Rib Mountain Repeater Association

RMRA Board Meeting - October 18, 2026
2026-10-18 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Virtual Meeting
Coming soon….

RMRA Board Meeting - September 20, 2026
2026-09-20 18:00 - 19:00 | Virtual Meeting

RMRA Board Meeting - August 16, 2026
2026-08-16 18:00 - 19:00 | Virtual Meeting
Coming soon…

RMRA Board Meeting - July 19, 2026
2026-07-19 18:00 - 19:00 | Virtual Meeting

WI9SM Hamfest
2026-07-11 | American Leigon post 434, 9327 S. Shepard Ave., Oak Creek, WI, 53154, United States
Location: American Leigon post 434
9327 S. Shepard Ave.
Oak Creek, WI 53154
Website: http://wi9sm.org
Sponsor: South Milwaukee Amateur Radio Club
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Talk-In: 146.910 PL127.3 Minus offset
Public Contact: Karen Burris , KC9WQJ
414 E Juneau Ave Apt # 210 Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone: 414-578-0492
Email: klb5353@gmail.com

Field Day 2026
2026-06-27 - 2026-06-28 | WI
More info to come….

RMRA Board Meeting - June 22, 2026
2026-06-22 20:45 - 22:00 | Virtual Meeting

FCARC Sunshine Swapfest
2026-06-20 08:00 - 13:00 | Sunnyview Expo Center, 500 E County Rd Y, Oshkosh, WI, 54901, United States
Location: Sunnyview Exposition Center Parking Lot
500 E County Rd. Y
Oshkosh, WI 54901
Website: https://fcarc.club/
Sponsor: Fox Cities Amateur Radio Club
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Talk-In: 146.76 pl 100
Public Contact: Carol Young , W9PIO
E5869 Clark St. Weyauwega, WI 54983
Phone: 920-915-8960
Email: W9PIO2024@gmail.com

Riverland ARC Swapfest
2026-06-06 08:00 - 17:00 | La Crosse American Legion, 711 6th St S, La Crosse, WI, 54601, United States
6/06/2026
Start Date: 06/06/2026
End Date: 06/06/2026
Location: La Crosse American Legion
711 6th St S
La Crosse, WI 54601
Website: http://rarc.qth.com
Sponsor: Riverland Amateur Radio Club
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Talk-In: 146.97 PL 131.8
Public Contact: David Peters , KB9EWG
321 Wagon Drive #430 West Salem, WI 54669
Phone: 608-799-6908
Email: kb9ewg@gmail.com

Green Bay Hamfest
2026-05-30 | Our Saviour Lutheran Church, 120 South Henry Street, Green Bay, WI, 54301, United States
05/30/2026
Start Date: 05/30/2026
End Date: 05/30/2026
Location: Our Saviour Lutheran Church
120 South Henry Street
Green Bay, WI 54301
Website: www.k9EAM.org
Sponsor: Green Bay Mike & Key CLub
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Talk-In: 147.120 PL 107.2
Public Contact: Todd Clausen , W9GRB
3082 Nicolet Drive Green Bay, WI 54311
Phone: 414-455-6374
Email: toddw9grb@gmail.com

RMRA Board Meeting - May 18, 2026
2026-05-18 20:45 - 22:00 | Virtual Meeting
RMRA Monthly Board Meeting Agenda
Date/Time: 5/18/2026 8:45 PM
Location: Jitsi Online Meeting
Primary Meeting: https://meet.rmra.club/RMRABoardMeeting
Backup Meeting Server: https://meet.jit.si/RMRABoardmeeting
Call meeting to order – KC9LFG
Secretary Report – KD9BFP

April Meeting Minutes

Treasurer Report – KC9NW

April Report
New members and renewals

Old Business

American Tower / Coloma Tower – Lease Formalization and Utilities

American Tower’s proposed $0 collocation lease for the Coloma tower site, including reimbursement of electricity costs, and to authorize club officers to complete required applications and documentation with American Tower’s onboarding and utility reimbursement process.
Progress Update

New Business

None

2026 Projects

2026 Ice Storm – HF Antenna – Rib Mountain

Removal/Replacement Update

Complete 6m repeater upgrades
146.82 Tait Repeater Installation
Backup Internet Link
2027 Hamfest

Present work that has been done so far

Finalize and choose

Commit to Hamfest
Location
Date/Times
Overall costs

Meshtastic

Meshtastic vs Meshcore
Hardware and location

Dean’s Experimentation with CradlePoint

Recap & Update of Systems

Rib Mountain System Activity

146.820 Linked
444.300 AllStar

Performed full backup
Changed logic for Severe WX Nets

146.730 Fusion

Hamvention – New DR-3X Repeater
Major Firmware Updates – V3

443.000 DMR
D-Star Stack
53.450 6 Meter
Server/Internet/Wireless Link

Brighton System Activity

145.410 Linked

Coloma System Activity

146.700
442.675

Website/Social Media/RMRA Store

No update

Board Member Roundtable

KC9WSC
KC9NW
KD9BFP
W9WRX
KC9LFG

Member Roundtable
Close Meeting – David Peters – KC9LFG
