Whilst listening to the Westlakes ARC Net and broadcast on VK-DMR TG3802 talkgroup starting at 8.30am local and broadcast starting at 9am local, the callback mentioned the 6metre net starting at 10am which it did, as I could hear it on the VK2RSN repeater 53.625 MHz
Then tonight I heard the Blue Mountain ARC 6metre start at 8pm on VK2RBM repeater 53.875 MHz
Good to see some groups making good use of 6metre repeaters
6metre repeater status in and around Sydney and NSW that I know of, as of 25th January, 2026,
53.625 VK2RSN, Mt.Sugarloaf, Newcastle, operational, requires 91.5Hz tone
53.650 VK2RMP, Maddens Plain, Illawarra, operational, requires 123Hz tone
53.675 VK2RMB, Terrey Hills, off-air
53.700 VK2RGN, Goulburn, off-air
53.725 VK2RAG, Somersby, Central Coast, operational, requires 91.5Hz tone, linked to 23cm rptr
53.800 VK2RCN, Port Macquarie operational
53.825 VK2RBE, Bethungra operational
53.850 VK2RWI, Dural, operational
53.875 VK2RBM, Blue Mtns, operational, requires 91.5Hz tone
52.525 FM Simplex - still plenty activity, particularly Sunday morning after ARNSW broadcast from Dural
Repeaters of Orana Region Amateur Radio Club
I was listening to a local from Dubbo on DMR talking about the repeaters they manage
VK2RRT Condobolin, 146.900 MHz -600 KHz
VK2RCD Dubbo, 146.725 MHz -600 KHz, currently has Echolink running node- 973817
VK2RCC Coonabarabran, 146.800 MHz -600 KHz requires 91.5 input tone
VK2RDD Dubbo, 439.950 MHz -5 MHz DMR only.
6metre repeater status in and around Sydney and NSW that I know of, as of 29th August, 2025,
53.625 VK2RSN, Mt.Sugarloaf, Newcastle, back on air July 2025, requires 91.5Hz tone
53.650 VK2RMP, Maddens Plain, Illawarra, operational, requires 123Hz
53.675 VK2RMB, Terrey Hills, off-air
53.700 VK2RGN, Goulburn, off-air
53.725 VK2RAG, Somersby, Central Coast, operational, requires 91.5Hz tone, linked to 23cm rptr
53.800 VK2RCN, Port Macquarie operational
53.825 VK2RBE, Bethungra operational
53.850 VK2RWI, Dural, operational
53.875 VK2RBM, Blue Mtns, operational, requires 91.5Hz tone
52.525 FM Simplex - still plenty activity, particularly Sunday morning after ARNSW broadcast
Wagga Amateur Radio Club (WARC) - new 6metre Repeater on-air VK2RBE
Just learnt that a new repeater has been commissioned at Mt.Bethungra, near Bethungra, north of Junee,
operating on 53.825 with -1MHz input, no ctcss tone required and it standalone, as of June 2024.
Follow details on the WARC website Repeaters - Wagga Amateur Radio Club
Just thinking about it, I havent done any trips to Young/Cootamundra/Junee/Wagga/Tumut since 2023, hence not tried out this repeater mobile yet.
Since this new 6metre repeater is co-sited with the VK2RBE 2metre repeater on 146.675MHz, then it is possible it will be accessible from the Hume Highway in the Jugiong-Coolac region for those traversing the Hume Highway with 6metre FM in the mobile, otherwise should be good coverage on the Olympic Highway in Junee-Bethungra-Cootamundra section.
P25 Repeaters for Sydney and surrounds
VK2RCG GPT Sydney City 438.200 MHz now standalone
VK2RNS Asquith (Sydney North) 439.975 MHz standalone
VK2RHP Horsley Park, (Sydney south west) 438.1375 MHz TG10700
VK2RMB Terrey Hills 438.175 MHz is standalone
I stumbled onto this site whilst trying to check the status of the ZL 6metre repeaters.
The ZL's got a good set of repeaters spread across the two islands, including some 900Mhz,(33cm) and of course 23cm repeaters.
The only repeaters they don't have are 10metre repeaters (ie 29MHz)
Be nice if they tied some of their 23cm repeaters, or 900Mhz, etc, to their 6metre repeaters such as Klondike, Climie and Christchurch, that would create some activity over in ZL when 6metres is open.
open from sydney to adelaide today, VK5RSB 53.750 MHz, with VK5KKU and VK2ATU having a chat
today we had some good 6metre openings from Sydney to Tasmania, its been quiet for past few weeks, but today yielded several hours of solid opening.
I heard/worked these VK7 6metre repeaters today :
53.700 VK7RCH Roberts Bluff
53.775 VK7RTV Stowport, Central NW Coast
53.800 VK7RMD Mt Duncan, NW Tasmania
53.825 VK7RAD Queens Domain, Hobart
53.875 VK7RAA Mt Arthur, Nth Tasmania
53.950 VK7RVP St Valentines Peak, NW Tasmania, this requires 91.5Hz CTCSS
I heard both Ian VK7QF and Brian VK7BW at first, then worked VK7QF on VK7RAD Hobart Repeater,
later I had a long chat with Glen VK2FC from near Maitland via VK7RVP.
