Transcriptions for 2026-03-08

2026-03-08 00:00:02 UTC 20.9s · W6GRC TX (147.105 MHz)

Home of the original 105 with a PL tone of 110.9. This is the W6 GRC repeater. Join us for our weekly net on Monday nights at 8:00pm.

2026-03-08 00:23:05 UTC 34.0s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

W6 rhc repeater check 1.

2026-03-08 00:23:07 UTC 13.9s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

Ko 6 fej portable k6lnk system 36, snow mountain range.

2026-03-08 00:30:02 UTC 14.2s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

Beers, holds a free Morph Code class every Wednesday night, 6pM at the Golden Beaver Distillery still house at 2420 Park Avenue. All are welcome to come learn Morph Code.

2026-03-08 01:17:11 UTC 27.8s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

Saint.

2026-03-08 01:20:06 UTC 14.9s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

W6tr mobile on frequency.

2026-03-08 01:21:44 UTC 19.3s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

At the trailhead for Stony Colton trailhead on Mill Town District Road.

2026-03-08 01:30:02 UTC 22.2s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

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 all are welcome. W6RHC repeater check 2.

2026-03-08 01:37:24 UTC 6.8s · WD6AXM TX (146.085 MHz)

Kk6vzb mobile w e6a x n repeater.

2026-03-08 01:37:28 UTC 6.4s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

Tahoe.

2026-03-08 01:40:23 UTC 102.6s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

Speaker A: Again.
Speaker B: I got a good copy on you. A little bit of static in the back.

2026-03-08 01:44:51 UTC 17.1s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

Fuck.

2026-03-08 01:54:53 UTC 67.5s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

32 link up.

2026-03-08 02:00:01 UTC 17.5s · W6GRC TX (147.105 MHz)

Fill your coffee cup and join us for the coffee break Net Daily at 7:30am here on the W6 GRC repeater.

2026-03-08 02:00:02 UTC 16.1s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

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.

2026-03-08 02:30:02 UTC 27.7s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

Gears holds a 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 net W6RHC repeater check 1.

2026-03-08 02:31:33 UTC 19.6s · WD6AXM TX (146.085 MHz)

W e6a x m repeater.

2026-03-08 02:41:37 UTC 17.6s · WD6AXM TX (146.085 MHz)

We sit. Axm repeater.

2026-03-08 02:54:21 UTC 12.9s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

K6lnk system 36, no mountain range.

2026-03-08 02:57:31 UTC 11.9s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

There.

2026-03-08 03:05:01 UTC 184.9s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

Amateur Radio News line report number 2523 with a release date of Friday, March 6, 2026 to follow in 5 4, 3, 2 1. The following is a QSP Hams in Cuba assist a critically Ill child Canada is silencing its National Weather Radio and students in Germany plan for a CUSO with Antarctica. All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report number 2523 comes your way right now from around the world. This is Newsline, Amateur Radio's independent on the Air News and Bulletin Service. Now reporting from Jonesboro, Arkansas, here's Skeeter Nash. N5ASH Quick thinking by hand in the midst of a power outage in Cuba are being credited with connecting a critically ill child with Virginia medical care. We have the details of backstory from the newest member of the Newsline team, Dave Lee M17LB as an outage swept through several communities in the municipality of Rio Cauto in eastern Cuba, disabling electric power and the telephone service, a six year old girl lay feverish and in pain at 12th hour of suffering. The doctor treating her at the family home in Grandma Province suspected appendicitis requiring emergency transport. An outage resulting from a power grid failure prevented him from directly contacting an ambulance. The physician turned to a father son team of amateur radio operators, Jorge Bonilla Minegra and his son Edgar Bonilla Manegra. The hams, however, found that their own radios were also without backup power because of the fuel shortage. That is until a neighbour let them make use of the battery from his motorcycle. The general call was received by Santiago de Cuba by station CL8YTY who was able to connect with the emergency system. The station is listed on qrz.com as being in Santiago to Cuba. The call sign holder is Yonedris Garcia Rodriguez. According to various media reports, surgery was performed on the hospital and was a success. This is Dave Lee and 7 TLB wrapping up another year of action taken against unlicensed radio broadcasters in the United States. The FCC recently submitted a report to federal lawmakers summing up its enforcement activity in the fiscal year 2025. We have those details from Ken Peterson, KZ0CGY. Since Congress enacted the Pirate act, an acronym for Preventing illegal radio abuse through Enforcement, the Federal Communications Commission has been responsible for reporting its annual activities with the enhanced power that was given through the January 2020 legislation. Its most recent report covers the government's fiscal year for 2025, which ran from 1 October 2024 through 30 September 2025. According to the report, the FCC issued 28 notices to property owners or managers for permitting illegal W6 RHC Repeater Check 2.

