NEMCo is a partnership among the cities of Kenmore and Lake Forest Park, and Shoreline Fire Department to maximize each of the participating agencies emergency preparedness efforts and resources to serve our Northshore community.
NEMCo HAM RADIO Meetings
Sunday Night Net
Sunday Night Net for Amateur Radio
Operators, beginning every Sunday evening 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.
RACES Meetings
RACES meetings will be in-person meetings and Third Tuesdays of each month beginning at 7:00 pm.
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.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
RACES/HAM MEETINGS WILL NOW BE HELD ON THE THIRD TUESDAYS OF EACH MONTH, beginning at 7:00pm. Kenmore Fire Station 51.
Note that these meetings are open to all amateur radio or even those contemplating getting their ham license! The meetings typically consist of an introductory portion, a mini-training on essential fundamental radio skills and techniques, and an opportunity to get help with any of your radio questions.
The 2026 Mike & Key public service booklet can be downloaded at https://www.mikeandkey.org/pamphlet.php. It provides a terrific list of area events seeking ham participation. Pick an event and reach out to the indicated contact to let them know you'd like to help out.
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 EOC addresses.
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
PRESENTATIONS OF RELEVANCE AT RACES MEETINGS
Some topics of ongoing general ham applicability occurred at the 2023-24 meetings. For example, member participation goals, use of prowords and introductory words for tactical message traffic, and technology discussions, e.g., HamWAN.
Regular Activities Requiring Member Participation
Refresher on Prowords and Introductory Words.
The Member-only portion of this site contains additional information on this subject.
Tactical Message Training Summary (2023)
RACES Organization Chart (2023)
HamWAN and AREDN Mesh Overview by Carl N7KUW (Seattle ACS)
The Iowa Derecho disaster is of ongoing interest not only
because of the wide-scale of the disaster, but for hams,
it also highlights how hams responded to assist the
community.
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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WinLink PRESENTATION
Winlink Forms Basics, Jon Rumsey, K7RMZ, Feb. 2022. See the Winlink page for more Winlink resource
See the Winlink page for the Summary of the 2022 Winlink Exercise.