Alan N5BGC, Mark KF5DFV and Chris W5CBP made the trek to the mountain today to repair the link from Albuquerque up to the Crest and worked their magic on the link to town. They found that the microwave antenna had fallen out of it’s mount due to icing and wind. They replaced the unit with a new radio and brought the link up. 
Sandia Crest Fixed
May 20, 2020
Online RMHAM-U April 18 via Zoom
April 18, 2020
Mike Lozano, K0NGA and the RMHAM team presented an online RMHAM-University live on Zoom. We had over 80 participants and there was some fantastic information imparted. A copy of this video is online and you’re welcome to watch it.
RMHAM DMR Repeater Network Overview
– Location of repeaters
– How the talk groups are mapped
– How the New Mexico repeater talk group layout is different
– Open Q&A
Codeplug Standardization Process Underway
April 18, 2020
Hi All, Rocky Mountain Ham Radio is undertaking a massive update of the RMHAM Sample Codeplugs. We will be updating repeaters, contacts and formats to ensure that it’s usable for all users along the network. Our codeplug team has been meeting to try to come up with a good plan and group channels appropriately and clean up dead repeaters and add repeaters that are missing.
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New Mexico Talkgroups/Repeaters Added
April 3, 2020
We have added a few new talkgroups to the New Mexico systems. Albuquerque/Sandia and Pajarito both have local talkgroups that are “local” and keep the traffic on that repeater.
We’ve also added a “New Mexico” talkgroup which covers all repeaters in New Mexico. We’re adding these to Durango and Caviness soon allowing for a talkgroup to cover all New Mexico repeaters.
As of 4/3/20, the new Farmington repeater is online thanks to Bill Van Huss, N5UBJ and is tied into the other repeaters and the NM talkgroup and 4 Corners talkgroup have been added to the Farmington, Durango and Caviness/Mancos repeaters.
See the updated talkgroup list in DMR Site Information for more information.
Dirty 30 2020 Race Cancelled
March 26, 2020
Hi All,
The 2020 Dirty 30 race in Golden Gate Canyon State Park was cancelled today to ensure everyone’s continued safety. Our team will be back next year and will be ready to go supplying the communications needs for the event.
This is a huge event and requires 30+ hams to pull off what we do. If you have some interest, make sure you let us know.
John, W0VG and Willem, AC0KQ
The Swapfest!
February 16, 2020
The Swapfest was a great event. 500 of your closest friends came out to sell lots of great gear and see many interesting things. The RMHAM/ARA/CCYARC event was another success and we had a great time putting it on for you. Looking foward to the 2021 version. It will be a great event!
RMHAM Assists JFK High in Foxhunt!
January 15, 2020
On Ja
nuary 15th, RMHAM members visited JFK High School to teach a group of engineering students some amateur radio fundamentals, and guide them on an ARDF foxhunt. We were able to take about 20 students out in 3 teams to try and find 4 hidden transmitters. For many of these kids, it was their first real introduction to the hobby, and they really enjoyed it! They’re excited for the upcoming ARISS contact next summer or fall.
Thanks to the team: Bob Sterner KB0BS, Chris Keller K0SWE, Dan Meyer N0PUF, Skyler Fennell W0SKY, Cheyenne Sterner N0CKS and Hayley Sterner from the RMHAM side, and to Heather Randall of JFK High School for giving us the opportunity!
RMHAM Completes Western Microwave
December 29, 2019
As of 12/28/2019, Rocky Mountain Ham Radio has completed it’s western microwave through to Grand Junction. The Colorado Connection is currently riding this on their western slope repeaters: Leadville, Vail, Glenwood Springs and Grand Junction. Mark Skelton, N7CTM, Mike Langhenry, K7AIH and John Maxwell, W0VG braved the snow to finish the final spike in the railroad in Eagle.
Our microwave provides a link at 14ms from Denver to Grand Junction as well as from Cheyenne, WY to Albuquerque NM. This gives hams some options that they’ve never had before and a simple method for interconnecting radio sites.
