Metropolitan Clubs

The Illawarra Amateur Radio Society Inc. is one of the oldest amateur radio clubs in Australia. The IARS celebrated its 70th anniversary in June 2018
The IARS operates an extensive repeater network covering an area from the Sydney basin down to the south coast. For repeater details, please visit our web site. Also, for those interested in obtaining or upgrading their amateur licenses, please email the club secretary.

Meetings

The Illawarra Amateur Radio Society Inc. invite you to join us at the BlueScope Steel, Visitors Centre located at the BlueScope Northgate Entrance, Springhill Rd, Coniston NSW 2500. (the two big flag poles on Springhill Road).

Meetings are on the second Tuesday of every month with the exception of January, time 7.30pm

This is a great get together for all members, visitors and guests to meet. Everyone is invited to participate in discussions, experiences and information sharing we look forward to seeing you there.

Following the meeting there will be the usual tea, coffee, biscuits and cake while having a yarn or two about the latest rigs, the size of each other’s antennas and the elusive contact that got away!

Club Activities & Events

IARS Echolink and Nets
All times quoted are local time and do not change.

Echolink: VK2MT-R is connected to the VK2RMP repeater at Maddens Plain on 146.850, which is also Linked to the VK2RUW repeater at Knights Hill on 146.675

1. Saturday Morning East Coast Net, hosted by Steve VK2BGL at 9:30am local time on the VK2RMP Maddens Plain 146.850MHz repeater (linked also to VK2RUW at Knights Hill on 146.675MHz). This NET is also generally linked to the Bega repeater VK2RFS for the Net. The Net is also accessible via VK2BGL-R on Echolink. Swing by for an enjoyable morning of general discussions from amateurs all over the world.

2: IARS Monday night 70cm Net on VK2RMP Maddens Plain UHF Repeater on 439.675Mhz with a negative 7Mhz offset. 8pm local time. Hosted by Rob VK2XIC.
Club callsign VK2AMW

3. IARS Tuesday night 80M Net on 3.666MHz at 8.30pm local time. hosted by Mal VK2DXM. Club callsign VK2AMW. Held every Tuesday evening, expect the second Tuesday of the month (our meeting night).

4. IARS Wednesday night 6M Net time is at 8pm local time on the Maddens Plain Repeater 53.650MHz with a 1MHz negative offset. Hosted by Geri VK2UTE or Simon VK2XQX, Club callsign VK2AMW. 123Hz CTCSS tone required on TX to access the repeater.

5. IARS Thursday night 10M Net on 28.466MHz USB +/- QRM at 8pm local time. Hosted by Tony VK2TS. Club callsign VK2AMW

The Illawarra Amateur Radio Society Inc. also has an experimental Simplex Repeater operating on the 23cm band. Refer to our website for further information on this and our other repeaters.

And remember, the Picton Hamfest is on again in May this year. Not to be missed! Refer to our website for further information.

Updated by Tony VK2TS. 7/2/2026