Site Updates

We’re happy to report that the replacement tower at Jacks Peak is up and running! Site owner Summit Communications from Safford worked with Tucson based… Read More »Jacks Peak Standing Tall!

The Heliograph GMRS repeater had a brief maintenance outage this Sunday (12/17/23); the repeater itself was swapped out with an identical unit and a new… Read More »Heliograph Maintenance Update

The Mesa Rica 700 site is now online via microwave link, as opposed to an analog RF link. The modification establishes a direct microwave data… Read More »Mesa Rica 700 Microwave Upgrade

Volunteers with the SWCRS completed a number of site improvements as the Lemmon 650 site. The site suffered a tower failure during 2023’s winter storms,… Read More »Mt. Lemmon Site Repairs Completed

Both the Caballo 575 and Guthrie 600 machines are now back on the link. The repeaters were off-link due to some router gremlins; thanks to… Read More »Caballo 575 & Guthrie 600 Back On-Link

The Jacks Peak 625 machine is back online on a temporary antenna due to the tower failure that occurred on site. Coverage is reduced towards… Read More »Jacks Peak 625 Back On-Line

The Jacks Peak 625 repeater is currently offline due to a tower failure, a result of heavy winter storms moving through the area. We will… Read More »Jacks Peak 625 Tower Failure

Crew Tucson GMRS Assoc. Summary The faulty antenna on the Guthrie Peak repeater has been replaced; an initial disassembly of the faulty antenna revealed what… Read More »Guthrie 600: Antenna Replaced.

Crew Tucson GMRS Assoc. Summary The ‘Small Screw’ from Tucson GMRS ascended Guthrie Peak this past Saturday and performed work needed to bring the Guthrie… Read More »Guthrie 600 : Now Online!