South East Clubs

The Sunshine Coast Amateur Radio Club is one of the larger Queensland clubs, established in 1970. We are very active providing communications assistance for various events and fostering activities to involve all of our members

Our clubrooms are generously provided by the Local Council on behalf of Main Roads.

We have a large repeater network that has been replaced with new equipment courtesy of Government grants.

Repeaters - Voice
VK4RSC 53.700MHz, 146.850MHz, 438.075MHz, 1273.300MHz at Wilkes Knob Maleny
VK4RSL 146.825MHZ at Laguna Lookout Noosa Heads
VK4RSN 146.975MHz at Black Mountain Cooroy
Note 146.825, 146.850 & 146.975 are linked and require a 91.5Hz tone.

Digipeaters- APRS
VK4RSR 145.175MHz & 439.100MHz APRS at Radar Hill Nambour

Echolink - 316084 on 146.850MHz

Meetings

General Meeting at 7:00pm on the 1st Tuesday of each month at our clubrooms, 85 Godfreys Rd, Bli Bli.
GPS Coordinates: S26 37.664 E153 04.178

Social Meeting every Wednesday from 10:00am with a BBQ on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month.

We also have a Constructors Workshop that occurs every Thursday from 7:00pm at the clubrooms.

Club Activities & Events

Nets
146.825MHz, 146.850MHz, 146.975MHz 08:15 local Mon - Sun, everyday of the year
438.075MHz Monday 19:30 local
3.660MHz LSB Wednesday 19:30 local
28.470MHz USB Net Wednesday after the 80m net
53.700MHz FM Net Friday 19:30 local
2M SSTV Saturday 19:15 local on the 2m linked repeaters
WIA News 146.825MHz, 146.850MHz, 146.975MHz Sunday 09:00 local

Awards
Pelican Award on our HF net, contact 10 club members, club station counts for 2 and receive a lovely certificate featuring one of our fine feathered friends

Sunfest
2024 at Mountain Creek State School Sept 14th.
Our annual Hamfest featuring lots of raffles, equipment and a great atmosphere