Pikes Peak FM Association
Approved Functions

The PPFMA has dedicated its resources to serving the communities surrounding Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak. Its repeaters are made available to the various emergency communications groups to serve during times of emergencies, and also during routine public service events.

Below is a list of activities which have been approved by the PPFMA operations committee. These activities have been granted use of the repeater(s) to fulfill their communications goals. Although permission has been granted to use the repeater, the following rules apply:

  • EMERGENCY traffic has priority.
  • Organizations are granted permission to use the repeater with priority given to them, but they do not have sole use of the repeater.
  • All other traffic should be accommodated by the using organization as much as possible.
  • Failure to comply with these procedures may result in denial of future use of PPFMA resources.
  • All routine traffic is permitted when the priority user is not actually talking on the repeater.
  • There is no need for net control to announce, "There is a net in progress." to a station making a routine call.
  • Should a routine call interfere with net operations, net control should announce that there is a net in progress and request the stations to expedite their traffic.
  • Net control has responsibility to ask non-net stations if their traffic is of an emergency or priority nature. If so, then the non-net station will be allowed to pass their traffic.


These organizations/functions have been approved:

  • Organization: Edge of Space Sciences
    Date:July 26, 2008 (weather date July 27, 2008)
    Time: 06:00
    12:00 MDT
    Repeater: 448.450 MHz
  • Organization: Pikes Peak ARES "South Central Region Exercise Fairplay Blast 2008"
    Date: October 4 , 2008
    Time: 07:00
    18:00 MDT
    Repeaters: 146.970 MHz & 448.450 MHz