2026-03-08 04:00:01 UTC 16.3s · W6GRC TX (147.105 MHz)

Join us for the coffee break Net Daily at 7:30am here on the W6 GRC repeater.

2026-03-08 05:01:15 UTC 203.8s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

Kg6k u o kf6 Obi.w6rhc. Repeater check 3. Thank you very much. I was involved in something else here. Thank you. Ust QST, UST SAS. KG6KU. Opening Sacramento Valley Traffic Net. The purpose of this net is to relay former traffic into and out of Sacramento Valley. And to provide you standard mercy net. This is a direct net. Please make no transmissions without permission and control. All stations are requested. Stay on frequency and tow skills. Intersecting station with merger priority. Traffic. To be listed. Roll call follows. Camp 6, silky island. Kf6 obi, mike and willows. No traffic. Thank you again for the heads up. Kg6kuo's call. Enroll in no traffic. Kg6ts. Good evening, lester. In the group. This is kg6tso, bessie with no traffic. Thank you, bessie. Kf6djy. 86pmt. Hello, echo 6, papa, mike, tango, rustin gerber. Good evening, lester. And a group and I have no traffic. Good evening, russ. Thank you. Kc6ufe. C6ufe. Billing companion traffic. Good evening, lester. Good evening, bill. Thank you. Kn6pww. Kn6pww. This is jamie and chico with no traffic. And good evening, lester. Mnet. I'd like to thank everybody who stuck by and waited for me. Is there any late members or visitors wish to check in at this time, Further traffic or check in? This is KG6KUO closing Sacrament of Valley traffic at this daily at 2100 hours local time through the W6 rec repeater of 146. 5. All stations are issued. I'd like to thank everybody who checked in tonight. And the Golden Empire Amateur race is how you can use the repeater. This closed at 21 4. Overtime. $73 K to 6K yoke frequency.

2026-03-08 05:04:03 UTC 9.2s · WD6AXM TX (146.085 MHz)

W e6a x n repeater.

2026-03-08 06:00:02 UTC 16.3s · W6GRC TX (147.105 MHz)

Join us for the coffee break Net Daily at 7:30am here on the W6 GRC repeater.

2026-03-08 07:10:32 UTC 13.9s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

Fresno link k6lnk system 36, no mountain range.

2026-03-08 07:27:40 UTC 8.4s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

MSF calling for a cq. If anyone's out there listening.

2026-03-08 07:39:00 UTC 6.9s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

Los Angeles link up.

2026-03-08 09:06:53 UTC 15.0s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

If anyone's out there. K6lnk system 36, snow mountain range.

2026-03-08 09:26:11 UTC 6.9s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

Los Angeles link up.

2026-03-08 10:22:40 UTC 13.3s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

K6lnk system 36, no mountain range.

2026-03-08 12:20:11 UTC 13.6s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

K6lnk system 36, snow mountain range.

2026-03-08 13:00:01 UTC 17.4s · W6GRC TX (147.105 MHz)

Fill your coffee cup and join us for the coffee break Net Daily at 7:30am here on the W6 GRC repeater.

2026-03-08 13:23:53 UTC 11.5s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

K6lnk system 36, snow mountain range.

2026-03-08 13:37:31 UTC 11.9s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

Los Angeles link up.

2026-03-08 13:50:04 UTC 14.2s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

This is km7dzx checking out echo link software. W6rhc repeater check one.

2026-03-08 14:20:01 UTC 24.4s · W6GRC TX (147.105 MHz)

Node 51018 connected to node 405480.

2026-03-08 14:20:31 UTC 5.3s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

W fix rhc repeater check 2.

2026-03-08 14:25:31 UTC 15.4s · W6GRC TX (147.105 MHz)

Ai6 us voter test. No need for reply. Ai6 us clear.

2026-03-08 14:37:56 UTC 8.9s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

System24 link up.

2026-03-08 15:00:02 UTC 19.2s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

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 3.

