Amateur radio clubs in South Africa

Boland Amateur Radio Klub ZS1BAK

Boland, Western Cape bark.org.za

Sunday bulletin at 09:30 on the Western Cape linked repeaters (145.650 Du Toits Kloof) and 7.092 MHz, with an earlier relay on 80 m at 07:45. RAE course twice a year on Zoom; helps newcomers choose and set up equipment.

• 145.750 MHz, −600 kHz Stilbaai · Voice · ZU9SKA

Checked 13 November 2026.

Buckshee Amateur Radio Club ZS1TNR

No website listed

Status unknown on the SARL list. Checked 13 November 2026.

Cape Coast Radio Club ZS1CCR

Plettenberg Bay zs1ccr.co.za

A new club (2026): youth and scout radio events, POTA and HOTA activations, a lighthouse activation and support for disaster communications.

Checked 13 November 2026.

Cape Radio Group ZS1CRG

No website listed

Checked 13 November 2026.

Cape Town Amateur Radio Centre ZS1CT

Rondebosch, Cape Town ctarc.org.za

Meets on the fourth Saturday of the month at 14:00 at the Belvedere Community Centre, Keurboom Park, Rondebosch. Sunday 08:30 bulletin on the 145.750 Kanonkop repeater and 3.700 MHz. Flea market in March, Lighthouse Weekend, field days and foxhunts.

• 145.750 MHz, −600 kHz Kanonkop · Voice

Checked 13 November 2026.

Eden Radio Club ZS1ERZ

George and the Garden Route edenradioclub.com

Fox hunting (ARDF), pico balloons, emergency communications and repeaters around the Garden Route.

• 145.625 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Aasvoelkop · Voice
• 145.700 MHz, −600 kHz George · Voice
• 145.750 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Stilbaai · Voice

Checked 13 November 2026.

False Bay Amateur Radio Club ZS1FRC

Capri, Fish Hoek fbamateurradio.wixsite.com/fbarc

Meets on Saturdays at 10:00 at the club room in Capri. Sunday nets at 08:30 on 3.650 MHz and 11:30 on 7.145 MHz.

Website not updated since about 2020; details may be out of date. Checked 13 November 2026.

Overberg Amateur Radio Club ZS1OAR

Overberg No website listed

Status unknown on the SARL list. Checked 13 November 2026.

SCS Aerospace Group Amateur Radio Club ZS1SAC

No website listed

Checked 13 November 2026.

Suidkaap Amateurradioklub ZS1SKR

Southern Cape No website listed

• 145.600 MHz, −600 kHz Mossel Bay · Voice · ZU9HCJ

Checked 13 November 2026.

The Radio Club ZS1RC

No website listed

Status unknown on the SARL list. Checked 13 November 2026.

The ZS Link Network Group ZS1ZSG

No website listed

Checked 13 November 2026.

Weskus ARK ZS1WK

West Coast No website listed

• 145.7375 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Vredendal · Voice · ZU9ZZZ

Checked 13 November 2026.

Winelands Amateur Radio Club ZS1WRC

No website listed

• 438.225 MHz, −7.6 MHz, 88.5 Hz Worcester · Voice · ZU9WL

Website not working (November 2026). Checked 13 November 2026.

Border Radio Club (East London) ZS2BRC

East London No website listed

• 145.625 MHz, −600 kHz King Williamstown · Voice · ZU9MEE
• 145.725 MHz, −600 kHz Butterworth · Voice · ZU9MEF
• 145.775 MHz, −600 kHz East London · Voice · ZU9MDS
• 438.650 MHz, −7.6 MHz East London · Voice · ZU9MFP

Checked 13 November 2026.

Port Elizabeth Amateur Radio Society ZS2PE

Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha) zs2pe.co.za

Meets on the third Tuesday of the month at 19:30 at the German Club, Lorraine (not in May, November or December). Monday 20:00 bulletin on the Lady's Slipper repeaters 145.700 and 438.700, linked across the Eastern Cape. Contests, awards, Hamnet and event communications.

• 145.600 MHz, −600 kHz Cockscomb · Voice · ZU9JCQ
• 145.625 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Longmore · Voice · ?
• 145.650 MHz, −600 kHz Cradock · Voice · ZU9KGK
• 145.650 MHz, −600 kHz Port Elizabeth · Voice · ZU9KDJ
• 145.675 MHz, −600 kHz Uitenhage · Voice · ZU9JCR
• 145.700 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Lady’s Slipper · Voice · ZU9KCD
• 145.725 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Hermanus · Voice · ZU9EBD
• 145.725 MHz, −600 kHz Humansdorp · Voice · ZU9JCC
• 145.775 MHz, −600 kHz Port Elizabeth · Voice · ZU9KDL
• 438.650 MHz, −7.6 MHz Port Elizabeth · Voice · ZU9KDK
• 438.700 MHz Voice

Checked 13 November 2026.

