The Rockhampton And District Amateur Radio Club, RADAR (callsigns VK4RAR, VK4WIR and VK4RMA), is an amateur radio club based in Rockhampton Queensland Australia.

The club meets the third Monday of each month at 7:30PM at the SES Building Charles and Randwick St North Rockhampton.  All are welcome. For further enquiries, Please contact the club secretary Clive, 0429632815

The club provides a range of activity’s for all levels of operators from foundation through to advance. Activities include radio nets on Tuesday evenings, news and call back on Sundays, major event communications and International Lighthouse and Lightship days.
RADAR maintains and operates three repeaters on Mt Archer (604Mts) Our 2m repeater on Mt Archer (146.700MHz -600KHz offset) is equipped with IRLP (Node 6973) and EchoLink (108959) The second repeater on Mt Archer, a 70cm repeater (438.225MHz -5MHz offset). Being connected to the Central Highlands repeater system it provides coverage roughly the size of Tasmania.  The third repeater is a MMDVM digital repeater (438.350MHz -7MHz offset) it supports DSTAR and DMR. We also have APRS network for mobile coverage on 145.175.  All of the clubs analogue amateur repeaters require a TONE of 91.5Hz

The club also provides and maintains a channel 3, UHF repeater on the Byfield range, north of Yeppoon. This repeater is provided as a community service and is regularly used by 4WD operators in the area.

For those looking to enter the exciting world of amateur radio, RADAR can help.

Foundation, Standard and Advanced assessments and training is available. These courses are conducted on behalf of the AMC Australian Maritime College with experienced, fully qualified registered Assessors.