FM Voice Repeaters operated by the Auckland VHF Group

2m band

Brynderwyn 560
Input: 145.000 MHz. Output: 145.600 MHz. Located on the Brynderwyn Hills north of Auckland, about half-way between Auckland and Whangarei.
Ruatuwhenua 670
Input: 146.100 MHz. Output: 146.700 MHz. Located near Scenic Drive on the Waitakere Ranges west of Auckland.
Bombay 690
Input: 146.300 MHz. Output: 146.900 MHz. Located on the Bombay Hills south of Auckland.
Klondyke 6625
Input: 146.025 MHz. Output: 146.625 MHz. Located near Klondyke Road above Port Waikato on the West Coast south of Auckland.

70cm band

Mt Eden 850
Input: 433.500 MHz. Output: 438.500 MHz. Located on Telecom Bldg. central Auckland city.
Klondyke 845
Input: 433.450 MHz. Output: 438.450 MHz. Located near Klondyke Road above Port Waikato on the West Coast south of Auckland.
National System Klondyke 900
Input: 434.000 MHz. Output: 439.000 MHz. Located near Klondyke Road above Port Waikato on the West Coast south of Auckland.
National System Brynderwyn 4075
Input: 439.075 MHz. Output: 434.075 MHz. Located on the Brynderwyn Hills north of Auckland, about half-way between Auckland and Whangarei. Note the positive shift (+5 MHz) between input and output.

23cm band

Auckland 170 now on 1291.700 TX 1271.700 RX Also Linked to 147.400 FM Simplex
Located in the northern East coast bays

The VHF Group also operates National System links from Klondyke to Egmont (Taranaki), Kaimai, and Brynderwyn, and from Brynderwyn to Klondyke. A link extension to the Bay of Islands/Far North is under construction.

Beacons operated by the Auckland VHF Group Inc.

At Nihotupu in the Waitakere Ranges, the following beacons are operated by the VHF Group:

6 m Status operational
Frequency: 50.043 MHz. ZL1VHF 6 m Test mode from East Auckland 20W Vertical mode A0
2 m Status operational
Frequency: 144.240 MHz.Nihotupu ZL1VHF 2m. operational 10W Horiz. mode FSK/AFSK
70 cm Status operational
Frequency: 432.240 MHz. Nihotupu ZL1UHF 70 cm. operational 10W Horiz mode FSK/AFSK
23 cm Status under construction
Frequency: 1296.240 MHz. ZL1UHF 23 cm.
 

ATV Repeaters in the Auckland Area

Nihotupu ATV Ch39. 615.25 Vision (~15W pk sync), 620.75 sound.

The ATV (Amateur Television) interest group within the Auckland VHF Group maintains an ATV repeater at Nihotupu (where the beacons are). It may be monitored by anyone with a household TV set on channel E39. The ATV repeater transmits videotext, test patterns while it is not in use.

Whitford ATV
Input 1284 MHz FM, Output 1248 MHz FM.

Check out the Auckland ATV home page.

Klondyke Node Project

The VHF Group operates a 2m/70cm node at its Klondyke site for packet radio (computer-to-computer) communication. This installation is an upgrade of the former data repeater (a voice repeater without tail). At this stage, the system comprises the former data repeater's transmitter and receiver, a pair of Tekk KS-1000 data transceivers, and the node controller box. As well as operating it in the same manner as the data repeater, user can also connect to the controller box which operates under the callsign ZL1PKT. The bitregenerating 2m port generates new "clean" packets from incomming packets, allowing users to connect to other users and services on the 2m port, or after connecting to ZL1PKT, connecting via the 70cm 9600Bd G3RUH port to users and services on the 70cm port. As soon as suitable software becomes available, TCP/IP connectivity will also be provided. If and when the Digital National System, which is planned by a group in Wellington, reaches Klondyke, we plan to provide a connection to it.

Frequencies:

2m

70 cm

Repeater Management Teams and Repeater Trustees

All repeaters that are managed by the Auckland VHF Group have repeater management teams associated with them. The repeaters for which management teams are appointed at present are:

Beacons:
Quentin Foreman ZL1QF, John Dunn ZL1JD
ATV Repeater:
Quentin Foreman ZL1QF, John Dunn ZL1JD
Whitford ATV:
Quentin Foreman ZL1QF, Tim Moore ZL3VTV
670:
John Dunn ZL1JD
Klondyke Site: (building, aerials, structure, common systems)
Vaughan Henderson ZL1TGC, Tim Moore ZL3VTV
845 and 6625
Vaughan Henderson ZL1TGC, Tim Moore ZL3VTV
National System (900 and links):
Vaughan Henderson ZL1TGC, Tim Moore ZL3VTV
Data Repeater / Node:
 
23 cm Repeater (1291.700)
Michael Sheffield ZL1ABS, Kevin ZL1OVY

The Brynderwyn installations are looked after by Whangarei Branch in their day-to-day operations. Contact Don Ewen ZL1UOH or Peter Aitken ZL1TVP for details. The 850 and 690 repeaters are maintained by Dennis Seymour ZL1UET on behalf of the group. 

Go back to the VHF Group Home Page or NZART Home Page.

Updated July 2003