June 1st 2025 will be the last information net of the season. Please check in to hear what the summer will bring for the repeater. Everyone have a great summer and we will look forward to hear you on the repeater during that time. Keep checking back here for any more updates.

All, 

As some know we had a somewhat major repeater failure this week.  Our backup repeater served its purpose for sure.  The repeater in the last couple weeks has intermittently failed without us being able to pinpoint the issue until yesterday 4-24.  I made an unprepared trip up Wednesday and found that I was able to key the repeater and hear it but nobody could.  So being I wasn’t really prepared to be doing any technical test I put the backup repeater back in service and planned to comeback the next day better prepared.  I was accompanied by Alex KD6VPH and we tested the output power of the repeater and found it was basically nonexistent.  This pointed us in the direction that the exciter was working but not the PA final amplifier.  After a little research this is about the only failure in the Kenwood TKR-750 repeaters.  When we opened it up we found that one of the PA final transistors connections had heated up and desoldered itself (see picture). We will try and clean and resolder it and test it for proper operation and go from there.

Sale List

Icom IC-781 HF radio $1000 OBO

Icom IC-R7000 Receiver $300 OBO

Yaesu FL-2100B HF amp $800 OBO

Commscope CNT-400 coax $0.50 per foot

For specs copy paste link below

https://www.andrew.com/globalassets/digizuite/110932-p360-cnt-400-external.pdf

2 rolls 100 feet

2 rolls 15 feet

1 roll 38 feet

1 roll 66 feet

1 roll 98 feet

If interested in any of these items, please contact Jeremy AG7WT by clicking here.

SEA-PAC 2025, the ARRL Northwestern Division Convention, is open for
registration at www.seapac.org! This year’s theme is “Be Radio Active.”
Join us May 30 to June 1, 2025 in beautiful Seaside, Oregon. Gordon West
will be our keynote speaker at this year’s banquet, and will offer his
popular Instructor Forum. Come for the exhibitors, flea market tables,
Radios on the Beach, opportunities to win prizes, and our Friday evening
reception where you can meet and mingle with other hams, including ARRL
leaders.

For more information, see the SEA-PAC website, www.seapac.org. See you
at SEA-PAC!

Numerous hamfairs are listed here including Puyallup:
Pacific Northwest Hamfairs

The Repeater group is looking for donations for this event. We will have two tables at this event. This is how we raise funds for the upkeep of our repeater system. If you have anything that you would like to donate, please contact any board member and we will gladly accept your donation of any good working piece of equipment, large or small!

The date for the general meeting is going to be February 8, 2025 at the South Bay fire dept starting at 1:00 PM.

Also announced is the date for the annual picnic. It will be depending on availability of the kitchen at the park attentively scheduled for August 2, 2025.

More information will be following soon!

Results

The contest is over ! Many thanks to those who participated; we hope you had fun. Check back next year for the next Repeater Roundabout !

Here are some stats on the contest, based on the logs received. These numbers are underestimates, because we are missing a good number of logs !

• Total number of contacts made : 1,906
• Number of unique operators contacted : 211
• Number of repeaters activated : 108
• Number of participants who submitted logs : 27

Please don’t hesitate to send us your thoughts and feedback, either by email at quentincaudron@gmail.com or on our Discord server.

Leaderboard

Many congratulations to our winner, AG7LR ! Go to this link (Repeater Roundabout) to see the individual contestants. Click on the names to see how they did.

Club Standings

These are the total number of activations on the repeaters belonging to each club, including duplicate contacts on the same repeater.

