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I was flicking through the UHF cb channels tonight and I can access a repeater I didn't know existed.
It's on channel 4 (476.500) and every 10 minutes it automatically identifies itself with a recorded female voice as DHC04 Caloundra. (I could be wrong on the first two letters of the call sign).
Anyone know much about this?

Hey Dave,

its not registered on the database as yet however it is possible that the database hasn't been updated yet. will have a look again in a few days i spose. good spot though

Are you able to hear/access the repeater from your location, Phil?
The signal strength is very low where I am (Buderim).

doubtful i will be up that way soon. ill get a few of my mates on the northside to have a listen

here vht04 http://web.acma.gov.au/pls/radcom/clien ... O=20002986

Phatt,

that repeater is not new and has been around since 2005. although very possible that they may have moved it who knows ill have a listen next time im up in the area i spose

VHT04 was/is at Noosa. According to this, it is off the air:
http://www.tropinet.com/cgi-bin/repeaters.cgi?QLD

Can anyone else here access the Caloundra repeater? It must be new as no one is using it yet (just wait until the brain-dead zombies on ch 6 find it )

Scannersplitterguy wrote:VHT04 was/is at Noosa. According to this, it is off the air:
http://www.tropinet.com/cgi-bin/repeaters.cgi?QLD

That Site shows it located at the same place as shown in the ACMA Database.

The Site also states that it was under repair as at July 2011, so perhaps it has now been repaired, and is back on Air.

The Cooroy/Noosa Site is about 32 km from Buderim.

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Hi Dave

Yep I got it too (mountain creek), same recording too.

On top of kawana waters shopping centre ???? so the story goes

There is a channel 4 at Cooroy' VHT04 . can confirm it is operational
http://web.acma.gov.au/pls/radcom/clien ... O=20002986

The channel 4 was on Black Mountain north of Cooroy, it was working fine but the TX antenna had fallen/broken and it had a range of about 1klm but it RXed fine, It was sold about 12 months ago(maybe more). I have been told it is on Buderim but it doesn't have a good range for up there

Update

The channel 4 repeater is on the Caloundra Lighthouse. It's been operating in full capacity for a couple of months now.
Fortunately, the brain-dead button-pushers haven't found it yet.

Scannersplitterguy wrote:Update

The channel 4 repeater is on the Caloundra Lighthouse. It's been operating in full capacity for a couple of months now.
Fortunately, the brain-dead button-pushers haven't found it yet.

thats strange, its not licensed for that location, even tonight its still only authorised for Cooroy location, acma might not give a toss about users, but repeater operators got lot more to lose, incl fines

The plot thickens....the repeater has been off the air for several days. Seems to be having technical problems when it is on, too.

Scannersplitterguy wrote:The plot thickens....the repeater has been off the air for several days. Seems to be having technical problems when it is on, too.

On Fri night, travelling Bribie rd I was listening to a c4, no idea which one, was very weak, was making noises, sounded almost like a crook/out-of-tune diplexer.

CH4 repeater is located at coloundra light house. Has been up and running for about 5 months now. I spoke to someone on it befor Xmas and they were testing it, but it is now operational.

QLD-Bob wrote:CH4 repeater is located at coloundra light house. Has been up and running for about 5 months now. I spoke to someone on it befor Xmas and they were testing it, but it is now operational.

So is the CH4 repeater at Caloundra the repeater that was at Cooroy and they moved it? or has the ACMA allowed for two on the same channel 40km apart.. :/

The Cooroy repeater has been moved and is now at Caloundra lighthouse.

Yes I know this is an old thread but I'm wondering if anyone knows what became of the CH4 repeater at Caloundra lighthouse. Its been off the air for some time now......