M.A.R.C would like to thank all the members that attended this critical and pivotal meeting on Saturday the 14th of march 2026. With great sadness in our hearts we had to discuss how to move forward with club events and activities as well as financial processes. This meeting allowed us to touch base but further […]
Read MoreIt is with great sadness in our hearts that Jacobus Johannes Petrus De Kock (Koos) ZS5KDK has passed away after a long and brutal battle. Koos was a very active member of the M.A.R.C club helping out, fixing the repeaters and organising events as well as being on the committee. His passing is a huge […]
Read MoreM.A.R.C members enjoyed a 5 star Christmas end of the year lunch at the Woodstone restaurant in Howick. Thanks to Marjoke (ZS5V) for reminding everyone of the dates and a big thank you to Koos (ZS5KDK) for organizing the event. We at M.A.R.C wish everyone a joyous and happy Christmas and a prosperous upcoming new […]
Read MoreA big thank you to all the members who came to the meeting on the Saturday the 24th. We tried the new venue but we will most likely return to the old area. Thanks to Koos (ZS5KDK) for spending a lot of time and working hard to show us how he got his VarAC system […]
Read MoreOn Sunday the 23rd of March Koos (ZR5KDK) Tony (ZR5CAT) and Cale (ZR5CA) attended to the MARC repeater box at the Griffin’s hill towers site. Unfortunately the RTCM clients step-down regulator IC was burnt out, the power supply was outputting no voltage and the Repeater box was full of rat droppings. It seems that there […]
Read MoreOn Tuesday 18 March 2025 Koos (ZS5KDK) did some upgrades on the Groenekloof and Worlds View repeater sites. The old Lead Crystal batteries were also replaced with new Li-PO4 Lithium Batteries. The Blue Power charger at Wolds View was repaired for now but still needs to be replaced.
Read MoreThank you to everyone who took time to attend your meeting and all the apologies. Keep safe during the heavy rains and flooding that’s affecting our area. A special thanks to our members brain-storming ways to help the KZN communities via radio during natural disasters. (such as the recent flooding)
Read MoreKoos (ZS5KDK) handing over certificate of membership to Richard (ZS5RMN).
Read MoreATTENTION ALL USERS OF THE SARL WEBSITE! On Saturday 25 January 2025, the SARL website, www.sarl.org.za, will be moved from the servers of old Service Provider to a new Service Provider. We cannot say when this move will take place, so at a certain stage, the website will not be available for a period – […]
Read MoreA Download link to the SARL Diary of Events has been included below.
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