GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz) recordings for 2026-05-03

Speaker A: The Deers. Monthly general membership meetings are held on the third Monday night of the month at the Butte County Public Library, 1108 Sherman Avenue in Chico. Doors open at 6pm and the meeting starts at 7pm
Speaker B: all are welcome. W6RHC Repeater Check 1.

The Gears Net will be held Tuesday night starting at 7:30pm all amateur radio operators are welcome to join in on the net W6 RHC repeater check 2.

Gears holds a slow speed Morse code NAT on 40 meters every Thursday night starting at 7pm Frequency of 7.44 plus or minus if the frequency is in use. All licensed amateur radio operators are welcome to join in the next W pick RHC repeater check 3.

Speaker A: Amateur Radio Newsline Report number 2530 with the release date of Friday, April 24, 2026 to follow in 54321. The following is a QST the FCC grants a satellite Constellation company the ability to provide cell phone service from space, a popular antenna maker returns to the ham radio market and New Zealand amateurs prepare to mark the centennial of their national organization. All this and more is Amateur Radio Newsline Report number 2530 comes your way right now from around the world. This is Newsline, Amateur Radio's first independent on the air news and bulletin service. Now reporting from Charleston, West Virginia. Here's Jim Dameron, natmw. We begin this week with breaking news as Newsline prepared to go to production. The US Federal Communications Commission announced it had authorized AST Space Mobile's full 248 satellite constellation to use requested parts of the radio spectrum, including those that had drawn objections from the amateur radio community. The agent move will permit AST to fulfill its goal of providing services to consumers in so called dead zones, regions without terrestrial networks, especially for emergency services. The successful application on behalf of the Low Earth Orbit Satellite System was granted on 21 April with conditions. The grant for the use of 698 through 960 MHz includes permission to make use of 430 to 440 MHz for emergency control and tracking of the satellites, a move that Amateur radio operators feared would cause interference with ham's operation. The FCC said that AST emergency telemetry use will be limited to the 430.5 MHz, 432.3 MHz, 434.1 MHz, 435.9 mega and 439.5 MHz frequencies for a duration of less than 24 hours. The FCC said in the past that interference with ham radio was unlikely. A leading US Antenna manufacturer is coming back to the ham radio marketplace following its departure last summer. Travis Lisk, M3ils, picks up the story from here.
Speaker B: Stepper, which announced last summer that it was halting production of its popular antennas for the amateur radio market, is returning to the ham radio business. A recent statement on the website of the Washington State Company said that although Stepper had decided last year to focus on commercial sales, recent favorable developments in that sector are permitting the company to resume supplying hams.
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Speaker A: Good evening, Lester. I'd like a check early. Check in tonight and I'll be out of the net tomorrow night. Marlene just was discharged from the hospital and we're taking care of things here at the house and getting her settled back in.
Speaker B: I do understand all that. Not a problem. You have a good evening. And tell your wife I hope she gets better.
Speaker A: Positive steps. So far things are improved from what they were a few days ago. So thank you for that and your prayers. KF6OBI is clear. All right. Thanks for calling. K6K. Oakler.

Speaker A: QST. QST, QST. This is KG6K12 opening Sacramento Valley traffic Net. This net is part of the National Traffic System. Purpose of this net is to relay traffic into and out of Sacramento Valley and provide a standard. This is directed in. Please be no transmission from that mission control. All stations are requested stay on frequency. Excuse Nick. Trolls.k260k go Western located West Station with emergency traffic. Please confirm W6RHC repeater check 1 area none. Roll call follows. KF6ODI is out of the area and the requested Nerd check in. K6K rolling. No traffic. K6TSO. Good evening, Lester in the group. This is KG6TSO, Bessie with no traffic.
Speaker B: Thank you, Bessie. KF6DG, K6rcs. Day 6pmt. Kc66ufb. Bill in
Speaker A: traffic. Good evening, Lester. Good evening, bill. Thank you. KN6PWW is out of the area. KO6NCI. KO6NCI. Chris and Chico. No traffic. Good evening, Lester and the group. Good evening, Chris. Thank you for checking in. All right, that's the rule as I
Speaker B: have it. Do we have any late members or Fishers wish to check in? No further traffic or check in this K2 6K
Speaker A: closing segment of Valley traffic. This net is daily at 2100 hours local time through the W6RHA repeater of 146985. All spacings are excused. I like to thank your money. We take that tonight. Annual Empire Amateur. 2103 local type $73. K6K clear frequency.