Our Radio Repeaters

The Branch Owns and Operates Two Repeaters in the Wanganui Region.

(A "repeater" to put it simply, is a receiver on one frequency connected to a transmitter on another frequency, usually high up somewhere on a hill/mountain/tall building and/or mast, to extend the range of its' users)

1. "Wanganui 690" VHF Repeater.

This repeater is located near the Maewa Bench Mark (Trig AK5Q, Maidenhead square RF70ph), about 35km (21 miles) north of Wanganui or about half way up the "Parapara Highway" (SH3) at about 657 metres (2155') AMSL.

It transmits on 146.90 MHz (Hence the name "690", from the last three digits.)

The Tait made repeater unit has an output of around 20 watts feed into two stacked vertical folded dipoles antennas.

It covers most of the southern half of the North Island (inc. Taupo!) and some of the top of the South Island.

The repeater trustees are Jiff Howe ZL2THO & Mike Newman ZL1BNB

This is the "690" Tait repeater unit.
With the filters below

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This is "690's" duplexer filters.
This allows both the repeater's transmitter and receiver to be connect to the same antenna with minimal de-sensing of the receiver.

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2. "Wanganui 9875" National System Repeater.
(This repeater is connected to a country wide network of UHF repeaters)

Click HERE to "tune-in" to the NZ National System

The repeater trustees are Rob ZL2AN & Mike ZL1BNB

This page is still under construction.

Map of New Zealand's Amateur Radio
"National System" network of UHF repeaters (map updated 4/11/2009)
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(Larger printerble Outline Version)

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