RACES Meetings
PLEASE NOTE: JULY 2025 MEETING IS CANCELLED.
Sunday Night Net
Sunday Night Net for Amateur Radio
Operators, beginning at 7:00 pm.
Repeater: 443.725MHz, + 5.0 Offset, Tone: 156.7. NARROW BAND (as of 4/2025)
All area hams are welcome to join.
Summer and Fall are hams’ favorite seasons!
Meetings may be cancelled or limited because.....
Time to get out into the field and connect with other ham radio operators around the region, check out other radio rigs and tweak our own, learn tips and tricks from other seasoned hams and practice organizing and coordinating by networking with a common goal. How? By working with other hams in monitoring the safety of racers on some of the most difficult courses and challenging terrains in the NW! Think Big Foot (200 miles), Ragnar (200), Cascadia (50-100 miles), area marathons (26.2 miles), and other area racing adventures. Hams of all levels are welcome to participate. The skills learned in ham teamwork and making these connections are invaluable in preparing hams for real life emergency situations where they may be called up to assist first responders and communities.
EOC Radio Checks
This is a great training opportunity for our RACES members with amateur radio licenses.
EOC checks will start at 3:30 pm on the third Friday of each month at each of our EOCs. Advance notice required so we can organize staffing.
If you would like to participate in the monthly EOC radio checks, please use the Contact Us form. Current NEMCo IDs must be shown. Ham license required.
Our EOCs addresses.
RACES Meetings
RACES meetings will be in-person meetings and effective January 2025 will be held on the Fourth Wednesday of each month beginning at 7:00 pm.
In-person meetings:
Kenmore Fire Station 51
7220 NE 181st St, Kenmore, WA 98028
Winlink Checks
Amateur Radio Operators: To test our Winlink communications, please send K7RCH a Winlink Express message via Telnet once a week.
RACES MEETING NOTES
April 2025 Meeting
Provided by the Mike & Key Amateur Radio Club
After the presentation, RACES members were available to assist with downloading the new code plugs for the Snohomish County repeaters that have migrated to Narrow Band and have new tones so that our members' mobile and handheld transceivers are up to date
OCTOBER 2024 MEETING
October 23, 2024 concluded the meeting year where RACES announced a number of items:
Regular Activities Requiring Member Participation
Refresher on Prowords and Introductory Words.
The Member-only portion of this site contains additional information on this subject.
Planning for how RACES and CERT will participate in the Fifth Saturday State-Wide Drill (actually 11/23/2024) was discussed, with follow-up joint planning meetings to follow.
RACES MEETING DISCUSSION- April 2023
Tactical Message Training Summary (2023)
RACES Organization Chart (2023)
ALL VOLUNTEER MEETING - SEPT. 2023
HamWAN and AREDN Mesh Overview by Carl N7KUW (Seattle ACS)
RACES MEETING DISCUSSION- January 2022
Given the increased frequency of high wind events in our area, the
RACES meeting held a discussion of these very interesting documentaries
from Iowa:
A good overview of the storm:
The Iowa Derecho: In Their Own Words (Real-Time Documentary)
Also available: The Disaster and Amateur Radio:
There is also a PDF presentation from RATPAC:
Speaker/Presenter: Lee Garner, WA0UIG, ARRL Iowa Section Manager
Documents:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gzkzrie1jobx2xo/
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February 2022 -RACES MEETING PRESENTATION
Winlink Forms Basics, Jon Rumsey, K7RMZ, Feb. 2022. See the Winlink page for more Winlink resources.
March 9, 2022 -RACES MEETING PRESENTATION
See the Winlink page for the Summary of the 2022 Winlink Exercise.