Bo-Karoo Amateurradioklub ZR3VDK

Bo-Karoo zs3vdk.wordpress.com

RAE classes and HF assessments, including Hammies classes for young newcomers, and lighthouse weekend activations at Saldanha.

Website not updated since 2021; details may be out of date. Checked 13 November 2026.

Kimberley Amateurradioklub ZS3KBY

Kimberley No website listed

• 145.625 MHz, −600 kHz Kimberley · Voice · ZU9ACM

Checked 13 November 2026.

Namaqualand Aero Sport Association (Springbok) ZS3FLY

Springbok No website listed

Checked 13 November 2026.

Noordkaap Amateurradioklub ZS3NC

Facebook group

• 145.750 MHz, −600 kHz Kuruman · Voice · ZU9PTC

Checked 13 November 2026.

Sutherland Amateur Radio Club ZS3OBS

Sutherland No website listed

Status unknown on the SARL list. Checked 13 November 2026.

Bloemfontein Amateur Radio Club ZS4BFN

Bloemfontein Facebook group

• 145.600 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Navil Hill · Voice · ZU9ABM
• 145.7625 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Brandkop · Voice · ZU9BDK
• 438.725 MHz, −7.6 MHz, 88.5 Hz Thaba Nchu Mtn · Voice · ZU9TNM

Checked 13 November 2026.

Sasolburg Amateur Radio Club ZS4SRK

Sasolburg qsl.net/zs4srk

Sunday 11:30 bulletin on the Sasolburg 145.600 repeater and 7.174 MHz; Monday 20:00 Afrikaans programme on 145.600.

• 145.600 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Sasolburg · Voice · ZU9SR
• 145.6625 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Kroonstad · Voice · ZU9RKO
• 145.6875 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Sasolburg · Voice · ZU9SBF
• 145.7375 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Roadside · Voice · ZU9LKR

Website not updated since 2013; details may be out of date. Checked 13 November 2026.

Vrystaat Amateurradioklub (Bethlehem) ZS4B

Bethlehem No website listed

• 145.675 MHz, −600 kHz Bethlehem · Voice · ZS4ZU

Checked 13 November 2026.

Welkom Radioklub ZS4WRC

Welkom No website listed

• 145.750 MHz, −600 kHz Welkom · Voice · ZS4ZK

Status unknown on the SARL list. Checked 13 November 2026.

Durban Amateur Radio Club ZS5D

Durban No website listed

• 145.650 MHz, −600 kHz Durban · Voice · ZU9PKP
• 145.725 MHz, −600 kHz Durban · Voice · ZU9QKB

Checked 13 November 2026.

Hibiscus Coast Amateur Radio Club ZS5HAC

Hibiscus Coast, KwaZulu-Natal Facebook group

• 145.7375 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Paddock · Voice · ZU9PNN

Checked 13 November 2026.

Highway Amateur Radio Club ZS5HAM

New Germany, Durban highwayarc.co.za

Based at the New Germany Sports Club, The Wolds. RAE training and mentoring, and emergency and event communications for local authorities.

• 145.625 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Hillcrest · Voice · ZU9PKL
• 145.625 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Kloof · Voice · ZU9KL
• 145.7625 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Kloof · Voice · ZU9MM
• 438.200 MHz, −7.6 MHz Kloof · Voice · ZU9KLA
• 439.025 MHz, −8 MHz Durban · Voice · ZU9DH

Checked 13 November 2026.

KZN Radio Activity Group ZS5KZN

No website listed

Status unknown on the SARL list. Checked 13 November 2026.

Midlands Amateur Radio Club ZS5PMB

Pietermaritzburg and the Midlands marc.org.za

Meets on a Saturday about once a month in Pietermaritzburg. Runs a linked repeater network (Griffin's Hill, Groenekloof, Wolds View) with DMR and APRS, Meshtastic nodes and technical projects.

• 145.6625 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Groenekloof · Voice
• 145.700 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Estcourt · Voice · ZU9OLR
• 145.725 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Underberg · Voice · ZU9MOK
• 145.750 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Wolds View · Voice
• 145.7875 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Underberg · Voice · ZS0PUR
• 438.225 MHz, −7.6 MHz Groenekloof · DMR
• 438.300 MHz, −7.6 MHz Wolds View · DMR

Checked 13 November 2026.

