Henry VK2ZHE writes:

After a lot of hard work to install off-grid solar power, the club’s Telegraph Point VK2RCN 2 Metre 147.0 MHz voice repeater is now back on air from the new site in time for Christmas. This repeater has the standard minus 600 kHz offset and does not require CTCSS to access it.

The VK2RCN 438.425 MHz voice repeater is temporarily on air to enable UHF coverage to be assessed. It uses minus 5 Mhz offset and requires 123 Hz CTCSS for access. It will be replaced by the RadNet DMR repeater early in the New Year.

The site will be formally commissioned later in January 2023 when the fit out of the equipment shelter has been completed and all the VK2RCN repeaters including the APRS digipeater and the 53.8 MHz 6 metre repeater have been permanently installed and tested.

The 2 metre and 70cm coverage from the new VK2RCN site is excellent with very strong signals in Port Macquarie and Wauchope in particular with many distant station also able to access the repeaters. Please take the opportunity to come up on the VK2RCN 147.0 and 438.425 MHz repeaters and see how the signals are at your QTH and along the routes that you travel in your mobiles.

Merry Christmas! 😀