Every Saturday morning this summer, while most of Tucson was still asleep, a small crew of SWCRS volunteers was already climbing Mt. Lemmon Highway —… Read More »Behind the Mic: SWCRS Volunteer Comms at the 2026 Easy Peasy Lemmon Squeezy
We’re excited to announce a new weekly net for the Phoenix and Casa Grande areas, hosted by Thor WRPG800 When: Sundays at 5:00 PM MST.Where:… Read More »Announcing the Heliograph Peak 700 Regional Net
We’re excited to announce a new weekly net for the Phoenix and Casa Grande areas, coordinated by Nick, WSFN768! When: Sundays at 5:00 PM MST.Where:… Read More »Announcing the Pinal 675 Regional Net
We’re excited to announce a new weekly net for the Tucson area, coordinated by Mike, WSFN474! When: Sundays at 5:00 PM MST.Where: The Tucson 600… Read More »Announcing the Tucson 600 Regional Net
A message from David Adriaanse, WQVS960, AZ License Holder, Southwest Community Radio System In Reference to: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-26-821A1.pdf Dear members: I want to be straight with… Read More »A Change to Our Arizona Repeater Network, and a Call to Action
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
Easy Peasy Lemmon Squeezy – Tucson Tri-Girls Club The Tucson Tri-Girls Club’s Easy Peasy Lemmon Squeezy is coming up, and we’re building a communications team… Read More »Call for Operators: Easy Peasy Lemmon Squeezy 2026
Hello, everyone! I wanted to share a fun experiment that’s been growing here in Tucson over the last few months. It all started one night… Read More »The Tucson Simplex Experiment: Keeping it Local in the Old Pueblo
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)
Recently, there’s been a surge of online discussion suggesting that the FCC is “adding low-band VHF to GMRS.” Before anyone starts clearing space in the… Read More »Op-Ed: Low-Band VHF and GMRS – What’s Actually Happening?