VK6RCT Cataby 147.200 MHz +
This repeater site is arguably the most picturest. Located on the Brand Highway 
200 KM North of Perth in farming land mixed with natural bush, it stands on top 
of a flat topped hill. Much of the area is covered with Blackboys and areas of trees. 

From the site looking West, the large sand hill area North of Lancelin can be seen some 40 kilometres away. 

 The Cataby Road House on the Brand Highway is about 4 kilometres from the site. 

 
The site was constructed in 1984 over a couple of months and consists of a garden shed and a 60' (19M) guyed mast. 

The original repeater was a modified Icom IC22a, which has since been replaced with an FM880.
The site has had a mixed operational performance with many equipment failures, many of which go un-noticed 
or un-reported for several months. 

This is in part due to there being no perminat amateurs living in the area during much of the site's existance. 

This repeater was installed to offer coverage for travelling amateurs along the Brand Highway and as the first step in the linking of Perth to the North.

As of July 1997 the repeater has been put back into service.
It is also linked to Perth's UHF repeater VK6RUF on a continuous basis.

Showing solar panals and 6dB gain omni at top of 19M (60') mast. 

The 15 element UHF link antenna is behind the mast, pointing towards Perth.

View of VK6RCT Cataby looking South.
For a 360 degree photo taken from the top of Cataby Hill click here

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