VK2RSN 6metre Repeater - Mt Sugarloaf, Newcastle back on air

 VK2RSN 6metre Repeater - Mt Sugarloaf, Newcastle back on air after a rebuild.

53.625 MHz Output,  52,625 MHz Input, with 91.5Hz CTCSS tone required by the receiver.

I heard the ident here in Sydney, during some morning propagation

6metre voice repeaters in and around Sydney as of July, 2023

  6metre Repeater status as of 26th July, 2023

VK2RAG, Somersby, 53.725 MHz  requires  91.5 Hz  CTCSS tone  - they run Sunday WIA b'cast and callbacks

VK2RWI, Dural, 53.850 MHz - working,  WIA Sunday b'casts supposedly will  move to here from 52.525MHz simplex

VK2RBM, Blue Mtns, 53.875 MHz - working,  requires 123Hz CTCSS

VK2RMP, Maddens Plains, 53.650 MHz  - working,  requires 123Hz CTCSS

VK2RSN, Mt Sugarloaf, Newcastle, 53.625 MHz    unknown status, nil response, I tested this in December 2022 when up that way.

VK2RGN, Goulburn, 53.700 MHz, off air according to the Goulburn ARC website.

VK2RMB, Terrey Hills, 53.675 MHz, still off air and still planned to return it to service.

VK2RCN, Telegraph Point, Port Macquarie, 53.800 MHz, working, requires 91.5Hz CTCSS tone

VK2RSM,  Adaminaby, Snowy Mtns, 53.575 MHz, requires 123Hz CTCSS tone

VK2RSC, Lismore, 53.550 MHz, working, now requires 123Hz CTCSS tone

update on 23cm repeater systems as of 10th May 2023

update on 23cm repeater systems centered around Sydney as of  10th May 2023

Here are the operational 23cm FM Analogue repeaters I can work:

OUTPUT / INPUT    Callsign    Location

1273.100 / 1293.100 VK2RTZ  Mt. Sugarloaf  - working,  it idents every hour, requires 91.5Hz ctcss

1273.200 / 1293.200 VK2RWC   Chatswood  - working

1273.400 / 1293.400 VK2RAG  Somersby - working, has beep on the tail

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.

Repeaters VK2RCW 147.200MHz and VK2RKG 146.900 now linked

 Repeaters VK2RCW 147.200MHz at Gowan and VK2RKG 146.900 in Bathurst are now linked. No access tones required to use them.

6metre FM voice Repeater Status Update - Jan 2022

 here is the latest update on these 6metre Repeaters for Sydney and surrounds as of 3rd Jan 2022

53.625 Newcastle  - unknown

53.650 Illawarra  - operational

53.675 Terrey Hills - still off air

53.700 Goulburn - unknown

53.725 Somersby - operational

53.850 Dural - operational

53.875 Blue Mtns - operational

in recent weeks I have heard people chatting on 53.650, 53.725 and 53.850