Puget Sound Repeater Group

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Coming Events:

The PSRG QSO Party–beginning on June 1st, 0000 UTC, and ending on June 30th, 2359 UTC.  Details below.

Sunday Rain or Shine Nets—Details below.

This Website’s Menu is undergoing some reorganization. Temporarily, you may have a harder time finding items, but the revisions should be complete soon.

Board Policy on Site Accessibility–We can use your help! Although we are currently reviewing the site to make it as accessible as possible, it is difficult for those without a particular limitation to anticipate all of the possible problems users might have in accessing parts of the site. You will see some changes over the coming weeks aimed at ensuring that all our users can access the content, but if you notice something that could be an obstacle, please let us know. Contact webmaster@psrg.org.

Board Policy on Gatherings: In light of the uncertainty about when large group gatherings will be safe again, it is not a good use of volunteer time to plan for our normal events. Board Meetings and Educational Meetings will be held online until further notice.

Educational Programs Materials–The website has a new page (and menu item at the top of this home page) for educational material. Links to recordings of presentations or slide sets will be available.

Got photos of PSRG events? Contact K7RCH@PSRG.ORG.

Coming soon to a frequency near you!

The PSRG QSO Party is a month-long event to encourage contact between members of the Puget Sound Repeater Group outside of nets and without the use of the repeater, thereby practicing and promoting the radio art and building our community.

The PSRG QSO Party will begin on June 1st, 0000 UTC, and end on June 30th, 2359 UTC. 

The top five stations will each receive a gift card, courtesy of the PSRG ! Keep an eye on the contest website for a leaderboard.

Details and rules can be found here: PSRG QSO Party This event is meant to be fun, but please read the rules carefully and contact Quentin, K7DRQ if you have any questions.

Rain or Shine Net # 2 will be Sunday May 16th! Head over to Gas Works Park at 2101 N Northlake Way in Seattle and join the festivities. The net gets under way at 9 AM. Join Jack (KI7RMU) and Dr. Q (K7DRQ) for a doughnut and coffee and some coordinated radio mayhem.

Kami (KJ7RAB) will be doing the Noon Net from the park as well!

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 K7RAG@psrg.org. (Note, if you have trouble sending them, email Rich for help.)

Comm Academy, An emergency communications & amateur radio conference was held on April 10-11, 2021. Presentations are available in their archives. Information is available at the updated  website Comm Academy.

PSRG is adding a 6m repeater to the stable! Are you interested in helping out with some technical projects ? This is a call for volunteers looking to get into some repeater building work! We provide parts and mentoring.

1. We need an air-cooling system for the new 6m repeater, that will trigger when the transmitter’s PTT is pushed and stops maybe 30s after the PTT is dropped. Great project for an Arduino or similar.
2. The 6m repeater will be set up much like our 2m system, so we need someone interested in setting up the Raspberry Pis that will act as the Allstar nodes.
3. Finally, we need to be able to remotely control the repeater — power cycling, shutting down the transmitter, etc.. This is also an RPi project.

If you’re interested in helping out and learning a little about repeater systems, contact Quenton Caudron and he’ll connect you to the right person.

Update: The September PSRG Educational Meeting, Build that rig ! An exploration of home-built radios through the ages, with speakers Tim, WT1IM, and Quentin, K7DRQ was recorded. The session can be viewed here: September Educational Meeting

Weekly Simplex Voice and WinLink Peer-to-Peer Nets are happening on Saturday Nights at 8 PM or 2000 Pacific Time.

The Simplex Voice net is hosted by Vince KD7PVY on 146.550.

The Simplex P2P Winlink net is hosted by Charles KJ7GKQ on 445.550.

Come give them a try!