Rank	Group	Activations
1	Kitsap County Amateur Radio Club	217
2	Boeing Employees Amateur Radio Society	159
3	Puget Sound Repeater Group	147
4	Seattle Auxiliary Communications Service	132
5	Lake Washington Ham Club	95
6	Mike & Key Amateur Radio Club	85
7	Snohomish County Auxiliary Communications Service	73
8	Bruce WB7DOB’s repeater system	68
9	Highline Amateur Radio Club	66
10	Barry K7PAL’s repeater system	63
11	Kitsap County Amateur Radio Club	62
12	Radio Club of Tacoma	53
13	SeaTac Repeater Association	49
14	Federal Way Amateur Radio Club	45
14	Western Washington Medical Services Emergency Communications	45
16	Tom N7OEP’s repeater system	41
17	Mercer Island Radio Operators	35
18	Pierce County ARES	33
18	West Seattle Amateur Radio Club	33
20	Mark K7DK’s repeater system	29
21	Steve N9VW’s repeater system	28
22	Eatonville Amateur Radio Club	27
23	Bainbridge Amateur Radio Club	23
24	K6RFK’s repeater system	20
24	Radio Amateurs of Skagit County	20
26	Capitol Peak Repeater Group	18
27	Jefferson County Amateur Radio Club	17
28	Olympia Amateur Radio Society	16
29	Seattle Auxiliary Commonications Service	13
30	Western Washington DX Club	10
31	Island County Amateur Radio Club	9
31	Kent Communications Support Team ARC	9
33	Snohomish County Hams Club	8
34	Mason County Amateur Radio Club	7
34	Matt KC7EQO’s repeater system	7
34	San Juan County Amateur Radio Club	7
37	Lake Chelan Amateur Radio Club	6
38	Boeing Employees Amateur Radio Operators North Society	4
38	Madigan Army Medical Center	4
38	Stanwood-Camano Amateur Radio Club	4
41	Mount Baker Amateur Radio Club	3
42	Carl K7CH’s repeater system	2
42	Everett Auxiliary Communications Service Club	2
42	Greater Kingston Radio Club	2
42	Kamiak Butte Amateur Repeater Association	2
42	Methow Valley Amateur Radio Club	2
42	Whatcom Emergency Communications Group	2
48	Charlie N7KN’s repeater system	1
48	Gobblers Knob Repeater Group	1
48	K7RHT	1
48	Marrowstone Island Amateur Radio Club	1
48	Michael N3KPU’s repeater system	1
48	North Idaho Repeater Group	1

Repeater Standings

This table shows how many contacts were made on each repeater, including duplicates. The Readability score is the average signal report across all reports for that repeater – it’s the number of the CM report, or the R in an RS(T) report.

