Aloha! Welcome to the KH7MS website.

If you would like to help support the KH7MS

network please consider donating!

I maintain several DMR repeaters around the Big Island and most of the equipment was donated or purchased by me or others in the group. Any help or donations would be greatly appreciated.

 KH7MS - ACTIVE PROJECTS:

My name is Blake Stene, KH7MS I'm an Amateur Radio operator and system administrator for the KH7MS network. I have a vision to build out an Island wide DMR (digital mobile radio) repeater network. This network of DMR repeaters would help strengthen communications in rural communities here on the Big Island. Ham Radio operators provide a valuable link before during and after emergencies like hurricanes, fires, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions and more. To better serve our community I need money to maintain and expand our current DMR system. I currently maintain 10 DMR repeaters on the Big Island and I'm hoping to increase the number of repeaters on the Big Island with your support. It's important that all the repeater sites have back-up power. This year (2025) I'm hoping to implement this at all my DMR repeater sites.

Donations Received 2025: $268.44

Greg, KB3AY $100.00

Herb,KC6HOX $18.44

Mike, KE6DQR $100.00

Dewey, NH6M mono-band VHF antenna

 Blake, KH7MS $50.00 & (4) 100 watt solar panels

Technical Support/Resources:

Steve, KE7UUJ

Mark, WA7ZK

Rick, WH6FC

Dewey, NH6M

Frank, KH6BFD

Frank, KH6FA

 Blake, KH7MS

Repeater Hosting Sponsors:

 Dewey, NH6M North Kona - Kalaoa 444.950 CC2

Vojin, WF1A Kealakekua -South Kona 443.400 CC1

Calvin, KH6Z Honaunau & Capt. Cook - South Kona 444.950 CC1

Paav, WH6FVN Lani Kona - South Kona 145.410 CC1

Blake, KH7MS Ocean view - Ka'u 444.950 CC1

Wade, WH6HC Na'alehu - Ka'u 444.950 CC1

Ka'u Coffee Mill - Pahala - Ka'u 444.950 CC1

Doug, KH7DQ - Volcano village - Puna 443.400 CC1

Joe, KH6ICU - Kailua-Kona & Holualoa, North Kona 444.400 CC1

Expenses for 2025: $1488.68 

Donations needed for DMR Repeater battery upgrade 2025:

$1488.68

 Lani Kona Motorola XPR8400 145.410 CC 1 VHF DMR

Repeater

Equipment needed: (NH6M, Dewey will be donated a mono-band VHF antenna)  *UPGRADE ANTENNA* Comet GP-9 2m/70cm Antenna $280.00 & 30 ft Black, red 10 AWG solar panel extension wire $ 29.99 Amazon. Deep cycle marine battery from Walmart $140.25

Volunteers: WH6FC Rick, WH6FVN Paav, KH6HA, Hugo, WA7ZK, Mark & KH7MS, Blake

Hilo - Kaumana MMDVM 444.950 CC 1 DMR

Repeater

Equipment needed:

LMR400 COAX 50FT $171.57 Amazon. Deep cycle marine battery from Walmart $140.25 Amazon30 ft Black & red 10 AWG solar panel extension wire $ 29.99 Amazon & 60A MPPT Solar charge controller 12V/24V Auto tracking $19.98 from Amazon

Volunteers: KH7MS, Blake & KH6BFD, Frank

Kealakekua Motorola XPR8300 443.400 CC 1 DMR

Repeater

Equipment needed: Deep cycle marine battery from Walmart $140.25 & 30 ft Black, red 10 AWG solar panel extension wire $ 29.99 Amazon

Volunteers: KH7MS, Blake, WH6FC, Rick & WF1A, Vojin 

Volcano village MMDVM 443.400 CC 1 DMR

Repeater

Equipment needed: Deep cycle marine battery from Walmart $140.25 & 30 ft Black, red 10 AWG solar panel extension wire $ 29.99 Amazon & 60A MPPT Solar charge controller 12V/24V Auto tracking  $19.98 Amazon

Volunteers: KH7MS, Blake & KH7DQ, Doug

Pahala - Ka'u Coffee Mill Motorola XPR8400 444.950

CC 1 DMR Repeater

 Equipment needed: Deep cycle marine battery from Walmart $140.25, 60A MPPT Solar charge controller 12V/24V Auto tracking  $19.98 Amazon & 30 ft Black, red 10 AWG solar panel extension wire $ 29.99 Amazon 2 PCS Stainless steel Antenna Mount double wall mount $ 26.89 Amazon

