Puget Sound Repeater Group

The Annual General Meeting was held online on February 8. The Board members reported on the status of PSRG, including a review of the past year, the treasurer’s report and tentative plans for the coming year. Besides updating the membership, a principal purpose of the meeting is to elect board members. Board members serve 2-year terms, with half the board members up for election each year. This year was unusual because in addition to the usual 3 open seats, two members who were not up for election asked to step down. Thus, the election was for three 2-year terms and two 1-year terms completing the terms of those who stepped down early.

Up for election for 2-year terms were the position of Vice President, held by Jack Wolfe KI7RMU, Board Slot 1 held by Jason Nierenberg KJ7GLB, the current Treasurer, and Board Slot 3, held by Brooks Courtright K9BDC, the current Secretary. Replacements were elected to fill the remaining 1-year terms of Board Slot 2, held by Quentin Caudron K7DRQ and Board Slot 4, held by Rebecca Sharkey KK7IJZ. In addition, Don Abeles W7UUL asked to step down as the License Trustee (appointed by the board).

Candidates were Brooks Courtright for Vice President (unopposed), and Jason Nierenberg, Madelyn Mills KJ7NUW, Kami Cline KJ7RAB, Robert Sartore KJ7RXM, and Charlie Wahl KC2STO for the open slots.

[Drum Roll] The results:

Brooks was elected Vice President, replacing Jack who chose not to run for re-election.

Jason and Madelyn were elected to the 2-year board slots; Robert and Kami were elected to the 1-year board slots.

After the membership meeting, a short Board meeting was held. The board appointed Jack to replace Don as Trustee and Jason agreed to continue as the Treasurer. A decision on the Secretary position was deferred.

Thank you, Don, for your 53 years of service to PSRG and for promising to stay involved in a less formal role.

Thank you, Jack, for your service as Vice-President, Secretary and Net Manager and for your willingness to contribute as Trustee. (We’ll see how you’re holding up in 53 years!)

Thank you, Quentin, for your years of service on the board in various positions and thank you Rebecca for your service as well.

Thank you to all who ran for the election, and congratulations to those who were elected!

Video of the Annual Meeting is available here: 2025 PSRG AGM and Elections Zoom Recording and on the PSRG Organization/Meeting Minutes page, along with the President’ Report and Treasurer’s Report slides.

Also during the meeting, a discussion was held about the distribution of donated equipment, and those slides are also available on the Minutes page.

Are you a new ham or a ham in need who could use some used equipment to help get your ham radio journey started or expanded? PSRG has an assortment of donated transceivers, antennas, power supplies, and other related amateur radio gear, which can be made available to PSRG members in good standing (i.e., current members and adhering to club and FCC regulations). Priority will be given to those requests that demonstrate a clear benefit to educational purposes (including enabling new hams to get on the air), emergency communication support, and activities that promote amateur radio to the broader community.

Equipment provided must be picked up at a mutually agreed upon location and will not be shipped to the requestor due to the cost to PSRG.

Members who wish to request equipment should be familiar with the policies and procedures linked below and must use the linked request form.

Donated Equipment Policy

Donated Equipment Process

Donated Equipment Request Form

The Mike & Key Electronics Show & Swap Meet is one of the largest annual Amateur Radio events in the Pacific Northwest.  It is held on the Washington State Fairgrounds during the first part of March, up to 3,000 Hams and non-Hams alike are drawn to a modern 40,000 square foot facility located on two floors of the Exhibition Hall with room for over 300 tables for selling radios, computers, and general electronics equipment.

There is an on-site snack bar and a consignment area.  License examinations are also given on-site.

Date:
March 8, 2025 9AM – 3PM

Location:
Pavilion Exhibition Hall, Washington State Fairgrounds
110 9th Avenue SW
Puyallup, WA

Admission:
$13 (under 16 free with adult)

Full Event Info:
Mike & Key Swap Meet

The Seattle/King County Clinic, a project of Seattle Center and Seattle Center Foundation, brings together healthcare organizations, civic agencies, nonprofits, businesses, and volunteers to produce the largest community-driven free health clinic of its kind in the United States.

The clinic has historically asked for ham volunteers to facilitate communications at the event. Although this year, they have transitioned to radios that do not require individual licenses, it is a good cause and they can still use experienced volunteer radio operators to assist with communications. Other volunteer opportunities are also available.

In addition to the opportunity to volunteer, the Clinic is an opportunity to obtain dental, vision, and medical care if you need it.

The next clinic will be held April 24 – 27, 2025 at Seattle Center. To volunteer, sign up at Volunteer Information – Seattle Center Foundation.

The main website is at Seattle/King County Clinic – Seattle Center Foundation

The PSRG Remote HF Station is ready! If you are a PSRG member, hold a valid FCC Amateur Radio License, and are interested in obtaining credentials to use the station, please fill out this FORM. (To register as a member  of PSRG, click Membership/Join on the menu at the top of this page–even if you already consider yourself a member.)

Once submitted, a member of the PSRG Remote HF Station Admin team will reach out to you with instructions on how to get logged in and start operating.

Although we are currently reviewing the site to make it as accessible as possible, it is hard for those without particular limitations to anticipate what problems users might have in accessing parts of the site. If you notice something that could be an obstacle, please let us know. Contact webmaster@psrg.org.

We have added a Photo Gallery page to the website. We are seeking photos of PSRG events beginning with 2018 Field Day, especially the Annual Dinner, Annual Meeting and 2018 Picnic. If you have photos to submit, email them to K7RCH@psrg.org. (Note, if you have trouble sending them, email Rich for help.)