The members of the M.A.R.C club were saddened to hear about the passing of Brian (ZS5BCB) Brian loved radios from a young age and was involved with radio repeaters and radio tower systems throughout his life. He was a police reservist and was heavily involved with the community of Howick’s CPS group. Brian helped them […]
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Read MoreOur field day station was operating on 7.145 LSB. A big thanks to everyone flying the ZS5PMB flag for all to hear! Contacts were made on 10m, 15m, 20m, 40m & 80m
Read MoreGet ready for an awesome day! 25th May 2024
Read MoreThank you to Koos (ZS5KDK) for his hard work cleaning Wolds View. Once again keeping the bar held high and setting a pristine example for all Hams. Maintaining the site that houses our radio equipment is just as important as maintaining the equipment. A well kept site is a sure sign of active, disciplined and […]
Read MoreWe had a delicious home made roast with ice cold drinks and above average hot weather.Big thanks to our hosts at the Lynfield Sports Club for their hard work on the tasty meal.May the new year bring us better electricity solutions, healthy repeater systems and good solar weather, cheers
Read MoreVery bad news. Hans Kapitjin has gone silent key. I was informed by Dennis Green a few minutes ago. RIP HANS Koos ZS5KDK MARC repeaters will be linked to ZS6WDL who will link to ZS6JPL where you can listen and take part in the special bulletin for the late Hans Kapitjin ZS6KR. Koos ZS5KDK
Read MoreKoos ZS5KDK drove up up to the Griffin’s Hill repeater site to replace the power supply with a reliable alternative. “Power sup at Grifens Hill 145.700 decided to pack up. I have replaced it but it will need a good reliable battery charger” Koos ZS5KDK
Read MoreKoos ZS5KDK, Tony ZR5CAT and Cale ZR5CA rocked up at the Griffin’s Hill repeater site to install new and refurbished hardware in the hopes of getting the repeater running up again. They managed to successfully get the repeater working again after a few hours of hard work. A big thank you to Koos , Tony […]
Read MoreAfter the MARC meeting ZS5KDK and ZR5S were hard at work testing and programming the Estcourt repeater system. After some successful pings between the handheld radios belonging to ZR5CAT and ZS5KDK the extremely successful meeting came to an end and a date for the Install was in progress.
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