Whilst on subject of 6metre repeaters, the status of repeaters in and around Sydney,
53.625 VK2RSN, Mt.Sugarloaf, Newcastle, off-air, but is currently in rebuild status ###
53.650 VK2RMP, Maddens Plain, Illawarra, operational, requires 123Hz
53.675 VK2RMB, Terrey Hills, off-air
53.700 VK2RGN, Goulburn, off-air
53.725 VK2RAG, Somersby, Central Coast, operational, requires 91.5Hz tone, linked to 23cm rptr
53.850 VK2RWI, Dural, operational
53.875 VK2RBM, Blue Mtns, operational, requires 91.5Hz tone
### Note: confirmed with Glen VK2FC today
Central West NSW Repeater Update - December 2024
NSW Central West FM Analogue Repeaters:
during last week, several openings for 28.680 MHz FM repeaters, hearing activity on Hobart VK7RHF and Perth VK6RHF, I heard other people reporting they working the VK4RHF 29.680 MHz repeater
noted from VK2EK that VK2RCZ western Sydney, 29.530 MHz FM repeater is alive and well, it does need 91.5Hz CTCSS tone to open the squelch.
6m repeaters, only heard/worked the Hobart repeaters VK7RAD, VK7RCH
on 53.700 and 53.825 MHz.
Meanwhile on 6metre FT8, it been wide open all way round the Pacific Rim.
As for 2metres and above, not had any further ducting like we had a few weeks back, only very mild lifts opening path to Newcastle/Port Stephens 2m and 70cm repeaters.
as we approach Summer for southern hemisphere, here is a reminder to those in Oceania and South Pacific of 10metre FM frequencies to monitor if you are chase 10metre DX
29 MHz / 10 metre FM Simplex channels :
29.200 used by JA
29.300 JA National Call channel
29.400 used by UK
29.450 used by UK
29.500 JA secondary Call Channel and used by UK
29.600 International Call Channel
29 MHz / 10 metre FM repeaters channels :
Output Input
29.610 29.510
29.620 29.520
29.630 29.530
29.640 29.540
29.650 29.550
29.660 29.560
29.670 29.570
29.680 29.580
29.690 29.590
News from Josh VK2MES:
I still looking around to see if anyone talking about why the VK3GWY gateway disappeared which tied BrandMeister DMR TG 50525 with P25 TG50525 and NXDN TG50525 and YSF 06015
while looking around I stumbled onto the VK3RBA 70cm digital repeater dashboard connected to Brandmeister DMR Network, from the dashboard we see BM TG505 TS1 and a local TG9 TS2, I will keep this in mind for the next time I visit Ballarat.
What I noticed from this dashboard is P25 and YSF showing as Not Linked.
vk3rba-d.vk44.net
VK2RHR 146.825 MHz High Range Repeater in southern Highlands is back on air, it requires 91.5Hz CTCSS tone to access it.
It belongs to Goulburn and Southern Highlands ARC. Plans to link it with Goulburn repeater and to Yass repeater
update on 23cm repeater systems centered around Sydney and NSW as of 22nd Oct 2023
OUTPUT / INPUT Callsign Location
1273.100 / 1293.100 VK2RTZ Mt. Sugarloaf - working, it idents every hour, requires 91.5Hz CTCSS tone to access
1273.200 / 1293.200 VK2RWC Chatswood - working
1273.400 / 1293.400 VK2RAG Somersby - working, now linked to VK2RAG 6metre repeater, requires 91.5Hz CTCSS tone to access
1273.500 / 1293.500 VK2RWI Dural - working, carries Sunday WIA broadcast.
1296.850 VK2RMP FM Simplex analogue parrot repeater at Maddens Plains - working, it idents every 10 minutes with a CW message
All the above are Vertical polarised.
1294.000 FM Simplex, not heard anyone since July 2022.
I overheard some hams talking about a repeater covering Cowra area. That got my attention as I wandered through Cowra a few times in recent trips out west.
I know of existing repeaters VK2RKG 146.900 at Kelso, linked with VK2RCW 147.200 at Gowan, plus I know of the repeater network for WARC, (Wagga ARC) Repeaters - Wagga Amateur Radio Club (warc.org.au) and their most northern repeater in their network is VK2RYL 146.875 MHz near Young.
Anyway, I did some searching and discovered there is VK2RBT out at near Wyangala that covers that Cowra area. I had sort of wondered if there might be someone else put up a 2metre repeater and link it with the WARC network. Maybe one day.
Anyway, looking up repeaters gave me VK2RBT and the WACRS group.wacrs.org – Wyangala Amateur and Citizens Radio Society. This yielded good info, glad to see some hams out that way getting a repeater network up and running. VK2RBT is currently a 70cm repeater, dual mode, DMR on the VK-DMR network, plus FM analogue requiring 91.5Hz CTCSS tone on input. The Output is 438.825 MHz and input is 431.825 MHz (-7.0Mhz)
Here is hoping they can get some more repeaters up and running.
29 MHz / 10 metre FM Simplex channels :
29.200 used by JA
29.300 JA National Call channel
29.400 used by UK
29.450 used by UK
29.500 JA secondary Call Channel and used by UK
29.600 International Call Channel
29 MHz / 10 metre FM repeaters :
Output Input
29.610 29.510
29.620 29.520
29.630 29.530
29.640 29.540
29.650 29.550
29.660 29.560
29.670 29.570
29.680 29.580
29.690 29.590
The VK2RAG 1273.400 repeater is back on air as of 2nd Sept 2023, after some refurbishment by Don VK2ZCZ,
the 23cm repeater is now linked to the VK2RAG 53.725 repeater. This is to encourage more activity tieing 23cm users with 6metre users, both the 23cm rptr and 6metre rptr require 91.5Hz CTCSS to activate the repeaters and simultaneous linking.
news from CCARC that VK2RAG 23cm 1273.400 repeater is off air for replacement.
no ETA of when it will return.
