Welcome to the Repeaters Page where you can find all sorts of information in regards to the Radio Repeaters which are run and/or used by the Wimmera Amateur Radio Group.
If you want to jump to a specific repeater, click the link here; VK3RBP, VK3RHD, VK3RWM.

VK3RBP – Horsham Analogue Repeater

Summary

We have recently gone repeater crazy, now with a repeater in Horsham, VK3RBP with much better coverage. This repeater is owned and operated by WARG.

The repeater is running a Motorola MTR2000 at about 40 watts.

The repeater is linked to Allstar via a linking radio which is located at a members house which houses the Allstar Linking Node.

We are also beaconing on APRS.FI

Thanks

We would like to thank The Doctor for all his work on this repeater (and many others in the area) and the VK Linked Repeater System ran by AR VIC.

Find out more about the VK Linked Repeater System on VK3RBA‘s QRZ Page.

Repeater Live View

You can view the current status of our repeater at it’s Dashboard URL (https://vk3rbp.vk44.net) or on the Allstarlink Dashboard

TX Frequency: 439.700 MHz

RX Frequency: 434.700 MHz

Tone: 91.5

APRS

VK3RBP-1 is also running in the township of Horsham as a full iGate and Digi for APRS on 145.175MHz.
We are operating a Simoco Transceiver with a Dell Wyse running Direwolf APRS Software.
Dashboard: https://vk3rbp-1.vk44.net

VK3RHD – Horsham Digital Repeater

Summary

We have recently gone digital radio crazy, now with a repeater in Horsham, VK3RHD. This repeater is owned by VK3AS and operated by WARG.

The repeater is running a Motorola MTR2000 with a custom MMDVM Repeater Board at about 10 watts.

We are also beaconing on APRS.FI

Repeater Live View

You can view the current status of our repeater at vk3rhd.vk44.net

TX Frequency: 438.325 MHz

RX Frequency: 431.325 MHz

DMR

Slot 1 – Brandmeister Network

Static Talkgroups: 505 (VK Wide) and 5053 (VK3) on Brandmeister.
Additional Static Talkgroup: 9 (LOCAL – Connected to VK3III-L via VK44.NET ASL HUB)

You can start any dynamic talk groups for Brandmeister Network.

Slot 2 – FreeDMR Network

Static Talkgroups: 505 (VK Wide)

You can start any dynamic talk groups for FreeDMR Network.

P25

NAC – 293

Static Talkgroups: 10700 (NSW P25 Link)

You can start any dynamic talk groups for P25 Network by selecting the Talkgroup on your Radio.

APRS

VK3RHD allows DMR Digital APRS Packets via DMR Slot 1 which is then sent to Brandmeister’s Australian Server (5051) to be transcoded into APRS.fi.