 Volunteers: KH7MS, Blake, WH6FC, Rick, AJ0T, Ron & WH6HC, Wade

Na'alehu - Motorola XPR8300 444.950

CC 1 DMR Repeater

 Equipment needed: Deep cycle marine battery from Walmart $140.25, 60A MPPT Solar charge controller 12V/24V Auto tracking  $19.98 Amazon & 30 ft Black & red 10 AWG solar panel extension wire $ 29.99 Amazon

 Volunteers: KH7MS, Blake, Rick, WH6FC & Wade, WH6HC

Holualoa - Kailua-Kona - MMDVM 444.400

CC 1 DMR Repeater

 Equipment needed: Deep cycle marine battery from Walmart $140.25, 60A MPPT Solar charge controller 12V/24V Auto tracking  $19.98 Amazon, 30 ft Black & red 10 AWG solar panel extension wire $ 29.99 Amazon

  Volunteers: KH7MS, Blake, KH6ICU, Joe 

Hawaii County - KH7MS DMR network 

Info & static talkgroups:

 All repeaters are linked to BrandMeister 

Please use timeslot 2 for all dynamic talkgroups

 All repeaters use CC 1 except Kailua-Kona CC 2 & Ocean view MMDVM repeater

444.950 Kailua-Kona - Kalaoa UHF - MMDVM repeater (WPSD) CC2

444.950 Ocean view UHF - Motorola XPR8300 (DMR) CC1

444.950 Pahala - Ka'u Coffee Mill UHF - Motorola XPR8400 (DMR) CC1

444.950 Na'alehu UHF - Motorola XPR8300 (DMR) CC1

443.400 Volcano village UHF - MMDVM repeater (Pi-star) CC1

443.400 Kealakekua UHF - Motorola XPR8300 (DMR) CC1

444.950 Capt. Cook - Honaunau  UHF- South Kona Motorola XPR8300 (DMR) CC1

444.400 Holualoa UHF - Kailua-Kona MMDVM repeater WPSD KH6ICU/KH7MS CC1 

145.410 Lani Kona - South Kona - VHF Motorola XPR8400 (DMR) CC1

443.475 Ocean view - UHF (MMDVM) Multi-mode repeater DMR CC 5, P25 NAC 293, NXDN RAN 1 

 Static talkgroups on the system: 

Hawaii TAC 1 TG 311551 TS 1

Hawaii County TG 31153 TS 1

Tech net TG 310745 TS 1

Hawaii 1 TG 3115 TS 2 (Dynamic) 

Hawaii 2 TG 31150 (Dynamic) & all other talkgroups TS 2

TG 9 TS 2 local traffic, special events & emergencies 

Ocean view multi-mode repeater 443.475 CC 5 info & other digital modes:

Hawaii C4FM room: YSF51123 - 31150 - Hawaii

KH7MS P25 network TG 3115 Hawaii NAC 293/C4FM YSF51123 Hawaii room: 31150 reflector:  http://149.28.82.52/ 

 P25 talkgroup 10400 Pacific NAC 293 PACIFIC P25

P25 talkgroup 10100 Worldwide NAC 293 TG10100/Worldwide P25Reflector-Dashboard

 NXDN talkgroup 65000 Worldwide RAN 1

  Hawaii DMR net:

The first Hawaii DMR net was held on July 15, 2017 on the Hawaii 1 DMR talkgroup 3115. The net was later moved to the Hawaii TAC 1 talkgroup 311551 after BrandMeister put a 10 min restriction on all statewide talkgroups. The net started off being a small group of Hawaii Ham Radio operators, but it has grown over the years to 15 - 20 check-ins every Saturday night at 7PM HST on the Hawaii TAC 1 talkgroup 311551. I would like to thank everyone that supported this net over the past 7 years and I'm looking forward to many more years to come.

  The Hawaii DMR BrandMeister discord link is listed below:

I encourage everyone to join the Hawaii DMR discord group. This is were you can get the most up to date information.

https://discord.gg/Mb2J77psCC

I just wanted to remind everyone that we have a DMR net every Saturday at 7:00PM HST or 19:00W. The net will be on the Hawaii TAC 1 talkgroup 311551. All licensed amateurs radio operators are invited to check in and participate. I encourage all stations to check in and participate with comments on the topic of interest. This net provides a great opportunity to share questions regarding DMR and other Amateur radio topics. If for some reason we have problems or we can't use Hawaii TAC 1 talkgroup 311551 please switch to the tech net talkgroup 310745 so we can continue on with the net.