Rank	Group	Frequency	Activations	Readability
1	Kitsap County Amateur Radio Club	146.620	150	4.79
2	Puget Sound Repeater Group	146.960	133	4.82
3	Boeing Employees Amateur Radio Society	145.330	123	4.92
4	Barry K7PAL’s repeater system	444.700	63	4.6
4	Lake Washington Ham Club	145.490	63	4.17
4	Mike & Key Amateur Radio Club	146.820	63	4.86
7	Seattle Auxiliary Communications Service	444.550	52	4.5
8	Kitsap County Amateur Radio Club	146.620	48	4.8
9	Snohomish County Auxiliary Communications Service	146.920	36	4.72
10	Highline Amateur Radio Club	146.660	34	4.09
10	SeaTac Repeater Association	441.550	34	4.38
12	Pierce County ARES	145.370	33	3.64
13	Boeing Employees Amateur Radio Society	442.075	32	4.97
14	Western Washington Medical Services Emergency Communications	146.900	31	4.19
15	Radio Club of Tacoma	147.280	30	3.5
15	Seattle Auxiliary Communications Service	442.875	30	4.2
17	Mark K7DK’s repeater system	440.950	29	3.76
18	Federal Way Amateur Radio Club	146.760	26	4.35
18	Lake Washington Ham Club	441.075	26	4.35
20	Kitsap County Amateur Radio Club	442.650	25	4.32
20	Seattle Auxiliary Communications Service	442.300	25	3.88
20	Tom N7OEP’s repeater system	443.175	25	4.16
20	West Seattle Amateur Radio Club	441.800	25	3.52
24	Highline Amateur Radio Club	443.100	24	4.38
24	Kitsap County Amateur Radio Club	441.175	24	4.67
26	Bainbridge Amateur Radio Club	444.475	23	3.25
26	Eatonville Amateur Radio Club	146.700	23	4.13
28	Bruce WB7DOB’s repeater system	147.300	22	4.27
28	Mike & Key Amateur Radio Club	224.120	22	3.82
28	Radio Club of Tacoma	145.210	22	3.68
28	Steve N9VW’s repeater system	147.100	22	4.64
32	Mercer Island Radio Operators	147.160	20	4.45
32	Radio Amateurs of Skagit County	145.190	20	4.0
34	Capitol Peak Repeater Group	145.470	18	4.11
34	Kitsap County Amateur Radio Club	444.075	18	4.22
36	Bruce WB7DOB’s repeater system	145.410	17	4.29
36	Jefferson County Amateur Radio Club	145.150	17	3.94
38	Federal Way Amateur Radio Club	442.950	16	4.88
38	Olympia Amateur Radio Society	441.400	16	3.56
38	Tom N7OEP’s repeater system	53.330	16	4.5
41	K6RFK’s repeater system	147.340	15	3.93
41	Mercer Island Radio Operators	440.150	15	4.07
41	Snohomish County Auxiliary Communications Service	443.725	15	4.53
44	Kitsap County Amateur Radio Club	442.650	14	4.79
44	Puget Sound Repeater Group	52.870	14	4.86
44	Western Washington Medical Services Emergency Communications	443.550	14	3.93
47	Seattle Auxiliary Communications Service	443.200	13	3.54
48	Bruce WB7DOB’s repeater system	147.140	10	4.5
48	Bruce WB7DOB’s repeater system	444.675	10	3.92
48	SeaTac Repeater Association	443.050	10	4.6
48	Western Washington DX Club	147.000	10	5.0
52	Kent Communications Support Team ARC	147.320	9	3.11
52	Seattle Auxiliary Commonications Service	444.550	9	4.33
54	Snohomish County Hams Club	147.180	8	4.5
54	West Seattle Amateur Radio Club	145.130	8	3.75
56	Island County Amateur Radio Club	147.220	7	4.0
56	Matt KC7EQO’s repeater system	442.100	7	4.14
56	Seattle Auxiliary Communications Service	440.600	7	4.0
56	Snohomish County Auxiliary Communications Service	146.780	7	4.43
60	Bruce WB7DOB’s repeater system	224.760	6	3.5
60	Lake Chelan Amateur Radio Club	146.820	6	4.67
60	Mason County Amateur Radio Club	146.720	6	4.67
60	Snohomish County Auxiliary Communications Service	442.975	6	4.67
64	K6RFK’s repeater system	442.775	5	4.0
64	San Juan County Amateur Radio Club	224.480	5	4.4
64	Seattle Auxiliary Communications Service	443.475	5	4.2
67	Boeing Employees Amateur Radio Operators North Society	443.925	4	4.75
67	Boeing Employees Amateur Radio Society	224.340	4	5.0
67	Eatonville Amateur Radio Club	224.180	4	4.0
67	Highline Amateur Radio Club	441.125	4	4.0
67	Highline Amateur Radio Club	443.700	4	4.5
67	Madigan Army Medical Center	442.750	4	5.0
67	SeaTac Repeater Association	224.440	4	3.25
67	Snohomish County Auxiliary Communications Service	224.380	4	4.0
67	Steve N9VW’s repeater system	443.325	4	4.0
76	Federal Way Amateur Radio Club	442.925	3	4.33
76	Lake Washington Ham Club	53.170	3	2.67
76	Lake Washington Ham Club	224.360	3	3.0
76	Mount Baker Amateur Radio Club	146.740	3	3.33
76	Snohomish County Auxiliary Communications Service	444.200	3	4.33
81	Bruce WB7DOB’s repeater system	441.375	2	3.5
81	Everett Auxiliary Communications Service Club	440.175	2	4.0
81	Greater Kingston Radio Club	444.725	2	4.0
81	Island County Amateur Radio Club	146.860	2	5.0
81	Methow Valley Amateur Radio Club	147.320	2	4.0
81	Seattle Auxiliary Commonications Service	440.525	2	5.0
81	Seattle Auxiliary Commonications Service	443.025	2	4.0
81	Snohomish County Auxiliary Communications Service	444.025	2	3.0
81	Stanwood-Camano Amateur Radio Club	147.360	2	5.0
81	Stanwood-Camano Amateur Radio Club	223.880	2	5.0
81	Steve N9VW’s repeater system	53.830	2	4.5
81	Whatcom Emergency Communications Group	442.250	2	4.0
93	Bruce WB7DOB’s repeater system	442.625	1	4.0
93	Carl K7CH’s repeater system	53.030	1	5.0
93	Carl K7CH’s repeater system	145.275	1	3.0
93	Charlie N7KN’s repeater system	441.425	1	4.0
93	Gobblers Knob Repeater Group	53.410	1	5.0
93	K7RHT	147.000	1	5.0
93	Kamiak Butte Amateur Repeater Association	147.280	1	2.0
93	Kamiak Butte Amateur Repeater Association	147.320	1	3.0
93	Marrowstone Island Amateur Radio Club	440.725	1	4.0
93	Mason County Amateur Radio Club	927.4125	1	5.0
93	Michael N3KPU’s repeater system	145.230	1	5.0
93	North Idaho Repeater Group	53.390	1	5.0
93	Radio Club of Tacoma	440.625	1	4.0
93	San Juan County Amateur Radio Club	146.700	1	4.0
93	San Juan County Amateur Radio Club	443.450	1	2.0
93	SeaTac Repeater Association	927.2125	1	5.0

Quentin K7DRQ (quentincaudron@gmail.com)  •  2024

Are you wondering what went on this past summer? Are you also wondering what is in store for the coming year? Do you want to hear about the history of this repeater? Well starting November 3rd, you may just get some of your questions answered. The Sunday night informational net will be starting up that night at 8:00 PM on the 145.47 Capitol Repeater group repeater with a PL tone of 100 hz, and will run for approximately 30 minutes. You don’t have to be a member of this repeater to participate. Please come and join us. See you then! Remember Sunday November 3rd at 8:00 PM.