The repeater group was founded in 1974 by W7ISX Tony (sk).  W7UMH Jim , W7LXP Danny (sk) ,W7YEQ Bill (sk). and WA7BAY ( W7NP ) Mike. We are a semi-autonomous group within the Mt. Baker Amateur Radio Club Inc., we have our own elected officers and bylaws. The first machine was on the freq. 146.730 MHz on Mt Constitution Orcas Island, Wa. and was put on the air in late 1974.  In 1978 a repeater was added at King Mt. just north of Bellingham on 147.150 MHz.  

The repeater group now has two repeaters on two meters and two on 70 cm or 450 MHz The repeaters at the Mt. Constitution site are the 146.740 MHz  offset minus .600 KHz. and the 444.050 MHz, offset plus 5 MHz machine.  These machines can be cross-linked if desired and both have access to the closed auto-patch for supporting members, this patch covers all of San Juan county. These two repeaters are classed as wide area coverage.   The group has two local coverage machines in the King Mt. site on 147.160 MHz offset plus .600 KHz and 443.650 MHz offset plus 5 MHz they provide local Whatcom county area coverage and don’t have auto-patch but are used for local communications and ARES and RACES nets, the 147.160 MHz repeater has a link to the IRLP worldwide network. The 443.650 MHz  repeater is linked to the W7UMH 53.090 MHz six meter repeater on Lyman Hill. In Oct. 2002 a UHF repeater on 443.750 MHz + 5 MHz and 103.5 Hz PL was added to our system on Lookout Mtn. south of Bellingham near No. Lake Samish this is a wide area coverage repeater with the call sign of WA7ZWG/R. Then in Oct. 2003 a second 146.740 MHz repeater was added to Lookout Mtn. site. This repeater uses a PL tone of 127.3 Hz and the Orcas Island repeater uses a 103.5 Hz tone. The Lookout Mtn. site is equipped with a closed auto-patch for all of Whatcom County. The two repeaters share the same frequency and the user selects which machine by the PL tone used. To tell which machine one is listening to, is by the COURTESY  tone sent by the repeater. The Mt. Constitution repeater sends the CW letter “T” or a dah, and the Lookout  repeater sends the letter “K” or dah-dit-dah.

Mt. Constitution                146.740 MHz   103.5 Hz                     444.050 MHz   103.5 Hz
 Lookout Mtn.                   146.740 MHz   127.3 Hz                     443.750 MHZ   103.5 Hz
 King Mtn.                         147.160 MHz    103.5 Hz                    443.650 MHz    103.5 Hz

If you would like to help support the repeater group, you can do so with a yearly donation of $25.00.   This helps with maintenance, upkeep and procurement of new equipment along with auto-patch access on the Mt. Constitution / Lookout Mtn. repeaters, along with the King Mtn. and  Lyman Hill sites.    

Mt. Baker Amateur Radio Club Repeater Group
PO Box 981
Bellingham, WA. 98227-0981

WA7ZWG Bob, chairman                W7UMH Jim, tech.                  KP2X Jim, tech.
W7FCH Buck, sec.                            N7OC  Stan                          W7DAR Orman
N7FYU Allen, treas.                         N7MMH Nick                        W7GLC Gary
        W7SSO Mike,  tech.

Other local area repeaters connected to this repeater group but owned and operated by members of this repeater are as follows:

145.230 MHz.    Sumas Mt.  KP2X/R -offset, 103.5 Hz. Tone,  Contact  KP2X
224.860 MHz.    King Mt. N7FYU/R -offset, Contact  N7FYU
1290.950 MHz.  King Mt. N7FYU/R -offset (20mHz.) 103.5 Hz. Tone, Contact  N7FYU
441.925 MHz.    Whatcom County Courthouse, N7FYU/R +offset, 103.5 Hz.Tone, Contact  N7FYU
442.400 MHz.    Blaine ACS   W7BDP/R   W7UMH/R  +107.2 Hz. Tone, Contact   KP2X
927.48750 MHz. Lookout Mt. WA7ZWG/R  -25Mhz offset,  114.8 Hz. Tone, Contact  WA7ZWG /KP2X

The following are repeaters sponsored by the No. West Washington   10/6/440 repeater group and are now part of the MBARC  Repeater Group. For more information on these machines contact  Jim,  W7UMH

53.090 MHz.      Lyman Hill,  W7UMH/R  - 1.7 mHz. offset, 100.0 Hz. Tone Linked to 29.680/442.750 MHz.
442.750 MHz.    Lyman Hill, W7UMH/R + offset,  103.5 Hz., Linked to 29.680 MHz.
29.680 MHz.      Mt. Constitution, W7UMH/R  - 100 KHz.  offset,  110.9 Hz. Linked to 442.750 MHz.
927.68750MHz. Lyman Hill, W7UMH/R  - 25 MHz. offset, 114.8 Hz.

Rev. July. 2007