2026-03-08 15:05:02 UTC 180.7s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

Amateur Radio News line report number 2523 with a release date of Friday, March 6, 2026 to follow in 5 4, 3, 2 1. The following is a USC HAMS in Cuba Critically Ill Child Canada is silencing National Weather Radio and students in Germany plan for a USO with Antarctica. All this and more and more as Amateur Radio News line report number 2523 comes your way right now from around the world. This is Newsline, Amateur Radio's Independent on the Air News and Bulletin Service. Now reporting from Jonesboro, Arkansas, here's Peter Nash. N5ASH Quick thinking by Amazon City of a power outage in Cuba are being credited with connecting a critically ill child at first Medical care. We have the details of backstory from the newest member of the newfound team, Dave Lee M17LV as an outage swept through several communities in the municipality of Rio Cauto in eastern Cuba, disabling electric power and a telephone service, a six year old girl lay feverish and in pain, her twelfth hour of suffering. The doctor treating her at the family home in Grandma Province suspected appendicitis requiring emergency transport. An outage resulting from a power grid failure prevented him from directly contacting an ambulance. The physician turned to a father from the city of Amateur Radio operators, Jorge Bonilla Minegra and his son Edgar Bonilla Minegra. The hams, however, found that their own radios were also without backup power because of the fuel shortage. That is until a neighbour let them make use of the battery from his motorcycle. The general call was received by Santiago de Cuba by station CL8YTY, who was able to connect with the emergency system. The station is listed on qrz.com and being in Santiago to Cuba, the call sign holder is Yonedri Garcia Rodriguez. According to various media reports, surgery was performed on the hospital and was a success. This is A and 7 TLB wrapping up another year of action taken against unlicensed radio broadcasters in the United States. The FCC recently submitted a report to federal lawmakers summing up its enforcement activity in the fiscal year 2025. We have those details from M. Peterson, KC0BGY since Congress enacted the Pirate act, an acronym for Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse through Enforcement, the Federal Communications Commission has been responsible for reporting its annual activities with the enhanced power that was given to the January 2020 legislation. Its most recent report covers the government's fiscal year for 2025, which ran from 1 October 2024 through 30 September 2025. According to the report, the FCC issued 28 notices to property owners or managers for permitting illegal.

2026-03-08 15:10:20 UTC 3.3s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

Please. Id. Thank you.

2026-03-08 15:28:39 UTC 34.9s · 2m Simplex (146.520 MHz)

Speaker A: Ah, yes. Looks like the start of yet another beautiful day. 55 degrees up Magalia and some pretty blue skies. Good
Speaker B: morning. N6M. No, not yet. Right on the edge, Joe. Just got to put my shoes on.

2026-03-08 15:30:01 UTC 16.2s · 2m Simplex (146.520 MHz)

Check and 6MTM. Looks like no cloudy, but no rain for a week. All right, see you.

2026-03-08 15:34:44 UTC 12.0s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

November 6 golf romeo, golf 36 local.

2026-03-08 15:43:32 UTC 22.1s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

Testing. Repeater connection. Radio check. Queue off to 6 Eminence. System 10 link up. You sound just fine. N6k, eddy.

2026-03-08 15:44:15 UTC 636.2s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

