Radio & Gear Swap Meet – Saturday, October 24, 11 AM–4 PM
Calling all ham radio enthusiasts, vintage radio collectors, and retro-tech lovers! Mark your calendars: October 24, 11 AM–4 PM at 1140 NW 46th St in Ballard. The Seattle Interactive Computer Museum is hosting a massive swap meet with something for everyone—vintage radios, ham radio equipment, arcade games, antique TVs, old computers, and more!
Here’s the best part: It’s completely FREE. No admission. No table fees. No commissions. Just fellow hobbyists sharing their passion for retro gear. This year, they’ve moved to a spacious indoor industrial space—plenty of room to spread out without competing for tables. Whether you’re looking to buy, sell, trade, or just browse, this is the event to hit.
Bringing gear? Fill out the quick survey at io/wp/swap-meet/ so they can plan for food and space. Plenty of parking available! https://sicm.io/wp/swap-meet/
The PSRG combined Rain or Shine and Noon Net will be exciting! Carve a pumpkin! See fellow hams in person! Drink coffee and eat pumpkin pie! Check into the net in person! All this and more! And it will actually be held on Halloween! How cool is that!
Join the fun on Halloween, from 11 AM to 3 PM, costumes encouraged but optional.
The next PSRG Educational Meeting will be on Saturday, November 14 on Zoom. The topic will be Working the Simplex Net, with Dan, KB7RYY and Jeff, KF7M. Find out who you can reach if even the repeaters are down, while the same weekend, you’re finding out which repeaters you can actually work.
Saturday November 14, 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Zoom Link
Meeting ID: 862 4513 5044
Passcode: 045902
Repeater Roundabout is a weekend-long event held on many local repeaters. The goal is to meet new people and work repeaters you might not usually key up. It’s also a great way to get started with ham radio contests for folk who are primarily repeater users. The PSRG 2 Meter, 6 Meter and DMR repeaters (if DMR is included) will be participating in the Roundabout.
The 5th Annual Repeater Roundabout will be held during the weekend of November 14th and 15th, 2026.
Last year, they made it into QST Magazine. Light up the airwaves and make some noise on the great repeaters in Washington and Idaho! Anyone with a ham radio license can participate. This is a friendly, collaborative event for all FM users on VHF and UHF.
Check out the Repeater Roundabout website for more information, rules, and participating repeaters, and check back periodically because it is updated with new participating repeaters as the dates approach.
The PSRG Board is considering various ways to expand our outreach, especially to new hams. One possibility is to establish a list of Elmers ready to help with questions an coaching. We are looking for volunteers to be part of a mailing list to which questions can be referred. We’re also looking for one or more volunteers to coordinate the program by forwarding questions to the appropriate Elmer. Members with different areas of expertise are needed so that questions can be directed to a person who can best help hopefully is close in proximity . If you wish to be a part of this traditional ham mentoring, contact Rich, K7RCH@Prettydarngood.net.
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Saturdays, weekly - THE SIMPLEX NET 146.56 @ 8 PM.
Monday October 12 is INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY.
Saturday, October 24 Seattle Interactive Computer Museum Swap Meet
Wednesday, November 11 is VETERANS' DAY
Saturday, November 14, 1:30 PM PSRG EDUCATIONAL MEETING on Zoom. Topic: TBA
Saturday-Sunday, November 14 & 15 is REPEATER ROUNDABOUT
Thursday, November 26, THANKSGIVING DAY
Saturday, December 12, PSRG BOARD MEETING at 1:30 PM on Zoom.
