FM38 Repeater

A:  FM38 is derived from our main repeater frequency, 443.800 (3.8) and the fact that we of course use FM as our mode.

A:  Not really. We are more like a benovolent dictatorship :-)

About a decade ago we used to keep a roster, make newsletters, had public functions and sort of acted like a club. Sometimes people would even donate to cover administrative costs. We soon learned that if there is no club, people can't complain as much. If free isn't good enough - spin your dial.

A:  World domination, of course. Actually, we plan to link about a dozen or so UHF repeaters together in the eastern half of Wisconsin. We plan to cover where our core users go, not try to cover the whole state. We will strive for technical excellence and innovation.

A:  Try sending email to emil@fm38.org. We will do our best to answer your questions.

A:  The 443.800 Milwaukee repeater has six (6) receive sites, a hub site and a transmit site. There are also currently nine (9) linked UHF repeaters with more planned.

A:  Open, of course be aware that you are using multiple repeaters and not a local simplex frequency. It is designed to provide wide area coverage for hams that normally would not be able to communicate. When possible QSY to a local repeater or simplex to minimize network traffic.

A:  As of 07/15/2009:


443.800+ Milwaukee, WI
442.350+ Allenton, WI
444.600+ Fond Du Lac, WI
443.625+ Oshkosh, WI
444.950+ Berlin, WI (North of Ripon and Green Lake)
444.500+ Baraboo, WI
444.150+ North Prairie, WI (SW Waukesha County)***Down for maintenance***
443.000+ Cambridge, WI (Near Madison)***Down for maintenance***

442.600+ Trevor, WI * (WI/IL State Line Near I94) This systems is owned and operated by Rick KA9VZD. Linked to FM38 from 7AM-11PM unless otherwise authorized by KA9VZD.

All repeaters require 123.0hz CTCSS for access.

On the drawing board for 2009:
New voting hardware and digital audio board @ 443.800 Milwaukee.
Rebuild of North Prairie and Cambridge systems.

A:  Yes. We support both IRLP and Echolink. The codes are available to control operators only. Echolink inbound connections are restricted. If you would like to link to FM38 via echolink send email to to have your callsign added to our ACL.

A:  I think they are next to my Dos 6.22 disks, not much demand for either at this time :)

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• C [dah dit dah dit] Central/West Allis
• W [dit dah dah] West/New Berlin
• M [dah dah] Main Site downtown (where the voting is done)
• N [dah dit] North/Slinger
• S [dit dit dit] South/Kenosha-Racine
• U [dit dit dah] Was UWM (now the community site at 10/36)
• A [dit dah] Allenton/Baraboo/Berlin/Fond du Lac Repeaters
• D [dah dit dit] Digital or IRLP