Did I make it? Radio check. You sound just fine. N6k. N. You know, you probably pissed the guy off. He's too slow. Oh, I'm not the gentleman. Okay. All right, I'll be listening. In case I could see an an6iwhere. Let me change my device. Give me one second. Changing device standing by. Okay, I changed my device. What's cooking? I have a question about trucking. I've heard that you're a driver. I was. Now retired. Okay, I do have a question about the trailers. The wet trailers haul liquid. I've heard and read this. Just floshing. The real problem. Guys go around the corner and, you know, whatever it is, the oil starts floshing back and forth. Pretty soon they're upside down. Right. High, high. What do they do to prevent that? And then what do they do about mil? Well, chemical trainers are baffled, so that's usually not a problem. And they usually have compartments. They'll have three or four individual compartments or tanks. Milk it can't be baffled because it's too difficult to clean in and around the baffle. They'll milk. They just, you know that the tank is designed to be a specific size to hold the. The exact gallons so it doesn't slosh. So, yeah, milk. Milk haulers, those tanks are usually. Usually full beyond 90%. Chemical traders cannot be older than 90%. Well, what about chemical trailers? How do they clean them? Just spray it out or what? There was a double with you there. Would you say about chemical traders, do they clean that? Do they clean them? Only when they need to. Most chemical trailers only haul, you know, one kind of a chemical, like acetones or paints or things like that. Petroleum. You can. You can load. You could load diesel on top of gasoline or vice versa. You just have to drain dry. Yeah, they only clean chemical trailers when they need to use a trailer to haul a different product. Other than that, they're usually hauling the same product from one load to another. Okay, well, what about milk? It's got to be pasteurized. All right? And then how do they clean that tank? Pasteurization usually doesn't happen until later in the process. No, truck, that milk is usually not pasteurized. That's generally raw milk from the farmer to the processor. Wow, raw milk. Hey, back when I was a hippie, hey, I, you know, there's some hippies that look like me, I guess, I don't know, put stuff. Raw milk was a desirable thing. Everybody's going, hey, wow, raw milk. Chug, chug. Yeah, I live down here in Colombia Now. And yeah, we can buy raw milk. We can buy extra pasteurized milk, which is shelf safe. So when you go to the market, you buy these bags of milk that are sitting on the shelf and not in a refrigerator. I'll tell you what, it's fantastic milk. Just bring it home, put it in your refrigerator and, you know, drink it when it's cold. Or you can go to any dairy farmer here and buy raw milk and take it home and pasteurize it yourself, make it into cheeses or whatever, whatever you want. Oh, wow, that's interesting. Can you do that with a goat? I've heard of goat cheese being really good for you. Yes, sir. Yep, goat milk is very good. I don't normally, excuse me, use it or drink it, but yeah, I'm a simple guy. I'll. I'll just drink regular pasteurized milk. Yeah, that's what we've got here. Hey, just off the note a little bit, what's the economy like down there? Is it like sky high, stupid for groceries? No, I would say definitely not. I can go to the market and stock up, you know, two weeks worth of food, meats and chickens, you know, everything, Everything. I need a completely full cart, sometimes a carton a half and walk out of the front door with, you know, 400American dollars. You try to do that there in the speech and it's going to be a thousand dollar bill. Well, how did you do this? Are you a citizen of Columbia? Are you a wife or are you just visiting? Oh, green card. How does that work? My wife is a dual citizen of both the states in Colombia. And of course, I'm a citizen of the U.S. of the. Of the U.S. and here. Pretty soon I'll have my citizenship down here in Colombia. Do you fit in? Oh, yeah, absolutely. I have no problem with anybody down here. They don't have a problem with me. You know, it's. It's all good. And I've never once since I've been here felt unsafe anywhere or with anybody. We should probably let the system cool down. You know how that goes. And I do need to get back to what I was doing here, but good to hear you. And I'll be listening, you know, like always. N6 knee Ken here. Genalta, Columbia. Yeah. I just want to tell you, you see another person from corny to say, oye, viejo, hola. That means friend. Okay. You don't have to m6iwa. Kenny actually means old man. When I go out walking here in Chico, Mexican guys slow down and they yell, hey, Hurry up at home. Thank you. Enjoy your.

2026-03-08 15:59:18 UTC 26.2s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

Testing. Repeater connection. Radio check. K06 mmn. System seven, link off.

2026-03-08 16:00:01 UTC 16.0s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

The Gears Net will be held Tuesday night starting at 7:30pm all amateur radio operators are welcome to join in on the net W6RHC repeater check 1.

2026-03-08 16:00:14 UTC 600.0s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

