If you’ve been looking for a practical way to expand your amateur radio capabilities and get hands-on experience with digital modes, scheduled airtime nets are… Read More »Elevate Your Ham Radio Skills: Why You Should Join the SWCRS Winlink Net
Hey everyone, The summer heat is officially rolling into the desert valleys, which means it’s time for our favorite annual tradition: packing up the gear,… Read More »Deployed in the Pines: SWCRS Snipe Club to Tackle 2026 ARRL Field Day at Luna Lake
A crew consisting of David WQVS960, Bill WQXE928 and David-2 WRJF717 rolled up to the Mt. Lemmon site at 9:00 AM Saturday with a long… Read More »Mt. Lemmon Work Party – A Productive Day at the Summit
A message from the admin team: SWCRS Members: We’re excited to share that several of our mountaintop systems will be placed into service in support… Read More »SWCRS Repeaters Supporting Arizona Monster 300 – Limited Operations (March 27 – April 3)
We recently held our first SWCRS Winlink Net. SWCRS may be based in the Southwest, but participation wasn’t limited to our region. We had six… Read More »SWCRS Winlink Net Kickoff
Overview In the world of emergency communications, redundancy is king. While we often rely on the robust Southwest Community Radio System (SWCRS) repeater network for… Read More »Digital Resilience in the Desert: The SWCRS Winlink Net
This year’s Winter Field Day on January 24–25 was a great experience for SWCRS Snipe Club; our contesting branch that’s slowly been gaining traction over… Read More »Winter Field Day with SWCRS Snipe Club
We are happy to announce the successful deployment of a new amateur radio repeater on Mt. Lemmon. The new repeater hardware was sponsored and installed… Read More »TRASH Radio Online on Lemmon
We’ve added a Yaesu 2-meter VHF repeater to the site on Mt. Lemmon; it is available on 146.680mhz with a negative offset. This one is… Read More »Yaesu C4FM Lemmon Repeater Online
Operators: Event Overview: The SWCRS (Southwest Community Radio System) had a blast participating in the ARRL Field Day on Mt. Graham, Arizona. Picture this: overcast… Read More »’24 ARRL Field Day Summary