Here are the latest updates to the KCARC website:
Just a reminder, the Kittitas County Auxilliary Communications Service (KCACS) has moved its net to Monday evenings at 18:30 PDT. As a reminder, this is a directed net. However, visitors are welcome to check in once the roll call has been completed.
Due to the 4th of July holiday, the July meeting for the Kittitas County Amateur Radio Club (KCARC) will be Saturday July 12, 2025 at 8:00 am at the Sunset Cafe in Cle Elum.
At the suggestion of Colby, KK7AGW, we've started a new net on Wednesday nights, called the "What's Up Wednesday Net", 7 pm on the Sky Meadows UHF repeater. 442.200 MHz, +offset, tone: 131.8 Hz. This is a purely social net, so drop on by, and say hello!
We realize that there are coverages issues for Sky Meadows UHF, and that you might like to try other frequencies and times. For those with Technician class licenses, we can meet on HF in the 10m band between 28.3 and 28.5 MHz, or on 6m SSB or FM. We also have quite a few repeaters in the county, including repeaters that cover the Upper County. Please contact one of the officers, or drop by the net with your suggestions.
There are a number of operating events coming up that offer good opportunities to either contest or get your feet wet making contacts around the bands.
| Parks On The Air (POTA) Support Your Parks Weekend |
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3rd Full Weekend of July. July 19-20, 2025
There are always a lot of people activating POTA parks for anyone to work them. You can work (hunt) the activated parks from home, portable station, or mobile. This will be an opportunity to work parks on all of the HF bands. If you are a Tech licensee, the Tech segment of the 10m band (28.3-28.5 MHz) is often busy with POTA activators. Check the spotting pages, as some activators also work VHF and UHF Simplex operations. Take the opportunity to work a target rich environment. If you create an account at POTA, you will be able to download a hunter's certificate for the contacts that you make on the weekend. The POTA site also has a spotting function that can allow you to filter the list by band and mode. For more details, see the POTA Website to see how it works. Support Your Parks Weekends runs once per quarter. Remaining dates for 2025:
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The schedule for upcoming Kittitas County ACS meetings and training sessions are being developed for next year. The regular 4th Thursday administrative meetings for the rest of 2024 are cancelled due to the holidays.
Starting in Jan, 2025, training will be scheduled starting at 1000 am on the first Saturday of the month, at Hogue Hall, CWU. Paul, N7ECT, is currently working on developing a training schedule. Administrative meetings will be moved to the 4th Tuesday of the month, with the first meeting expected to be Jan 28, 2025.
Details of the upcoming training sessions and meetings will be provided via Groups.io email.
Some of you may be coming to this website for the first time as a result of the mailing of a flyer put out to the club to the active Amateur Radio licensees in Kittitas County. I would like to welcome you here. Please take a look around at some of the things we've been working on, or the activities we've had in the past. We have a new slate of officers nominated for next year, so it will be interesting to see what they have planned for us. As soon as the election takes place, and as soon as I get any information, I will post it here.
I'd like to thank Dave, KI7GMG and his wife Jan, and my wife Maryann, for their help in getting the mailers out to the hams in the county.
KCARC would like to thank Carly Brettman for her work in putting together the new club mailer and flyer. For a glimpse of the new flyer, click on the image below.
Check out more of Carly's work at her website.
The Kittitas County Amateur Radio Club (KCARC) is now an ARRL Affiliated Club.
KCARC changed its name at the December 2, 2023 meeting from the Kittitas County Amateur Communication Service (KCARCS). We are keeping old content from the KCARCS days, as it is part of our club history. We are also updating the website, and adding new sections and more information over the coming months, so please check back often.
If you are interested in joining the club, or just visiting with us to see what's going on, in-person meetings are generally the first Saturday of the month at 8am, unless there is a holiday or special event. Meetings are generally held at The Palace Cafe in Ellensburg, but we also try to hold them in the Upper Kittitas County.
Meeting dates and times are posted on the website, and are sent by email to club members.
Find us on Facebook: Kittitas County Amateur Radio Club
Find us on QRZ: N7KGS
Dues paying members are welcome to join us on: Groups.io
| When: | Saturday July 12, 2025 at 08:00 AM |
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| Where: | The Sunset Cafe in Cle Elum, WA. |
| Output | Input | Tone | |
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| Sky Meadows VHF | 147.360 | 147.960 | 131.8 |
| Sky Meadows UHF | 442.200 | 447.200 | 131.8 |
| Ellensburg VHF | 146.720 | 146.120 | 131.8 |
| Stampede Pass VHF | 147.360 | 147.960 | 141.3 |
| Stampede Pass UHF | 442.200 | 447.200 | 141.3 |
| Beverly UHF | 442.200 | 447.200 | 141.3 |
| Wilson Creek VHF | 147.160 | 147.760 | 131.8 |
| Output | Input | Tone | |
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| Sun East VHF (2m) Repeater | 147.000 | 147.600 | 131.8 |
| Sun East UHF (70cm) Repeater | 444.45 | 449.45 | 131.8 |
| Sun East 6m - 50 MHz | 52.800 | 51.100 | 131.8 |