Speaker A: Thank you for the response back. I just upped the power a little bit. I don't know if that helps. Back to you. K06MMN.
Speaker B: K06M.N M. This is M6Iwhicho an honest chico. Yeah. You've got a good signal. You're strong. I have to say something about the audio, but I'm not an audio technician. I was going to think maybe back off of the mic just a little tiny bit. Other than that, you sound good.
Speaker A: Okay, I'm backed off a little bit. Thank you. And I'm not sure if you put two ends in there. It's K06. Mike. Mike November. Back to you.
Speaker B: Okay. KO6M. Actually, that's a mouthful. Hi. Hi. Yeah, I wish somebody else would kind of come on and give an opinion. It's fine. You're sounding really good. What's your location?
Speaker A: Location is San Jose. This is Ed. I was testing. It's a repeater on the wind system with an uplink zone. So I was just curious if I could hit it. I'm just on a HP5 watts with a twin jim on a pole. Back to you.
Speaker B: Yeah, well, actually, you sound good. Doing great. I used to live in the Bay Area, East Bay, North Oakland, Rockridge area. Went to school called California College of Arts and Crafts, but lived in Berkeley for a while. How about you? Have you been. Are you. Are you from San Jose?
Speaker A: Yeah, I've actually lived here my whole life. San Jose. I mean, I've lived, you know, in a city close by and out of state for a year, but. Yeah, here, here the whole time. Back to you.
Speaker B: Yeah, Roger, Roger. I've been down there in a pretty big city. I've got everything. And I always remember that song. Was it Dionne Warwick? Do you know the Ways to San Jose? I love that song.
Speaker A: Yeah. That's funny. When my kids were little, you know, we made our several Disney trips right to Anaheim, and when they opened up Disney California, that's what they had playing in the. In the courtyard. You know, that had changed after that, but it was that song and that kind of theme, I guess, for the entrance to Disney California back then. Back to you.
Speaker B: I like music, but, you know, what it is about that song seems to evoke some sort of sentimental quality that we have. You know, we all kind of think back of, you know, the old home, you know, the way it was.
Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, for sure. I think.
Speaker B: Yeah.
Speaker A: Even if you don't even know where San Jose is, it kind of invokes that kind of exactly that Kind of feeling. Yeah, that's a good observation back to you.
Speaker B: Yeah, but at the same time, you know, I hear a lot of the old rock and roll tune from, you know, when I was younger. Doesn't move me so much, but nice to have sentimental value.
Speaker A: I believe you said you're out there in Chico. Yeah, I've been there once a long time ago when I was young and dumb. Right, everybody? Oh, the party. The college parties in Chico kind of thing. Right. Do you live out in Chico? Correct.
Speaker B: Yeah. Roger, Roger. They call Chico the party town. And you know what's funny is you can't buy alcohol anywhere near the camp. Like, you have to go a couple miles away to get something to drink if you want to drink.
Speaker A: Yeah, that's funny. They, they, you know, they probably know exactly what they're doing with that one, right? They're like, we got to do something.
Speaker B: They probably wanted to ban alcohol or, you know, that's the natural instinct, I believe lawmakers, something's bad, well, ban it, okay? Cigarettes, you know, whatever. They tried to ban all that stuff too, but, you know, I feel sorry for people. You know, it's your last little thing that, you know, you have in the name of pleasure. Okay, you sit back, relax, have a cigarette. I don't smoke myself, but, you know, they tax it so high, it's just stupid. You can't afford a cigarette now.
Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, it's like 13, 14 bucks, right? I was listening to these, this talk show host out of Santa Cruz, and they joke around. I guess this one guy, he jokes around about. Well, I guess they put it in. It's a law in Santa Cruz where no filters in the cigarettes. So I guess now all the kids have to Pall Malls and non silver Camels. Back to you.
Speaker B: Oh, life is tough. I know a guy buying pipe tobacco, which is in a different tax category, and he rolls his own, he's got this little machine and puts the tobacco in and, hey, you know, saving a lot of money. I do have to mention one thing here. KO 6mmn and 6iwa. Persons who own the machine, stuff like that, they always come on and say, you know, keep it short, emergencies only. Da, da, da da. You're bringing up all these linking systems and you know, I don't know. I don't know what's going on, but we all kind of say, okay, well, we'll try. Now, me, I'm Mr. Motormouth. But they want you to keep it short because it's bringing up a whole bunch of linking repeaters, some of them are running on batteries and I don't know what else so anyway what do you think we I'm going to take it up another time maybe sometimes you know I I'm awaker night I don't know I can't sleep right so I'm sitting here googling I guess so maybe if you ever out there one o' clock in the morning so anyway Ed good stop at K6mmn and 6 I W Sh I'll be with me.
Speaker A: All right yeah very good talking with you totally understand about the long conversations and draining batteries whatnot thanks for the conversation I believe it was n6 I wh have a great day and yeah I'm up late at night too so I'm sure I'll run into you down the line I'll be clear on your final
Speaker B: oh they say later on down go at you later yeah good talking to you take care.
Speaker A: All right and you as well I can't remember if I put my call sign out there on the on the close kilo Oscar six mike Mike November clear.

2026-03-08 16:48:32 UTC 45.0s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

Speaker A: Testing, testing connections KO 6mm and kilo Oscar 6 Mike November system 10 link up.
Speaker B: The link is a little scratchy, but
Speaker A: you sound just fine. And 6k. Any.
Speaker B: Testing, testing. KO 6 mm.

2026-03-08 17:04:08 UTC 14.1s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

Updated local information speed advisory with multiple Los Angeles, Ventura.

2026-03-08 17:10:41 UTC 10.6s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

The National Weather Service has cleared all alerts for this area.

