South East Clubs

Established in 1948 at the end of World War 2 and one of Queensland's more active regional clubs, theTARCinc provides repeaters, beacons, APRS, AllStarLink, Echolink, DMR, YSF, ARDF, WSPR and technical support for regional radioamateurs.

Our members self-train to provide support when needed to counter-disaster organisations, by supporting community events that require communications in areas not reliably served by public communications facilities.
This support includes assisting community groups in understanding the real world requirements to successfully communicate across rugged conditions on land and at sea.

The club has an active Ladies Group and is also active socially with many outings and events held to include the entire family.

Repeaters - Voice
VK4RAT 146.7MHz -600kHz Split 91.5Hz Tone Access: interfaced with VK4PQ Echolink & AllStarLink Nodes,
VK4RAT 438.225MHz -5MHz Split 91.5Hz Tone Access: interfaced with VK4TUB Echolink & AllStarLink Nodes,
TAC08 UHF-CB Repeater CH08 Duplex. Owned, licenced and maintained by the club, accessible to all the community in the Townsville region
Repeaters - Digital
VK4RAT 145.175MHz APRS and AX25 : interfaced with VK4ZZ uiVIEW APRS Gateway & interfaced with VK4OT BPQ-BBS
Beacons
VK4RTL 28.270MHz 50.282MHz 144.445MHz 432.445MHz 1296.444MHz
VK4ATV WSPR Beacons on 80,40,20,15,10 & 6metres

Meetings

Management Meeting: 1st Tuesday of the month - the nuts and bolts meeting, includes Show and Tell sessions
Project Night: 2nd Tuesday of the month - help us keep the magic smoke in! Includes demonstrations and training
Social Evening: 3rd Tuesday of the month - includes more tech demonstrations, projects and training
all at the Club Rooms atop SES HQ
25-27 Green Street West End starting 7-30pm
Also on-air:
Ann Renton Memorial Net - 4th Tuesday of the month on VK4RAT UHF Repeater
Tech on the Air Net - 5th Tuesday of the month on VK4RAT VHF Repeater

find out the latest happenings at -
https://thetarcinc.weebly.com/news

Club Activities & Events

- North Queensland Net: 3605.4kHz from 0930UTC Sunday
- Ann Renton Memorial Ladies Net: 438.225MHz from 1930 local 4th Tuesday of the Month
Accessible via VK4TUB AllStarLink Node 46740 and VK4TUB Echolink Node 837230
- Tech On The Air Net: 146.700MHz from 1930 local 5th Tuesday of the Month
Accessible via VK4PQ AllStarLink Node 49806 and VK4PQ Echolink Node 956580
- WIA News Net: 146.7MHz from 0900 local every Sunday
Accessible via VK4PQ AllStarLink Node 49806 and VK4PQ Echolink Node 956580
- Cardwell Gathering: every October Long Weekend
- Australia Day Long Week Family Radio Camp
- John Moyle Memorial Field Day field activity every third weekend of March
- Snow4's Famous Foxhunt - every year during June
- Jamboree On The Air & Jamboree On The internet - every third weekend in October
with Kennedy Region Scouts and Flinders Region Guides
- The famous TARC Xmas Party and Monster Auction every year during December

Townsville Amateur Radio Club Meeting Location

Training Courses And Assessment Information

The Club refers those with training requirements to Ron/VK2DQ radioelectronicschool and also supports those in training with face to face training sessions. The Club has a ACMA Amateur Radio qualified Standard Assessor available for Australian Amateur Radio Assessments on request.