To request use of a PPFMA repeater for a public service event or any other qualifying event such as an educational event, please download the Request for PPFMA Repeater Resources form below and mail it in per the instructions on the form.

Download a Request for PPFMA Repeater Resources

• Amateur radio is primarily a hobby with a strong emphasis on emergency communications. Emergency communications relating to the safety of life or protection of property take priority over all other communications.

• A repeater is a shared resource that requires the cooperation and financial support of its users in order to keep the repeater operating in a useful manner. All repeater users are asked to cooperate with and show consideration for other radio amateurs using the repeater. Repeater users are, of course, expected to comply with FCC rules and regulations.

• Repeater users are encouraged to use the amateur radio spectrum efficiently by employing simplex and local coverage repeaters when possible. Autopatch users should use the 145.265 or 448.800 repeater autopatch when within range of those repeaters.

• Autopatches are intended to be used to deliver or receive a relatively short, specific message by automatically connecting the repeater to the conventional telephone system.

• Business use of the repeaters (including, but not limited to the autopatch) by amateur radio operators for personal gain or for their employer's gain is illegal. For example, calling your business or place of employment to check for messages or appointments is illegal.

• Business transactions not covered in the previous paragraph (such as ordering food, ordering parts, making a hotel reservation, etc.) may be legal under current FCC rules but are generally discouraged. Such use of amateur radio detracts from its main purpose and repeater users are asked to refrain from making such transmissions. However, transmissions that are safety or emergency related (such as providing aid to a motorist by calling a tow truck) are encouraged.