Stone Age tech! My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready.
--- 5:30 AM - NWS Forecast - Today: Sunny, with a high near 77. South wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. South southeast wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
--- 5:45 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are as follows: Arrowhead: 82.8% Kemp: 98.3 Kickapoo: 84.8%. The City of Wichita Falls uses combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo (83.8%) to determine drought stage.
--- 6:30 AM - These days, the term "wardriving" usually means the practice of driving around town looking for unsecured WiFi networks. Scanner radio enthusiasts were "wardriving" long before WiFi existed. Some scanner enthusiasts had high, tower-mounted antennas and could monitor activity miles away. Other scannists had to move themselves closer to the action. MORE.
--- 7:15 AM - One night, in a decade far away, two guys robbed the Jiffy Store at City View Drive and U.S. 287 and departed in a vehicle, driving north on City View Drive. They made it all the way to Reilly Road before crashing into a utility pole, killing them both.
--- 7:30 AM - I'm pretty sure that at least one WFISD school on the north side of town is using the license-free Family Radio Service handheld radios. I base this on the content of the radio traffic and the accompanying “roger beeps.” More monitoring is required.
--- 9:14 AM - I contacted a station at Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge (US-0332) in Maryland on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
--- 12:25 PM - I contacted a station at Mustang Island State Park (US-3043) in Texas on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.