There will be no Rocky Mountain Radio League Net on the following U.S. Federal holidays in 2020:
We had a great time! We always enjoy seeing familiar faces that we talk to regularly and meeting new people. The festivities included everyone selecting little presents that “Santa Joe” brought. A couple of lucky people were winners of the 900MHz radios that were donated by Society of Broadcast Engineer’s Jack Roland and brought in person by Skyler. The grand prize winner was our own Net Control Operator, Bruce, who won an AnyTone radio, donated by a generous person who wishes to remain anonymous.
The evening was capped off by our guest speakers, Trish, K9FOG, and Brian, K9ATK, each talking about their respective experiences and nets on the RMRL. Trish started the YL Family Net (great for ALL members of the family) and Brian is a co-host of the Pet Net (along with Becky, KD0AOE.)
A special guest, Thunder, attended in an ambassadorial capacity.
If you missed it this year, we hope you can join us next year!
Photo right: Treasurer Joe and wife Mimi
Photo right: James and Skyler
Thanks to Bruce, KB0PHD, for the photographs.
The annual RMRL holiday dinner will be held Wednesday, December 11, 2019 from 6:00 PM to about 8:30-9:00 PM. The location is the Golden Corral buffet restaurant, 3677 S. Santa Fe Drive in Sheridan (west side of Santa Fe immediately south of Hampden).
People can start eating around 6, we will take care of club business about 7, then Santa Joe will make sure everyone receives a gift! That will be followed by a presentation.
The evening will end with a drawing for a special grand prize gift. Must be a member in good standing (dues paid) and present to win! The special gift is courtesy of a generous donor. (Thank you!)
When you arrive at the restaurant, pay for your party individually and tell the cashier you are with the RMRL group. We look forward to seeing everyone there!
Prices (exclusive of tax. Drinks are $2.79 extra for adults/seniors if you want them. The kid prices include a drink):
Adults: $14.99
Seniors 60+: $13.99
Kids 4 to 8: $5.99
Kids 9 to 12: $6.99
The Swapfest is an annual event co-sponsored by the Aurora Repeater Association, The Cherry Creek Young Amateur Radio Club, and Rocky Mountain Ham Radio.
Location: Adams County Fairgrounds, 9755 Henderson Road, Brighton, CO
Date: Sunday, February 16, 2020
Time: Doors open to the public at 9:00am. Event ends at 1:00pm.
Admission: $5.00.
Talk-in frequency: 147.15 (+) 100Hz PL
VE Testing at 10:00a.m. See their PDF flyer for more information.
The Winter Hamfest is an annual event sponsored by the Northern Colorado Amateur Radio Club.
Location: The Ranch, Larimer County Fairgrounds, Thomas McKee 4H Building. Loveland, CO. To reach The Ranch, exit I-25 at Crossroads Blvd., Exit 259. Travel East 1 mile to Fairgrounds Avenue (County Road 5) and go North to the entrance.
Date: Saturday, January 18, 2020
Time: Doors open to the public at 8:00am. Event ends at 1:00pm.
Admission: $6.00.
Talk-in frequency: 448.025 (-) 100Hz PL
VE Testing at 9:30a.m. See their PDF flyer for more information.
Looking for a thoughtful gift for your ham radio friend? How about a membership to the RMRL? An individual or family membership (for all persons in a household) is just $20/per year.
Just go to Membership page. About halfway down the page is the membership application. All we need is the persons call sign, address, and phone number.
Just under the application “SEND” button is the payment information. We use PayPal to process our payments, you do NOT have to have a PayPal account to pay.
In the “Callsign and Comments” text box, be sure to include the note that you are paying for a gift membership and give the call sign and name of the person.
Because the membership and payment information are separate, knowing who you are paying for is the only way we have to connect the application and payment, so please be clear.
What if the person is already a member? We add your gift to their membership record and they won’t have to pay next year when their membership normally comes due.
If you would just like to give a one-time donation to the RMRL, go to the Contact Us page and look for the Donate button. Since the RMRL is a 501c3, your donation is tax deductible.