2026-03-08 17:18:07 UTC 82.5s · W6GRC TX (147.105 MHz)

Speaker A: This is km6 rfb. Radio check on w6ek.
Speaker B: Km6rfb, the W2VX, you sounded like you were coming in, but it sounded like there was a little bit of a whine on your signal.
Speaker C: How is that over?
Speaker B: That sounds like you've got some kind of low frequency signal coming on the top. You're still very audible, but there is noise underneath.
Speaker C: Okay, thank you very much, Doug. I appreciate it. Km6RFB.
Speaker B: Km6RFB. W2VX. I'm clear. Standing by.

2026-03-08 17:24:56 UTC 100.2s · W6GRC TX (147.105 MHz)

Speaker A: W2vx,km6rfb. How do you copy me now?
Speaker B: Km6rfb, W2VX, you're coming in. Your audio is a little bit lower. That's the difference between this time and last time. Your audio is significantly lower.
Speaker A: Okay, how's that? Over.
Speaker B: You might want just a little more in that direction.
Speaker A: Okay, I'm working on that. Is the wine still in the back?
Speaker B: There's a little bit of fuzz going on back there, but it sounds like normal rf and the rest of it sounds pretty good. You're heading in the right direction.
Speaker A: Copy that. Thank you very much. Yeah, I'm playing with some different radios here, and I switched radios and just wanted to see if that noise went away.
Speaker B: There's nothing better to do on a sunny day than play with radios except for being up, maybe pulling weeds. Seven threes. I'm standing by.
Speaker A: Thanks, Doug. KM6 RFP, clear.

2026-03-08 17:30:01 UTC 18.4s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

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 W6RHC repeater check 2.

2026-03-08 17:30:01 UTC 12.5s · W6GRC TX (147.105 MHz)

Node 51018 disconnected.

2026-03-08 17:49:18 UTC 5.6s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

W6r h c repeater check 3.

2026-03-08 17:56:42 UTC 18.2s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

Trt 36 local k6lnk system 36 snow mountain range.

2026-03-08 18:00:01 UTC 19.1s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

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.

2026-03-08 18:02:45 UTC 4.4s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

And6tw.

2026-03-08 18:03:14 UTC 12.9s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

And 6 trt using a portable in rating and 6 trt 36 local.

2026-03-08 18:11:28 UTC 20.3s · WD6AXM TX (146.085 MHz)

We6 a x n receiver.

2026-03-08 18:13:25 UTC 15.7s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

N6grg on 36 local on the portable bum. Ready n6trg.

2026-03-08 18:17:03 UTC 19.1s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

36 local. Unaffordable. Near Redding, California. Good morning.

2026-03-08 18:21:26 UTC 7.0s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

System2 link up.

2026-03-08 18:29:01 UTC 100.2s · GEARS E RX (146.250 MHz)

Produce.

2026-03-08 18:30:01 UTC 28.7s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

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.

2026-03-08 18:30:01 UTC 29.4s · W6GRC TX (147.105 MHz)

Attention all ham radio operators. You have reached the world famous W6GRC repeater on 147.105 MHz, broadcasting at least 3 watts more than necessary at all times. Please pause between overs, identify properly, and remember, kerchunking is not a hobby.

2026-03-08 18:40:00 UTC 38.4s · OARS RX (146.055 MHz)

Cook.

2026-03-08 18:49:34 UTC 9.6s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

Nr 17, mobile, white pine county.

2026-03-08 18:50:24 UTC 12.0s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

System32 link mobile.

2026-03-08 18:51:03 UTC 29.7s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

And 6 grt 36 local. That's from redding. With a gigantic rubber dusty unit, trg portable.

2026-03-08 19:00:01 UTC 19.8s · W6GRC TX (147.105 MHz)

Your radio is on the right frequency. This is the home of sac Valley's original 105W6 GRC with a PL tone of 110.9.

2026-03-08 19:00:02 UTC 16.0s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

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.

2026-03-08 19:30:02 UTC 22.2s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

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 all are welcome to attend. W Fix RHC Repeater Check 3.

2026-03-08 19:36:52 UTC 7.0s · WD6AXM TX (146.085 MHz)

W e6axm receiver.

2026-03-08 19:37:06 UTC 4.2s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

Kn6tww radio check.

2026-03-08 19:37:31 UTC 5.6s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

Kn6TW radio check. Gears east.

2026-03-08 19:40:23 UTC 3.2s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

Please. Id. Thank you.

