Welcome to Lakeshore Repeater Association KR9RK
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2019 Radio Expo! Northern Illinois Largest Hamfest Sunday September, 29th.
The Chicago FM Club will host the ARRL Hamfest at Boone County Fairgrounds on Sunday September 29th, 2019.
This is one not to miss before the cold winter arrives! Location: Boone County Fairgrounds
8791 IL-76
Belvidere, IL 61008
Starts at 6am! Flyer link below.
Lakeshore Repeaters. Your support helps us keep communications up when disasters strike in our area.
Main Site repeaters online. State of the Art continuous Ham Duty Motorola SLR series repeaters have cutting edge technology DMR digital and analog modes for reliable 24/7/365 use with automated battery backup charging system with full online diagnostics. Analog and DMR Digital receiver site voting sites are under construction and we need your continued support! Your donation to Lakeshore helps maintain its repeater sites, keeping them on the air with readiness to volunteer and serve in SE Wisconsin communities for a reliable emergency communications backbone when disasters strike!
About Us
Lakeshore Repeater KR9RK Main Site Racine Wisconsin
Lakeshore Repeater Association has been organized since 1975. We are a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable corporation dedicated to providing local area Hams in SE WI and NE IL with excellent repeater coverage on both analog and digital DMR modes. Pictured is our dual band transmitter antenna standoff at 380 feet for 2m and 70cm analog/DMR digital repeaters. 3 Repeaters are maintained at our main site in Racine with a receiving antenna topping the tower at 465 feet. 2 analog and 1 DMR digital.
2m 147.270 + .6 and 70cm 442.000 + 5 Mhz both with a PL tone of 127.3 Hz. Our DMR digital dual voice capacity time slot repeater is connected to the ChicagoLand C-bridge Network with Ham radio contacts and talk groups to be accessed and heard from all over the world! This repeater has 5 plus digital voted receiver sites for optimal portable coverage on 440.00625 + 5 using Color Code 9. Our primary talk group is WI State 3155 on time slot one. Active full time. See our DMR Sites page for more details on DMR.
Racine, Kenosha, Sturtevant and Union Grove digital voting receiver sites improves our portable coverage.
Downtown Kenosha voting receiver site for both 70cm DMR and 2m analog repeaters.
Ham Friendly Social Breakfasts every Saturday Morning!
See our calendar to join us for our weekly Ham Breakfast scheduled Bi-Weekly in Racine and Kenosha. Every Saturday Morning at 8am!
Lakeshore Board Of Directors and Appointed Committees
2019 Board of Directors
& appointed members of the Board
President
Mike Waschbisch
Vice President
Robin Mather
Secretary
Vicki Waschbisch
Treasurer
Dave Wyatt
Trustee
Sean Marschke
Technical Director
Todd Miller
Committees
Appointed Committee Chairs
Activities/Social
Dwayne Devore
DMR Technical
Kevin Drissel
Analog Technical
Gene Haney
By-Laws
Ken Rugaber - Membership committee chair for proposed By-Law amendments in 2019.
Lakeshore Repeater Association Inc.