You can give year-round by making the Rocky Mountain Radio League your preferred 501c3 in the Amazon Smile program (see the Contact Us page for more information.)
As long as you are in a giving mood, the RMRL will be happy to take your gently used equipment to sell. All proceeds will go to the RMRL treasury. We can continue to bring you well-maintained and up-to-date repeaters for your ham radio hobby enjoyment.
E-mail Us
You can send an e-mail to us at or fill out the “Contact Us” form on any page of this website or below:
We are excited to announce the start of a new net, The Denver Area Scouts Net. This net is scheduled as follows:
open to all (boy and girl) Scouters, and anyone else with an interest in scouting.
The net to be an open forum with discussion around scouting (of course!), scouting related activities such as Jamboree on the Air, the World Scout Jamboree, and local Radio Scouting opportunities. We will also announce upcoming scouting events in Denver.
The net control operators will be George, KA0BSA and Roy, KB0RFF. Both are heavily involved with the Denver Area Council of Boy Scouts of America. George teaches Technician license classes monthly at Colorado Adventure Point (the Council’s activity center) and Roy is our RMRL Chartered Organization Representative for Boy Scout Troop 3 in Aurora.
Please join us and get in on the scouting fun!
Some of the upcoming Radio Scouting opportunities and events:
More to follow as events get closer.
If you have questions, please email Roy at or George for more information.
The SBE Chapter 73 of the air UHF/VHF Hamnet is (Monday) at 9 p.m. ET, (7pm MTN ) worldwide via Echolink KG0SKY-L, node 985839 (available via computer and radio), Allstar node 46079, DMR Talkgroup 310847, you can join us via Yaesu FUSION SYSTEM “YSF55411 “Skyhub SBE LINK – SBE Linkup” Try it with your hotspot. We are also on the WiresX room “SBENETCOM” node 46361, locally the 448.350 Fusion repeater. The SBE UHF/VHF Hamnet is based in Denver on 449.450, pl 103.5, and 448.975, pl 123.0. Soon 449.625 returns via ALLSTAR.
You can listen on the LIVE STREAM thru Broadcastify at: https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/25448/web
or https://hose.brandmeister.network/group/310847/
We hope you’ll join us.
See the latest edition of “The KE0VH Hamshack” for more information at www.ke0vh.com.
There will be no Rocky Mountain Radio League Net on the following U.S. Federal holidays in 2019:
Day: Every Thursday
Time: 1930 (7:30 p.m.) Mountain time
Hosted: RMRL repeater 145.340 (tone 103.5)
IRLP: 9618
Echolink: 29618
AllStar: 27408
The Pet Net has moved to a new time of 7:30 (19:30) on Thursday evenings. (We used to start at 7:00). We have a lot of fun and interesting discussions about all aspects of pet parenthood. We want YOU to join us!
Find us on the 145.340 (a negative offset and a tone of 103.5), IRLP node #3350. OR you can connect to us via IRLP (thank you, Friends Ham Radio Network) IRLP: 9618; Echolink: 29618; AllStar: 27408.
The topic for the week is usually posted in advance on our Facebook page. Be sure to visit us and post your suggestions for future topics, or share a link to an interesting article or product.
The Pet Net
Day: Every Thursday
Time: 1930 (7:30 p.m.) Mountain time
On Friday evening tune in to the same frequency at the same time for the YL Family Net. A fun, relaxing family-friendly net where third party check-ins are welcomed and encouraged and we just have fun talking to everyone: women, men, teens, and kids. Fun conversation-starter topics. The third Friday of the month is trivia night! (We don’t keep score, just have fun.)
By Steve Cosentino, KD0WMO
The topic for the Preparedness Net on 1/20/2018 was about apps that you use as part of your preparedness strategy. The RMRL expressed interest in publishing the list that we compiled, so here it is. Most apps are available for both platforms: iPhone and Android. Most are free unless otherwise noted.
Weather:
Quite a number of people mentioned their favorite weather app, and among those mentioned were:
Weather Radar:
Maps:
Ham Radio:
Police Scanners:
Medical:
Miscellaneous Apps:
*Other apps of this type are free.