GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz) recordings for 2026-05-11
Speaker A: The Gears. 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. W Fix RHC Repeater Check 3.
Speaker A: The Gears Net will be held Tuesday night starting at 7:30pm all amateur radio operators are welcome to join in on the net
Speaker B: W6RHC repeater check 1.
Gears hold the slow speed Morse code net 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 W6 RHC repeater check two.
Speaker A: Foreign. 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 as 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 have 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 698-960 MHz includes permission to make use of 430-440 MHz for emergency control and tracking of the satellites, a move that Amateur radio operators feared would cause interference with ham's operations. The FCC said that AST emergency telemetry use will be limited to the 430.5 MHz, 432.3 MHz, 434.1 MHz, 435.9 MHz and 439.5 MHz frequencies for a duration of less than 24 hours. The SEC 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, N3ils picks up the story from here.
Speaker B: Step early, 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 W6 RHC repeater check 3.
W fix r h c 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 next W6 RHC repeater check two.
Speaker A: Beers, holds a free Morse code class every Wednesday night, 6pM at the Golden Beaver Distillery still house at 2420 Park Avenue. All are welcome to come learn Morse code
Speaker B: W6R, H C repeater check
Speaker A: three.
The gears. Monthly informal breakfast is held on the second Saturday of the month at 9am at the Farmer's Skillet, located at 690 Rio Lindo Avenue, Chico. All are welcome to attend W6RHC Repeater Check 1.
Speaker A: Gears holds a slow speed Morse code net on 40 meters every Thursday night starting at 7pm Frequency of
Speaker B: 7.44
Speaker A: plus or minus if the frequency is in use. All licensed amateur radio operators are welcome to join in the net
Speaker B: W6 RHC repeater check
Speaker A: 2.
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 three.
The year's 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 all are welcome. W6RHC Repeater Check 1.
W6r h c repeater check 2.
Speaker A: Here. Pull the free Morse code class every Wednesday night, 6pM at the Golden Beaver Distillery still house at 2420 Park Avenue. All are welcome to come. Learn Morse code.
Speaker B: W6R, H, C repeater check
Speaker A: three.
W6r h c repeater check 1.