The ARRL and FCC have granted us an Amateur Club Station Callsign; coordinated amateur activities involving the SWCRS will use the call sign: N7GMR Why… Read More »SWCRS Granted Amateur Club Station Callsign
We’re working on putting up an Amateur Radio DMR repeater in the northwest side of Tucson. This machine will be available to amateur radio operators… Read More »Coming Soon: SWCRS’ First DMR Repeater
Both the Caballo 575 and Guthrie 600 machines are now back on the link. The repeaters were off-link due to some router gremlins; thanks to… Read More »Caballo 575 & Guthrie 600 Back On-Link
The Jacks Peak 625 machine is back online on a temporary antenna due to the tower failure that occurred on site. Coverage is reduced towards… Read More »Jacks Peak 625 Back On-Line
The Jacks Peak 625 repeater is currently offline due to a tower failure, a result of heavy winter storms moving through the area. We will… Read More »Jacks Peak 625 Tower Failure
What Is It? Members of the SWRCS Extended Access Program (“XAP”) are granted access to high profile repeaters covering densely populated areas, along with access… Read More »SWCRS Extended Access Program
An update for everyone wondering what’s going on with several of the repeaters being locked down, the suspension of the access request system, and limited… Read More »Upcoming Changes
It’s time to start gearing up for Camp Kerchunk again; register for your spot today! We have booked all three groups sites at Luna Lake… Read More »Camp Kerchunk ’23
Howdy! David 960 here: As of yesterday (5/28) we’ve completed the necessary hardware changes at the Lemmon 650 site to enable voting/simulcasting capabilities and have… Read More »Tucson GMRS Repeater Changes
Results from the ’22 traffic survey are now available for download: Summary: For the most part, traffic levels on the network are acceptable, however almost… Read More »SWCRS ’22 Traffic Survey Results