disc plate 19 is sensed by a magnetic pickup 21 in a meter register 20 mounted on the meter housing 11 the magnetic pickup 21 is connected to a gear train as disclosed in strobel u s pat no 4 868 566 and other patents granted to the assignee herein which converts revolutions of the magnetic pickup 21 to rotations of a gear representing units of consumption for water flowing through the metering chamber 18 as known from strobel u s pat no 4 868 566 these rotations are converted to electrical pulses which are counted as units of consumption of water these signals 22 are transmitted through a cable to a radio transceiver 25 in the case of a separate assembly in alternative embodiments these signals 22 can also be transmitted through an internal electrical connection to a radio transceiver 25 that is assembled with the meter register 20 in a single housing or an integrated housing the radio transceiver 25 includes a radio transmitter portion and a radio receiver portion the radio transmitter portion converts the utility consumption signals to a radio frequency signaling protocol for transmission back to a network data collector 28 through a wireless network although this embodiment includes an electromechanical type.