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Kauai Band Plan



Kauai follows the ARRL amateur band plan for the USA.
We are locaded in the PAC FCC region, State of Hawaii, in the USA

For Kauai, there is a list of frequencies loosely assigned to city/locale, and to various agencies.   For instance, there are simplex frequencies assigned to Red Cross, CERT, Kapaa, Lihue, Waimea, etc.   The National Calling Frequency VHF FM 146.52 would be a potential meeting place in an emergency, and the Emergency Operations Center(EOC) in Lihue has a simplex frequency that should be staffed and coordinating.

CERTCOM
DGTL
NORTH1
NORTH2
KAPAA1
KAPAA2
LIHUE1
LIHUE2
KOLOA1
KOLOA2
WAIMEA1
WAIMEA2
RED CRS
ARES
EOC
NTL CAL
SKYWARN
NSSC
147.570
146.460
147.525
146.565
146.430
147.495
146.475
147.510
147.480
146.415
146.445
147.585
147.420
146.550
146.595
146.520
147.450
146.500
CERTCOM
DIGITAL COMMS
NORTH KAUAI

EAST KAUAI

CENTRAL KAUAI

SOUTH KAUAI

WEST KAUAI

RED CROSS
ARES
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER
NATIONAL CALLING FREQUENCY
SKYWARN
NORTH SHORE SIGNAL CORPS
Mahalo Bob KH6AS for creating the Kauai Simplex plan.

Our Kauai Repeaters are another important part of the Kauai band plan.   HF and VHF VARA frequencies are listed on that page, and on winlink.org.

Radio Programming

Radio ownership comes with a need to know its operation, including programming.   The club offers low cost Baofeng portable(HT) radios for sale at cost.   These come programmed for quick first time use, with the simplex frequencies listed above and the repeaters' settings.

The manner in which different radios store memory presets makes a uniform "channelized" numbering system impossible.   We encourage knowing how to customize, re-program presets manually to the radio, use a program such as CHIRP, or both.   Referring to the names and frequencies on-air rather than the preset number on your radio may help avoid confusion.   A CSV file of frequencies programmed in these Baofeng HTs(and many others) is available here.   Another version of the listing, with Allstar repeaters prioritized, is available from our friends at the North Shore Signal Corps Radio Club.

Thanks Steve WH6ST for the radios and programming.