Gold Coast amateur radio activity

 visiting Surfers Paradise again, last visit was around 20th-22nd March 2020 just as Covid was ramping up. 

I brought my scanner,   listening on  146.700 VK4RGC Springbrook belonging to the GCARC    and there is 438.100 VK4RZA also at Springbrook, hearing it ident in CW regularly, it is linked to 70cm rptrs at Brisbane and Sunshine Coast.

Hearing  147.225 VK4RGX, located at Springbrook, which is linked to 146.650 VK4RMC Mt.Cootha, Brisbane which I can also hear.  Also 146.875 is active.

the GCARC have their morning net at 8am, certainly seems a lot more activity here on Gold Coast than there is back in Sydney, the rptrs here are  quite active day and night. On past visits it seemed very quiet when I brought 2m/70cm hheld, I think it was probably my cheap Baofeng desensed by local RF.   

And Microwave band, they have 23cm rptrs up here too. I wish I had brought my ic910 now.

these pics are from 56th floor of Soul Building (Peppers),  top left is towards ZL, top centre is Coolangatta,

top right is Springbrook,  just to right of QT building is Mt.Warning  in NSW, and over the top of it is direction of Sydney.  

From a microwave DX perspective I think Coolangatta is better and aim north to work the VK4's in Brisbane and up the coast.