Repeaters & Nets

The Club operates and maintains a number of voice and data repeaters around South East Queensland.

The official Club call sign is VK4WIG.

For a complete list of repeaters around Australia, please refer to the WIA Repeater Data publication provided by the Wireless Institute of Australia.

Nets

There is a morning net on – 146.700Mhz (123.0 tone) at 08:00 each day. (Springbrook)

Internet Radio Linking Project (IRLP)

The repeater VK4RGC on 146.700 MHz is available for global IRLP connections, our IRLP node number is 6702 as well Echolink 66702

REPEATERS

The Club operates two (2) repeaters sites on the Gold Coast, 

Springbrook – Gold Coast

Status	Call sign	Frequency	Offset	Tone
On Line	VK4RGC	146.700 MHz	-600 kHz	123.0
Off Line	VK4RGC	438.600 MHz	-5 MHz	91.5

 
Wongawallan – North Gold Coast

Status	Call sign	Frequency	Offset	Tone
On Line	VK4RBT	147.200 MHz	-1.600 MHz	91.5
On Line	VK4RBT	439.825 MHz	-5 MHz	91.5
On Line	VK4RBT	439.825 MHz APCO25	-5 MHz	NAC 293
On Line	VK4RBT	438.7125 MHz DMR	-7 MHz	DMARC
On Line	VK4RBT	145.175 MHz	N/A	APRS

APRS

GCARS operates an APRS Digipeater which consists of a WX3in1 Mini – APRS Advanced Digipeater/I-Gate connected to a TAIT TM8115. Due to its location at Wongawallan, it provides great coverage across the Gold Coast and is supported by the following fill-in digipeaters:

VK2ARS-5 and VK4UT-1.

Beacons

VK4RGG – Clubhouse, Harper Street, Molendinar
50.058 MHz 6 Meter Beacon – Online