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The Southeastern Wisconsin
FM Amateur Repeater Society
SEWFARS owns and operates three Amateur Radio repeater systems in the Village of Wales in Waukesha County under the call sign K9ABC.
Our VHF (Two Meter) repeater system on 146.82 MHz has one of the widest service areas in Southern Wisconsin.
Our APRS VHF digipeater (K9ABC-1, formerly K9ABC-10) on 144.39 MHz has one of the widest service areas in Southern Wisconsin.
Repeater System Frequencies (in MHz)
| Band |
Rx (Repeater Tx) |
Tx (Repeater Rx) |
PL |
| VHF |
146.820 |
146.220 |
127.3 |
| UHF |
444.125 |
449.125 |
127.3 |
| APRS |
144.390 |
144.390 |
None |
Serving the Local Communities with Reliability and Coverage
The systems owned and operated by SEWFARS are considered to be among the best in reliability and coverage. They exist for all types of appropriate/proper use by all appropriately licensed Amateur Radio Operators. This is possible as all systems being at a location highly suitable for wide range communications and a focus on sound engineering practice is used in system design.
SEWFARS systems are used for a number of civic events, among them being:
- The Ragnar Relay (formerly the Great Midwest Relay (GMR)), a running event between Madison and Chicago in early June, and
- The MS 150 bike tour, a weekend-long biking even held in August.
SEWFARS systems are also worked into operation plans as contingent resources for a number of public service organizations and the agencies they support.
Historically, the SEWFARS systems are not heavily used for day-to-day activities, but the SEWFARS systems have demonstrated a reputation for being there when needed and performing better than expected.
If you or your organization would like to use the SEWFARS voice repeaters for an organized event, please contact us in advance so that we can plan accordingly. Otherwise we ask that all users be considerate of others and use the resources wisely. Additional user guidance is available on our Code of Conduct page, or feel free to contact us with any questions. |
