Substantial progress has been made in reconnecting all of the repeaters in the SA Repeater Network back together. As of October 19th, the Adelaide (Summertown) hub has been reconnected to most of the network. There are a few more sites still to come, however, which should be relinked in the next couple of weeks (VK5RSA Adelaide CBD, VK5RLH Lochiel/Central North) and VK5RVH (Victor Harbor).

One of the key changes is that we have now elected to make 439.900 the Adelaide network access repeater rather than 147.175. This was due to the amount of traffic being carried on 147.175 that was local to Adelaide. As a result, the AREG IRLP node is temporarily off air while we rebuild it to operate on 2m 147.175. 147.175 MHz will now remain a stand alone repeater.

For those missing the WIA broadcast on the old Crafers repeater (147.000), also note that AREG is currently providing a temporary WIA Broadcast service at 9.00am Sunday via the 147.175 MHz repeater. This will revert to 147.000 once AHARS restores that repeater to service.