2026-03-08 20:07:52 UTC 6.8s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

Los Angeles link up.

2026-03-08 20:28:13 UTC 6.8s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

Fred bell link up.

2026-03-08 20:30:02 UTC 18.4s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

Beers, holds a free morph 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 W6RHC repeater check one.

2026-03-08 20:36:26 UTC 11.2s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

System 13. Link pop. Ready. Link pop.

2026-03-08 20:46:47 UTC 6.9s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

Los Angeles link up.

2026-03-08 21:00:01 UTC 20.8s · W6GRC TX (147.105 MHz)

Home of the original 105 with a PL tone of 110.9. This is the W6 GRC repeater. Join us for our weekly net on Monday nights at 8:00pm.

2026-03-08 21:02:39 UTC 88.9s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

It's.

2026-03-08 21:27:06 UTC 33.9s · OARS RX (146.055 MHz)

Sa. You.

2026-03-08 21:34:15 UTC 7.7s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

Nr 7g mobile north las vegas.

2026-03-08 21:35:43 UTC 6.9s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

Fresno link.

2026-03-08 21:37:56 UTC 301.2s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

Speaker A: Hey, Ralph NR7G mobile.
Speaker B: Hey, man, what you up to?
Speaker A: Oh, I'm just about to get off the road at AM Road. I just drove in from Elko. It's been a long drive. I don't know how many miles it is, but it says it takes six hours and 30 minutes. I'm in a truck, you know, it takes longer. I go a little bit slower. Not only that, but I gotta stop and hit bathroom break and all that kind of stuff. So anyway, I'm just about to get off of AM Road. I jumped in and checked in some Highland Peak a couple times driving down the 93 up there, like north of Hyco, Nevada.
Speaker B: How'd the radio cover up there?
Speaker A: Well, as expected. I mean, you know, it's amazing. Highland Peak's got amazing coverage. And you get down these little valleys, of course, full of shadows. There was one place where I could hear the machine, like F8, F9, but couldn't key it up at all. It just could not get in. But audio was clean and clear and loud. It just couldn't get in. But as soon as I went about a couple miles south and the S meter on the. On this ICOM 4100 didn't look much different, but I could get in. And somebody said I sounded okay, so. Cuts out.
Speaker B: Well, that makes sense. We're on split. In towns up there, we got two station masters. One could receive, one transmit. And the towers are separated by about maybe 75 yards. So that would explain maybe different patterns.
Speaker A: Right.
Speaker B: And then the antennas aren't exactly the same, so the pattern is probably a little bit different.
Speaker A: Well, good, good.
Speaker B: Yeah, I know the. I gotta get up there saying that, but gotta do some tweaking on the bandcast cams. And the audio coming from Highland Assistance is probably about 2dB lower than it should be, but just some minor tweaks, but good. Glad it's working for you sticking around this week and get my mom all set up and I'm ready. Headed down to Papa John getting one of those cake and bake pizza things for movie night tonight.
Speaker A: Oh, Papa John. Papa John or Papa Murphy?
Speaker B: You know, when I unkeyed my microphone, I realized I should have hit Papa Murphy. So, yeah, Papa Murphy's the one over on Craig Road, whatever it is. But, yeah, it's not a bad deal. Every and every time I get on there, Capital One, I got one of these plugins, Google Chrome, that has my Capital One. It's like a Capital One plugin. It technically gives you a discount. It figures it out. So Every time I get in there, I get like a. I get like $6 off. And I get that every now and again on ebay. And I ordered a new phone a while ago through Motorola and I got like a 50% discount on a brand new phone through Motorola Capital One. So it's kind of cool.
Speaker A: Oh, yeah, you can be their spokesman. Oh, very good. Yeah, I like Papa Murphy's. I haven't done it in several months, but we were given kind of regularly for a while. There was one in Centennial, but it closed down, I guess. Lack of. Lack of activity or something like that. So the nearest one for me is up in like, gosh, up on, like, Durango, maybe Durango and grand teton. Durango and 95 up on the north end. Craigs is too far.
Speaker B: So, anyway.
Speaker A: All right, well, I'm almost home, I guess. I put up some surveillance cameras while I was up there on the property. So I get them up on a pole with a motion detector light and couple of Cameras with T Mobile 4G LTE Little cards in them. You know, I got them hooked up to my big 400amp panel, put a dedicated breaker, maybe like a little camera, security camera pole. So kind of cool. Anyway, all right. On yours, sir. 73NR 7G.
Speaker B: All right, man. Yeah, sounds cool. Okay. Yeah. Welcome back and have a good rest of your afternoon. Just a couple of blocks away from getting my. Getting the pizza, so take care. I'm 7pM.

