Broken Hill Amateur Radio Group

"Just a group a guys who get together, have a few beers & make things happen!" - VK2DPG

Latitude 31° 57' SOUTH - Longitude 141° 26' EAST (QF08RB)

Local Operators - callsigns etc of the "locals" 

Locally Operated Frequencies - where to find us (give us a call!), Photo's also,  if you're game :-)

• 2m Repeater
• 2m Digipeater
  • Wormhole
  • BBS
• 2m Beacon
• 70cm Beacon

Broken Hill Tourist Information - "Gateway to the Outback"

• Scenes from around Broken Hill - taken by VK2CA & VK1TX
• History in Pictures & text of Broken Hill and area  (Excellent site!)
• More history of Broken Hill (continuation of above site) 

Great Circle Map Centered on Broken Hill - range circles set at 2000km

Scanner Frequencies - Broken Hill Area - Comprehensive Listing! (over 250 listed!) 

Broken Hill Local Time -9.5hr UTC

Locally Operated Frequencies

2m Repeater- VK2RBH - (Voice) (Pictures of the site)       

• RX (Input) - 146.400
• TX (Output) - 147.000 (15w)
•  Operated on a Philips FM828 (Modified for repeater use)
• 3 Cavities RX
• 2 Cavities TX
• Separate Omni-directional antennas (100' RX, 50' TX)
• Sited at 400m AMSL (Above Mean Sea Level)

• Entire Site powered by 4 * 60 Watt solar panels, feeding 8 * 100+ Amp/Hr solar batteries.

2m DIGI-Repeater- VK2RBH - (packet)

• RX/TX - 147.575

• Operated on a Philips FM828 (Simplex)

• Paccom Tiny-2 TNC (Terminal Node Controller) - 1200 BPS - using X1J software.

• Omni-directional antenna (30')
• Sited at 400m AMSL (Above Mean Sea Level)

Beacons - VK2RBH (Pictures of the site)

• 2m -144.525
• 70cm - 432.525

2m Wormhole  - VK2DPG-1 - (packet TCP/IP Gateway)

• PC 80386 using JNOS 1.08 (386)
• Ethernet NE2000 clone
• Paccom Tiny-2 TNC (Terminal Node Controller) - 1200 BPS
• Philips FM828 (25w)
• Omni-directional antenna
• Address (Network Router Only) VK2DPG-1.ampr.org
• TCP/IP - 44.136.52.2
• All access to this address only via Amateur radio! (Use VK2RBH on 147.575
• Sited at local ISP (PCPRO.net)(Broken Hill)

2m Bulletin Board (BBS)(VK2SRN)

• Operated by VK2SRN - Steven

 Local Amateur Operators

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