Kalamazoo County R.A.C.E.S.

When All Else Fails

Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service

Contact Us

John Mathieson, AC8JW
Emergency Coordinator

Garrett Kaltenbach, KC9LVT
Assistant EC, Equipment Coordinator

Hal Thomas, N8HAL
Assistant EC, Administrative Coordinator

Open, Operations Coordinator-
Open, Training Coordinator-



You will find the staff on 2Meter @ 147.000 + 98.4PL this is the W8VY repeater located in Portage MI.  This repeater is the primary emergency repeater for Kalamazoo County RACES operations and drills.
We are also on the RACES DStar Repeater
NK8X @ 444.500 + DStar protocol

You can also email us @ inquiry@kalcountyraces.org