Aloha! Welcome to the KH7MS website.

Please consider donating to the KH7MS DMR

Network & the South Hawaii GMRS Network 

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

We do ask all GMRS users to make a donation so we can keep the GMRS repeater running.

 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 tsunamis, 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. My current project 2025-2028 I'm hoping to implement this at all my DMR repeater sites.

 11-11-25 South Hawaii GMRS Network: ** New ** GMRS repeater installed in Ocean view

462.700 (+)

 Mahalo!!! for the donations received 2025: $343.54

Donations:

Greg, KB3AY $100.00

Herb,KC6HOX $73.54

Mike, KE6DQR $100.00

Vincent Destajo $20.00

 Dewey, NH6M mono-band VHF antenna

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

Steve, KE7UUJ Motorola GR1225 (GMRS-Repeater)

Technical Support/Resources:

Steve, KE7UUJ

Mark, WA7ZK

Rick, WH6FC

Dewey, NH6M

Frank, KH6BFD

Frank, KH6FA

 Blake, KH7MS

Repeater Hosting Sponsors:

Rick, WH6FC 462.700 HOVE - Ocean view GMRS Repeater

 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 2025-2028:

$1488.68

 Lani Kona - South Kona 

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 - Lower Kaumana 

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 - South Kona 

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

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 - Volcano: Ka'u Coffee Mill 

 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 & WH6HC, Wade

Na'alehu town

 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 - Currently Down Needs

battery

 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 

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 -South Kona - 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 (Down)

145.410 Lani Kona & Miloli'i - South Kona VHF Motorola XPR8400 (DMR) CC1

  Static Talkgroups: 

Hawaii TAC 1 TG 311551 TS 1

Hawaii County TG 31153 TS 1

Big Island East/West TG 2 TS 1

Hawaii DMR 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 FreeDMR & Multi-mode Repeater 443.475 CC 5 

Static talkgroups: TG 999 TS 1, TG 311551 TS 1, TG 310745 TS 1, TG 100 TS 1

FreeDMR: Connected to N3BBF Abe's FreeDMR server

Hawaii C4FM room: Not Linked 11-21-25

Hawaii P25: Not Linked 11-21-25

KH7MS P25 network TG 3115 Hawaii NAC 293/C4FM YSF: Not Linked  http://149.28.82.52/ 

 P25 talkgroup 10400 Pacific NAC 293 PACIFIC P25

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

  Hawaii DMR Net History & Current Status:

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 8 years and I'm looking forward to many more years to come. 

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.

  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

Hawaii DMR Net NCS Schedule:

444.950 CC 1 Ocean view DMR repeater

NCS: Blake, KH7MS

When: Starting on April 4th 2025 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 CC 1 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 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 Ham Radio Repeaters:

442.650 (+) UHF Humaula, Mauna Kea PL. 110.9

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

446.150 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 Ham Radio repeaters in Hawaii please go to this website:  Hawaii Repeaters Coordination Website

RepeaterBook.com: Quick Search for Hawaii Amateur Radio Repeaters

Big Island GMRS Repeaters:

462.700 Ocean view WRDI534 - Please email me for repeater access

For more info on GMRS please go to these websites: 

RepeaterBook.com: Quick Search for GMRS Repeaters

myGMRS.com - GMRS Repeater Directory and Community 

Website updated: 11-22-25

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