A new repeater has been successfully added to the SWCRS system in the community of Portal, located in Cochise County. This installation was made possible… Read More »SWCRS Southeast Hub Update: Cochise County GMRS Repeater – Portal, Arizona
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?
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
The 5151 repeater received a squelch adjustment this week following a site visit and on-air testing. The settings were fine-tuned to better accommodate stations that… Read More »5151 550 (Yes, All the Numbers) Repeater Squelch Adjustment Improves Weak-Signal Performance
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
Summary We traveled to the Guthrie Peak site today, skirting the trailing edge of a winter storm, leaving Tucson at around 4:00am. The timing made… Read More »Guthrie 600 Repeater: Winter Site Visit, Repairs, and Programming Updates
[Initial Report, Outage 1/11/2026] The following repeaters are currently off network; to our knowledge they are operating normally in standalone mode Members are advised to… Read More »Resolved: Tucson 600 & Guthrie 600 Network Issues
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