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Welcome to the FM38 Repeater Group


The FM38 repeater group is a collection of UHF Amateur ("Ham") Repeater systems in the state of Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. This is a privately owned system but available for use by any Amateur Radio operators. Currently there are 20 repeaters in the network providing coverage from Chicago IL to Sturgeon Bay WI and West to La Crosse, Chippewa Falls and beyond.

See our FAQ section for more information along with a list of repeater frequencies and locations.

Also visit our Facebook page for system updates, maintenance issues, etc.

https://www.facebook.com/FM38Repeater

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Baraboo

n9deg - 2025-11-29 17:51 - (39 Reads)
Baraboo has been down for approximately 1 week. We were hoping it was a weather related power issue however at this point we believe it is an equipment failure. It will take some time, weather permitting, to make a trip there for diagnosis and repair.

73
FM38

Manitowoc - Sorry for the late post

n9deg - 2025-11-29 17:47 - (45 Reads)
Hey Manitowoc!!
Welcome to the FM38 repeater network. Manitowoc has been online since 15-Nov, frequency of 442.600, PL 123.0. This has been added to the repeater list here.
Enjoy the new repeater
73
FM38

IrishFest 2025

n9deg - 2025-08-14 16:51 - (1336 Reads)
Irish Fest 2025
Starting mid-afternoon Thursday, August 14th and running through Sunday, August 17th, the Milwaukee site will be disconnected from the rest of the system. The ARES team will be using the repeater once again for bus coordination for Irish Fest shuttles.
Please limit your traffic on the system and give priority to the ARES coordinators.
If you would like to participate with many perks provided, sign up here: https://www.w9rh.org/ Scroll down a little until you see the Irish Fest information.
73
FM38


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