If any local (western Washington State) operators are interested in opportunities to listen, learn or participate in GMRS radio "Nets" being held in the area, there are several that occur on East Tiger (Oly-Comm3) and elsewhere. If there are additional Nets (or details) that should be listed or corrected here, please advise and we will update.
East Tiger: Tuesday at 19:30 (Technical), every other Wednesday (commencing 8-21-2024) at 20:00 (Greater Maple Valley C.E.R.T. Net), and Thursday at 19:30 (Ham Study Sessions). Information about the previous Social Net will be posted here when available.
Until mid-August of 2024 East Tiger was occasionally placed in a state of "hibernation" to allow for co-channel system/net operation. This was done to minimize potential interference and to comply with § 95.359 Sharing of channels. These events were Mondays from 19:45 to 20:45 and on Tuesdays from 19:00 to 19:10. The co-channel repeater (Lookout Mountain) has since been moved to a different frequency of 462.725 (with the same tone as before).
Outlook Mountain: Tuesdays at 19:00 (Be Brave Washington Community Communications Prep Net).
Gold Mountain: Saturday at 18:00 (Social Net).
Oly-Comm1 (Discovery Bay): Broadcast News-Gathering Stringers & EMCOMM Volunteers in Various Communities (TBA).
Recent events, regarding disappearing listings on www.MYGMRS.Com, have been investigated. Their policy is to require a minimum of one repeater page update per year to avoid having entries referring to machines that are no longer active or have even been removed from service. This procedure helps to assure that "STALE" data is removed which might confuse or disappoint site users. It is a simple procedure to follow with positive results. If you are also a repeater Administrator please update your data to help maintain the accuracy of MYGMRS.com.
Additional background information on the General Mobile Radio Service is available here. If the question of a "national calling or emergency channel" arises you can find information about how some patterns came to exist here.