Topic of interest: Open topic unless specified.

 Ocean view DMR Local TG 9 TS 2 Net "Local TG 9 Net"

444.950 CC 1 Ocean view DMR repeater

NCS: Blake, KH7MS

When: Starting on April 4th I'll be starting a local DMR net in Ocean view. This net will be held every first Friday of the month at 7:30PM or 19:30W to test DMR radios and to get people confortable switching to talkgroup TG 9 TS 2 on the 444.950 CC 1 Ocean view repeater. This is the talkgroup you should switch to if we have a emergency, special event or internet outage. This talkgroup TG 9 TS 2 will stay local and not go out over the BrandMeister DMR network. So you'll need to use the Ocean view 444.950 CC1 DMR repeater and not a hotspot to check in to this local net.

 Hawaii County DMR Siren Net TG 31153

 NCS: Blake Stene, KH7MS

 When: Every first working day of the month starting at 11:30AM HST I'll be taking check-ins on the Hawaii County TG 31153 at 11:30AM. I'll do a roll call at 11:46AM and take reports followed by any additional check-ins. When you check-in please check-in with your callsign, name & location and if you heard the siren or not. All reports need to be in by 12 noon.

Hawaii County DMR repeaters:

444.950 CC 2 Kailua-Kona 

444.400 CC 1 Kailua-Kona & Holualoa

442.250 CC 1 Waimea 

444.950 CC 1 Honaunau, Ocean view, Na'alehu & Pahala

145.410 CC 1 Lani Kona

443.400 CC 1 Kealakekua & Volcano village

442.850 CC 1 Haleakala, Maui 

Hawaii DMR Tech Net TG 310745

When: Every Sunday morning 9AM HST

NCS: Blake Stene, KH7MS

 (SHARC) South Hawaii Amataur Radio Club Picnic

When: Every first Sunday of the month

Location: Manuka State Wayside Park off highway 11 just north of Ocean view at 12 noon

Immediately followed by a VEC exam session 3:00PM walk-ins welcome! Contact: Rick talk-in: 145.290 (-) PL.100.0 his email is good on QRZ.

 Big Island ARES DMR Net

NCS: Paul, WH7BR

When: Every Thursday at 7:00PM HST on Hawaii TAC 1 talkgroup 311551

Big Island analog repeaters:

145.290 (-) VHF - Upper - Ocean view repeater PL 100.0 (Local)

443.650 (+) UHF - Kailua-Kona, Kaloko - Kailua-Kona PL. 100.0

146.940 (-) VHF - Maui, Haleakala - Maui PL 110.9

146.700 (-) VHF - North Kona, Kalaoa -  ALLSTAR PL 110.9

443.350 (+) UHF - South Kona, Capt. Cook ALLSTAR PL 110.9

442.200 (+) UHF - Ka'u, Na'alehu town UHF ALLSTAR repeater PL. 110.9 

442.875 (+) UHF - Ka'u, Volcano Analog/P25 PL 123.0 and P25 NAC BAD

147.260 (+) VHF - Puna, Volcano village Analog/C4FM PL 103.5 

147.300 (+) VHF - Ranchos - Ocean view ALLSTAR PL. 103.5

443.400 (+) UHF - Ka'u - Portable Repeater PL 77.0

442.000 (+) UHF - Ocean view ALLSTAR PL 100.0

446.175 Punalu'u  UHF - Black sands beach ALLSTAR Simplex node PL. 110.9

446.150 UHF - Ka'u, Volcano ALLSTAR Simplex node PL.100.0

444.225 UHF - (+) Maui, Haleakala PL. 110.9

146.760 VHF - Hilo/Puna/Volcano (-) Kulani PL. 100.0

442.150 UHF - Hilo/Puna/Volcano  (+) Kulani Mauka PL. 100.0

444.600 UHF - Hilo/Puna (+) Kulani C4FM 

444.725 (+) UHF - Hilo - ALLSTAR PL. 123.0

146.820 (-) VHF - Mauna Kea - Hawaii County Civil Defense PL. 123.0

146.880 (-) North Hilo - Pepeekeo PL. 100.0

147.320 (+) Waimea PL. 100.0

For a more complete list of repeaters in Hawaii please go to this website:  Hawaii Repeaters Coordination Website

Website updated: 5-26-25

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