2026-03-08 21:42:33 UTC 17.1s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

This is km7dzx testing echo link software. Does anyone have a copy? Over. W6rhc repeater check two.

2026-03-08 21:43:14 UTC 45.2s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

Again. This is KM7edX testing the echo Link software on my iPhone. Does anyone have a Copy? This is K6 Kuo. You got a good, good signal? Roger. Copy that. I'm in ivan, utah, going through the echolink software into your repeater in chico. And I appreciate the callback. You have a great day. This is km7dgx73. Have a good afternoon. Kg6k u o clerk.

2026-03-08 22:00:45 UTC 9.6s · WD6AXM TX (146.085 MHz)

Wp6a x n repeater 6 lai85.

2026-03-08 22:04:07 UTC 89.7s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

Nr 7g into the tuning.

2026-03-08 22:04:15 UTC 12.3s · WD6AXM TX (146.085 MHz)

La.

2026-03-08 22:09:52 UTC 6.6s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

Fresno link up.

2026-03-08 22:30:02 UTC 27.7s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

Gears holds a 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 net W6 RHC repeater check 3.

2026-03-08 22:49:45 UTC 10.8s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

System21.

2026-03-08 23:00:01 UTC 19.8s · W6GRC TX (147.105 MHz)

Your radio is on the right frequency. This is the home of sac Valley's original 105 W6 GRC with a PL tone of 110.9.

2026-03-08 23:06:17 UTC 8.0s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

N7tnd from nr7g, las vegas.

2026-03-08 23:25:35 UTC 5.4s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

W6 rhc repeater check 1.

2026-03-08 23:28:56 UTC 8.1s · WD6AXM TX (146.085 MHz)

W e6axm receiver.

2026-03-08 23:30:02 UTC 14.2s · GEARS E TX (146.850 MHz)

Sears 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.

2026-03-08 23:36:10 UTC 50.2s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

System.

2026-03-08 23:46:23 UTC 39.0s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

Ko6mx.ko6mx. Somebody's on the local link of San Francisco. But you're not making it. WA50K in downtown San Francisco.

2026-03-08 23:47:29 UTC 12.6s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

Los Angeles linked up.

2026-03-08 23:59:40 UTC 259.7s · GEARS W TX (146.115 MHz)

Speaker A: Ko6mxko system x wa50ko San Francisco.
Speaker B: Yes. K7gmd
Speaker A: that call sounds familiar. K7gmbw a16ks.
Speaker B: If we go and jump in a while. Been a while. Sorry to hear you over here. Connected up here on regularly now Larry up here in Florence, Oregon. Refresh your memory like me once in a while.
Speaker A: Very good, Larry. I don't really get on my digital MD or whatever it is 380 anymore. I got it there. I should know it or something. I don't use it. How
Speaker C: are
Speaker A: you. How are you connecting it up to Carlos?
Speaker C: Sounds really good. I was looking for a
Speaker A: friend of mine in Rio Vista. Like we finished a music gig over here in San Francisco. Waiting in the car for the drummer who's driving and getting ready to go home. I hope you're doing well up there.
Speaker B: Yeah, doing fine, doing fine. Very routine life which I'm very thankful for and not much has changed since last time we talked this every day and a lot of all star and wildar and so on. Yeah once while I hear your call sign talk on.
Speaker A: Our local VSAR machine down this way has been off the air. I don't know what happened to it but it's been off the air. It should come back up this week I think. Don't know what happened. Anyway, yeah, good to hear you. My dipole and HF has gone really screwy. I don't know. I don't know how to. How to deal with it. I thought maybe one of the poles would fell down. It would be an easy matter of putting the poles putting a new pole up and attaching the wire to it. But everything seems in order so I don't know what to think. Let's get some more local hams are coming through it see what's going on.
Speaker B: Yeah, you know we never know, you know. Rub might have fallen on or whatever so I don't want to hold. Howdy to you. Nice to hear you.
Speaker A: Yeah, you too Larry. You know the drummer just got in the car. So. Very good. Take care. Good to hear you. I see your name on that list all the time actually quite a bit. So have a great evening. Enjoy the rest of it.
Speaker B: Hi Jim. Have a good drive back home. Have a good evening. 73.