Kamiak Butte Amateur Repeater Association

KBARA (KB7ARA) is a regional amateur radio club for the inland Pacific Northwest region of the United States.  We also help all amateur radio operators understand and use the linked repeater system for the benefit of all.

The primary purpose of the KBARA repeaters is to provide a means for emergency communications within the Pacific Northwest, and secondarily for routine radio communication. Most KBARA repeaters are audio linked in such a way that when you speak on the repeater near you, your transmission is not only heard on your local repeater, but is heard on all of the other repeaters as well.  This makes possible a single system of amateur communications coverage, extending the limited range provided by any single repeater operation.  Most KBARA FM repeaters operate in the VHF bands and are linked together using UHF radios and IRLP.  It covers an area from northeastern Washington to northeastern Oregon, and from western Montana to central Washington.

As of July 2013, a full time IRLP link has been installed. This allows improved audio and less dependency on RF links that had to be repaired almost every winter. As an added advantage, any IRLP linked repeater in the world can join our system by simply connecting to IRLP reflector 9075. Invite your ham friends elsewhere to connect to IRLP reflector 9075 anytime.  

We wish to thank:

• Dave, KL7M, for the use of the IRLP Alaska Reflector 9075.

• Fred, W5MGM for providing the EchoLink and Allstar 53587 connections.   

• Boeing Employees Amateur Radio Society and the

Snoqualmie Valley Amateur Radio Club for their connections  to the west side of Washington.

• And to Lyndel N7LT and Neal NE7AL for the link to the Flathead Valley of Montana.