Repeaters & Beacons

The Geelong Amateur Radio Club maintains a number of repeaters in the area. We also maintain two beacons, and an IRLP node.

Note: the 2Metre repeaters, VK3RGL and VK3ROW are linked into what is called the SouthwestNET

Repeaters

• VK3RGL 147.000 MHz with -0.6 MHz offset and 91.5Hz CTCSS and IRLP node 6572.
  This repeater is located on Mt Anakie and also rebroadcasts various Amateur Radio news feeds at 9PM local time.
  It is also linked to VK3ROW 2M repeaters.

• VK3RGL 439.500 MHz with -5.0 MHz offset and linked to The Australian amateur radio DMR repeater network Currently offline until internet connectivity is connected 2025.

• VK3RGC 147.125 MHz with +0.6 MHz offset and 91.5Hz CTCSS .
  This repeater is located at Montpellier, Geelong.

• VK3RGC 439.575 MHz with -5.0 MHz offset and 91.5Hz CTCSS.

• VK3ROW 146.625 MHz with -0.6 MHz offset and 91.5Hz CTCSS.
  This repeater is located at Beech Forrest and linked to the VK3RGL  2M repeater.

• VK3RGL   🆕 Geelong’s DATV Crossband Repeater is in design phase with antenna panels and LNA shortly installed to the tower. 
• Input: 1246 MHz and 1255 MHz Horizontal  Polarity.
• Output: 2411 MHz Horizontal  Polarity 64-QAM, 7 MHz Bandwidth DVB-T.
•  The MPTS consisting of 3 x HD services in 1920×1080 16:9 format encoded with h264 video and for AAC audio.
• Service 1000  CH 1, 1001 CH 2, 1002 Combo which is a dynamic page showing both channels in side-by-side format for monitoring.
• BATC Link to repeater Channel 1   VK3RGL-1 – BATC Live Streaming
• BATC Link to repeater Channel 2  (TBA)
• Progress/Update TBA

Beacons

• VK3RGL 144.530 MHz in QF22DC beaming W & NE
• VK3RGL 432.530 MHz in QF22DC beaming alternately W & NE
  (Not currently operational while being refurbished and adding GPS locked PLL )

Click on each callsign to see a repeater coverage maps. Our thanks to Bert VK3TU for giving his time and effort to create these maps.