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Roleystone houses 4 voice repeaters and a D-Star system
Packet BBS
HF International beacon.....
The site is mains powered with limited solar backup.

Voice repeaters

  • VK6RAP 6m 52.800 receive 53.800 transmit
  • VK6RAP 2m 146.100 receive 146.700 transmit
  • VK6RAP 70cm 434.800 receive 439.800 transmit
  • VK6RUF 70cm 433.525 receive 438.525 transmit (Transmit only for news)
  • 2 cavity 6m duplexer
  • 6 cavity 2m duplexer
  • 6 cavity 70cm duplexer (larger size duplexer)
  • 2m engineering receiver
  • DTMF decoder attached to 2m engineering receiver
  • VK6RAP 146.100 MHz front end crystal filter and low gain pre-amp
  • VK6RWN D-Star equipment for 2 metres, 70 centimetres & 1296
Antennas from bottom to top
  • Engineering 2m dipole (X RTTY repeater antenna)
  • 2m 10 element vertical beam pointing South for WIA news feed to Mt.William
  • 70cm 9 element beam pointing NNW (X Packet link not used)
  • 2m & 70cm vertical (X Packet)
  • 6m dipole
  • 2m 70cm colinear on Western side of tower
  • 2m 70cm 13cm colinear on Northern side of tower
  • 9 element 70cm vertical beam pointing at Mt.Saddleback
International HF beacon VK6RBP
  • TS50 HF transceiver - VK6RBP - International HF beacon VK6RBP
  • NCDXF HF beacon controller
  • Beacon GPS antenna and GPS time standard receiver
  • HF beacon 12V power supply...Does not run off main 12V battery
  • Multiband HF vertical mounted on separate 10M tower

Packet
  • VK6BBR
Power Supplies
  • Two 25 amp regulated power supplies for battery float
  • 300 AH 12 volt battery
  • Low voltage (12V) cutout
  • 25 amp regulated supply for VK6BBR
  • Soft start mains switch on unit