Sydney Area Useful Frequencies

Project day Here are some useful frequencies for the Sydney area as well as maps and details of a CTCSS tone encoder kit that the club has developed. Please advise us of any errors or changes.

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     Club IRLP & Echolink Facilities
     Local 6 and 2 metre Repeaters   
     Local 70 cm Repeater List
     Interesting Frequencies
     VK H/F and VHF Beacons
     World H/F Beacons
     Map of Repeater locations

Club IRLP & Echolink Facilities

IRLP
IRLP allows hams to talk through their local repeaters to other local or international hams using their repeaters through the Internet connecting via simple DTMF tones. For example, to link to Las Vegas, just key up our 70cm repeater and send DTMF tones representing that node's number, 3210. This allows two way voice communciation to Las Vegas but of course you will need to call CQ to see if anyone is around! To disconnect, just key DTMF 73.

You can also join voice chat rooms called Reflectors. For example, the Australian reflector is 9500. Many repeaters can link through one reflector. To disconnect, just key DTMF 73.

For hams to contact us, our node number is 6250 and its status can be checked on the IRLP web site.

General information can be obtained from the official IRLP web site.

Echolink
Echolink enables hams to contact each other through the internet and via repeaters. The facility is also available on our 70cm repeater. It operates in a similar way to IRLP except that node numbers, when calling through our repeater, must be preceded with # while use of DTMF 73 will disconnect both services. Our Echolink node is 305559.

General information and the node status can be obtained from the Echolink web site.

If you are planning a visit to Sydney, give us a call on IRLP or Echolink.

6 and 2m Repeaters

Offsets are 1 MHz for 6m and 600 kHz for 2m. Note that a CTCSS tone (123 Hz) has proved necessary for the club's 147.025 MHz Paddington repeater to combat heavy interference. Bearings and distances are from the centre of Sydney.

Voice +/- Packet Callsign Location Bearing Kms CTCSS
53.650-   VK2RMP Illawarra SSW 56  
53.850-   VK2WI Dural NW 32  
146.625-   VK2RLD Razorback Range WSW 60  
146.650- 144.725 VK2RDX Mt Bindo W 115  
146.675-   VK2RLH Bathurst W 150  
146.725- 144.700 VK2RAG Gosford N 60  
146.775-   VK2RTZ Newcastle N 120  
146.800- 144.875 VK2RLE Heathcote SW 35  
146.825- 144.925 VK2RHR Sth Highlands WSW 100  
146.850-   VK2RMP Illawarra SSW 56  
146.875- 144.800 VK2RMB Terrey Hills N 26  
146.900-   VK2RNC Newcastle N 120  
146.925-   VK2RGR North Ryde NW 18  
146.975-   VK2RIS Saddleback Mt SSW 95  
147.000- 144.850 VK2RWI Dural NW 32  
147.025+   VK2ROT Paddington ESE 3 123 Hz
147.050+   VK2RBM Lawson W 80  
147.075+   VK2RCZ Sydney West WSW 45  
147.150+   VK2RWS WICEN Chatswood N 10  
147.250+ 144.825 VK2RNS Asquith NNW 26  
147.325+   VK2RTS Winmalee WNW 65  

70 cm Repeaters

All offsets are 5 MHz negative. Note that a CTCSS tone (123 Hz) was introduced to the club's 438.575 MHz Paddington repeater and the frequency changed to combat heavy interference.

Frequency Callsign Location CTCSS
438.025- VK2RHR Sth Highlands  
438.075- VK2RAG Gosford  
438.175- VK2RMB Terrey Hills  
438.275- VK2RWS Chatswood  
438.375- VK2RBM Blue Mts  
438.475- VK2RRS Lane Cove  
438.525- VK2RWI Dural  
438.550- VK2RHC Hurstville  
438.575- VK2ROT Paddington 123 Hz
438.600- VK2RWI Dural  
438.650- VK2RCT Razorback Range 123 Hz
438.725- VK2RMP Illawarra  
439.275- VK2RWI Dural  
439.325- VK2RTY Blacktown  
439.425- VK2RCZ Sydney West  
439.525- VK2RAV WICEN portable  
439.575- VK2RMR Blue Mts  
439.625- VK2RLD Razorback Range  
439.775- VK2RSW Lower Blue Mts  
439.975- VK2RAT Berowra  

Interesting Frequencies (all times local)

AM broadcast stations have a 9 kHz separation (in the US it is 10 kHz), so check this if you have a digital radio. As a bit of trivia - the digits of all VK AM station frequencies add up to 9 (e.g. 702 kHz = 7 + 2 = 9, 1269 kHz = 1 + 2 + 6 + 9 = 18 = 1 + 8 = 9).

Frequency Callsign Details
0.347 RIC Richmond RAAF Air Beacon
0.428 GLF Sydney ATIS Air + Wx Beacon
0.630 PNN ABC News Radio
3.575 VK2GJF 20:30 Sunday Historical Radio Net
3.699 VK2WI Continuous Morse Practice
8.176 VI(a-z) Marine HF Shore Stns - USB
14.230   Slow scan TV +/- 5 kHz
14.487 MI6 UK coded messages for spies from Cyprus
18.220 USB VK2 Weather FAX 120/576
126.250   Sydney ATIS Air + Wx Info
147.000 VK2WI 10:00/19:30 Sunday ARNSW broadcast

Some HF and VHF Beacons in VK

These beacons are those that may be received in Sydney, depending on conditions. They generally transmit continuously their callsign and other data followed by a continuous transmission on CW.

Frequency Callsign Location
28.213 VK3RSX Western Victoria
28.2565 VK3RMH NE Melbourne
28.260 VK5RLZ Adelaide
28.262 VK2RSY Sydney
28.264 VK6RWA Perth
28.267 VK7RWC W Tasmania
28.268 VK8VF Darwin
28.270 VK4RTL Townsville
50.057 VK7RAE NW Tasmania
50.058 VK4RGG Gold Coast
50.087 VK4RTL Townsville
50.287 VK2RHV Hunter Valley
50.289 VK2RSY Dural, Sydney
50.293 VK3RMV SW Victoria
50.345 VK4ABP West Qld
50.297 VK7RST Hobart
52.445 VK4RIK Cairns
144.420 VK2RSY Dural, Sydney
432.420 VK2RSY Dural, Sydney

World-wide CW H/F Beacons

These beacons each send their callsigns followed by a series of dashes at reducing power levels (100 -> 0.1 watts) for 10 seconds in any 3 minute period, and indicate propagation conditions to each of the countries below on the following frequencies:-

14.100, 18.110, 21.150, 24.930 and 28.200 MHz.

Country Callsign Mins/secs
United Nations 4UIUN 00:00 min
Canada VE8AT 00:10
USA W6WX 00:20
Hawaii KH6WO 00:30
New Zealand ZL6B 00:40
Australia VK6RBP 00:50
Japan JA2IGY 01:00 min
Russia RR60 01:10
Hong Kong VR2HK 01:20
Sri Lanka 4S7B 01:30
South Africa ZS6DN 01:40
Kenya 5Z4B 01:50
Israel 4X6TU 02:00 min
Finland OH2B 02:10
Madiera CS3B 02:20
Argentina LU4AA 02:30
Peru OA4B 02:40
Venezuela YV5B 02:50

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Page maintained by Simon Buxton. Created: 19/12/97 Updated: 7/05/2008