WELCOME TO PEND OREILLE COUNTY RADIO GROUP NEWPORT, WA
Be a part of our Pend Oreille County Radio Group community and meet people who share your love for radio communications. Connect, learn, and grow together with us.
We are most grateful
We are most grateful
Thanks to the kindness of the Kalispel Tribe, our repeater in Cusick has been put in place at the county dispatch site. The antenna is in place atop the 80' tower already installed. The frequency is 147.14+ PL 100.0. Collocated on the site is a GMRS repeater on 462.550+ PL 141.3 .
About Us
Join us for breakfast every Tuesday, 9:00 AM at the Newport Hospitality House, 216 S. Washington Ave., Newport WA 99156
How Can We Help?
Our group is here for you. We work hard to be a resource for our communities.
We share a simple vision: to provide local communities, and public agencies, with alternative and emergency forms of communications via the use of two-way radios.
We can use your help . We are a Washington State 501 (c) (3) non profit organization, your donations are tax deductible.
You do not need to be a member to use our services.
The Project
This project covers band plans that are accessible to the community such as Amateur Radio, GMRS, FRS, and MURS.
Many local agencies and communities have associated with the group. These entities all share the same communications plan and channel line-up. This provides for continuity in communications and channels.
- POCRG: Provides training, education, radio programming, and fellowship to ensure alternative forms of communications exists for the community.
- Who is involved: Communities, neighbors, businesses, agencies, local governments.
- License Requirements: No licenses required to talk on our system using GMRS*, FRS, MURS.
- License required to talk on Amateur Radio Frequencies
- Multi-use radios start at $20.00 or less, to several hundred dollars and can be purchased from sites such as Amazon and Ebay and Ham or electronics stores.
- Designed for constant monitoring and use: Some channels are reserved and used for monitoring, checking in and for calling others in community etc. Other channels are encouraged to use for general purpose, day to day, family use, etc.
Daily use encouraged: Once programmed with shared frequency bands, you are encouraged to use them on scheduled nets and routinely as "walkie-talkie" type radios for the purpose of general communications (home/work/mobile/hiking, fishing, camping, etc). This also has the added benefit of providing you practice should a real-world emergency arise.
Radios can be programmed to:
- Receive emergency broadcasts from communities, Emergency Management, ARES/RACES, local/state agencies.
- Receive NOAA weather radio.
- Talk on MURS, FRS, GMRS (A GMRS license is required for higher power and/or repeater use and is available from the FCC for $35.00, requires no test, is good for 10 years and includes everyone in the household)
- Talk on Ham radio frequencies, license required. (Recommended)
your communications capabilities with an amateur radio license
You are not required to be an amateur radio operator to join POCRG and use the radio system, but it will open up more doors for you regarding communications if you wish to get your license in the future.
The easiest Amateur Radio License (Ham License) to get is technician class. Learning Morse Code is not required and the 35 question, all multiple choice, come from a published pool. No surprises! We can direct you to study material designed to help YOU pass your Amateur Radio Technician Class License and assist with your learning. The FCC license fee is $35.00 and is valid for 10 years.