SABC Amateur Radio Club

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ZS6RTV is the amateur radio club of the South African Broadcasting Corporation sports and recreation body. Membership is restricted to members of staff only (this includes retired staff).

The majority of members are from technical departments, which gives the club a noticeable "project" bias.

Operational on-site repeaters currently in service include:-

• The 2 Metre band: 145.400 Mhz (-600khz). This is a shared repeater. The frequency being allocated to ZS6HVB (the Highveld branch of the S.A. Radio League) and ZS6SSC (the Southern Suburbs Radio Club). The equipment has been pooled from all participating clubs' resources. The repeater carries Sunday morning bulletins, starting at 08h15 SAST with the Afrikaans version of the S.A. Radio League bulletin and at 08h30 SAST in English. At 08h45 SAST there is a bulletin in English for members of the Highveld branch, Southern Suburbs Radio Club and the SABC Amateur Radio Club (ZS6RTV). All radio amateurs are invited to participate in this bulletin.

• The 70 cms band: 438.850 Mhz (-7.6 Mhz). This repeater is wholly owned and operated by ZS6RTV. It is used for experimental cross band linking and testing in the UHF spectrum.
  The repeaters are constructed and maintained by the committee member (technical),
  Ton van Dijk ZS6ANA, and housed on the roof of the 30 story office tower block
  (± 150 meters above ground level, location 26° 11' 11" S, 28° 00' 39" E)
  in Auckland Park, JOHANNESBURG, S.A

Search the South African Callsign. and Repeater Database Projects.

The ZS6RTV FTP Server is online, here.
If you would like to connect to our FTP Server with an FTP Client (like WSFTP or CuteFTP),
the domain name is zs6rtv.sabc.co.za (anonymous logins are allowed.)

The South African Repeater guide, is in our filing cabinet here.
Modifications for Amateur radio equipment are available in the mods directory.
The South African Radio League Bulletin is available in the sarl directory.
Internet Africa's ham FTP Site, maintained by ZR5DTS.

The ZS6RTV GOPHER Server is online, here.
If you would like to connect to our Gopher Server with a Gopher client (like WSGopher),
the domain name is zs6rtv.sabc.co.za

Telnet access to Packet Gateways.

For more Q5 contacts check-out:
Welcome to the World of Internet Amateur Radio
Ham radio Online -a Virtual Magazine
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Amateur Radio
Amsat Home Page
SAREX - Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU)
The Radio Society of Great Britain
Radio Amateurs of Canada
ZS6ERB, The East Rand Branch of the S.A.R.L.
Highway BBS, ZS0WTE, Durban
ZS6JBU's Home Page.

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• Updated: March 4, 1996
  Send comments and suggestions to:
  
  Email to steven.lockhart@pixie.co.za Steven Lockhart (ZR6LOC)