We do not provide internet service but will transport your internet to your desired site!
RMHAM Does Network Class
December 15, 2019
Rocky Mountain Ham Radio facilitated a Mikrotik network class on December 14, 2019 from 8am to 3pm to a full house of interested folks. Dr. Willem Schreuder, AC0KQ led us through configuring Mikrotik routers, OSPF and troubleshooting while John Maxwell, W0VG led us through building a working microwave radio link to interconnect.
We used the RMHAM “NetLab” network mock up to facilitate interconnection to the network test bed and ensured that each person learned how to set up their system to be able to talk back to the main network.
Many folks that have never seen the process of building and testing from start to finish attended and were able to get some hands-on time with routers and microwave radios.
Wyoming DMR in the Press
December 9, 2019
Our neighbors to the north did a nice segment with Wyoming Public Broadcasting Service. There’s a half hour video on Amateur Radio and how hams in Wyoming are helping out. Greg Galka, N7GT did a blurb on DMR. It’s interesting to see what they’re doing.
2020 NM Techfest
November 19, 2019
Rocky Mountain Ham Radio is pleased to announce the 2020 New Mexico TechFest, an ARRL-sanctioned operating specialty event, on Saturday February 29, 2020 at the New Mexico Veterans’ Memorial Event Center.
Join fellow amateur radio operators from around New Mexico (and beyond) for a day of quality presentations, demonstrations, and instruction provided by some of New Mexico and Colorado’s most experienced technical hams on a variety of emerging and relevant technical topics within amateur radio today. The New Mexico TechFest is designed to provide a unique opportunity for all hams interested in the technical aspects of our hobby to advance and expand their technical knowledge and to facilitate technical discussion, collaboration, and ideas with one another.
For many more details, including the call for presentations/posterboards/demos, please visit the New Mexico TechFest web page.
ARRL 2020 Rocky Mountain Division Convention Postponed
November 11, 2019
The HamCon Colorado 2020 convention team has announced that their convention scheduled for August 2020 has been postponed until 2021. More information is available at their website http://www.hamconcolorado.com.
Backbone Extended to Grand Junction!
September 27, 2019
On September 27, 2019, 15 very dedicated folks journeyed to 3 radio sites on the western slope to extend the microwave backbone from Vail to Grand Junction. This installation allows for high-speed data between several radio sites on the western slope and the rest of the state.
This system goes from Vail to Eagle to Glenwood Springs to Grand Junction. The teams had a very long day and came away with 2/3 of the network working. Our design for one of the hops didn’t take in to account tree growth since the path was last used in the late 1980s and was flaky. We’re building an intermediate hop and it will be completed in the near future.
Stay tuned for more information!
Special Thanks to Firefighters!
September 13, 2019
Our Salida, Methodist Mountain site is about a mile from a current wildfire that is burning now. The firemen are mitigating the site to make sure it’s not overrun!
Thank you for all you do!
RMHam U Webinar! – DMR Basics
July 24, 2019
As part of RMHAM’s Continuing Education program, Mike Lozano K0NGA will present a one hour online training on “DMR Basics for Amateur Radio” on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 07:00 PM Mountain Time.
This session is for Amateur Radio operators and new Hams who are just getting into DMR. The session will cover the basics of DMR: What it is, how it differs from analog amateur radio repeaters and radios, and the building blocks of how to program a channel in a DMR radio. Demonstrations in this session will use the Anytone programming software, but the concepts will apply to any DMR radio.
Please view the video DMR Basics for Amateur Radio before attending!
The session will take the form of an online Zoom Meeting.
Topic: DMR Basics for Amateur Radio
Time: Jul 24, 2019 07:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
Mike is THE authority on this topic and an excellent instructor. Please encourage people new to DMR to participate in this zoom meeting.
73 Willem AC0KQ
RMHAM Director for Continuing Education
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