Noord-Natal Amateurradioklub ZS5NAK

No website listed

• 145.775 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Vryheid · Voice · ZU9PKM

Status unknown on the SARL list. Checked 13 November 2026.

Zululand Amateur Radio Club ZS5ZLB

Zululand No website listed

• 145.675 MHz, −600 kHz Eshowe · Voice · ZU9QMF
• 145.700 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Empangeni · Voice · ZU9ZA
• 145.700 MHz, −600 kHz Empangeni · Voice · ZU9QMM
• 145.7875 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Louwsburg · Voice · ZU9ZB

Checked 13 November 2026.

Alberton Amateur Radio Interest Group ZS6TDK

Alberton zs6tdk.yolasite.com

Checked 13 November 2026.

Brakpan Amateur Radio Group ZS6BRG

Brakpan No website listed

Status unknown on the SARL list. Checked 13 November 2026.

Centurion Radio Amateur Club ZS6CEN

Centurion (clubhouse in Hatfield) cqcenturion.org

Meets on the second Saturday of the month at 10:30 at the clubhouse, Prospect Road, Hatfield. Tuesday 19:00 bulletin on 145.775, 439.050 and 7.078 MHz. Flea markets, workshops, tech talks, outings and the CQ Centurion newsletter.

• 145.775 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Centurion · Voice · ZU9NSH
• 439.050 MHz Hatfield clubhouse (temporary) · Voice

Checked 13 November 2026.

Coalfields Amateur Radio Club ZS6CRC

No website listed

• 145.6875 MHz, −600 kHz Witbank · Voice · ZU9CRA
• 438.875 MHz, −7.6 MHz Witbank · Voice · ZU9CRB

Status unknown on the SARL list. Checked 13 November 2026.

East Rand Radio Club ZS6ERB

Ekurhuleni (clubhouse at Arrow Park) zs6erb.co.za

Meetings at the clubhouse in Arrow Park; contests, field days, antenna and digital-mode projects, training new operators and emergency communications. Founded in 1937.

• 145.675 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Brakpan · Voice · ZU9NRG
• 438.975 MHz, −7.6 MHz, 88.5 Hz Heidelberg · Voice · ZU9NJR

Checked 13 November 2026.

Ekurhuleni Amateur Radio Society ZS6ARS

No website listed

Checked 13 November 2026.

Highveld Amateur Radio Club ZS6HVB

No website listed

• 145.7875 MHz, −600 kHz Johannesburg · Voice · ZU9HVB

Website not working (November 2026). Checked 13 November 2026.

Johannesburg Amateur Radio Club ZS6TJ

Johannesburg (clubhouse at Waterval Estate) zs6tj-club.co.za

Clubhouse open on Tuesday evenings and Saturdays. Breakfast Club twice a month, the Eye Ball Swop Shop twice a year, RAE classes and electronics courses, SARL bulletins and Amateur Radio Today relayed on its repeaters, and a free online logbook, tools and forum on this site.

• 145.650 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Berea, Hillbrow · FM and DMR · ZU9NRH
• 438.200 MHz, −7.6 MHz Berea, Hillbrow · DMR · ZU9PTB
• 438.300 MHz, −7.6 MHz Northcliff · DMR · ZU9RVC
• 438.650 MHz, −7.6 MHz, 88.5 Hz Glen Austin, Midrand · FM and DMR · ZU9NRI
• 439.175 MHz, −7.6 MHz, 88.5 Hz Northcliff · Voice · ZS6RVC

Checked 13 November 2026.

John Vorster Hoer Tegnikus Skool ZS6JVT

No website listed

Status unknown on the SARL list. Checked 13 November 2026.

Kempton Amateur Radio Technical Society ZS6KTS

Kempton Park zs6kts.co.za

Meets on the second Saturday of the month, 14:00 to 16:00, in Birchleigh. Tuesday 19:30 news bulletin on 145.6625 (88.5 Hz) and Echolink ZS6KTS-R. Swop shop, forum, projects and help for newcomers.

• 145.6625 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Kempton Park · Voice · ZU9PKR
• 438.925 MHz, −7.6 MHz, 88.5 Hz Kempton Park · Voice · ZU9NRA

Checked 13 November 2026.

Klerksdorp Amateurradioklub ZS6KLD

Klerksdorp No website listed

Status unknown on the SARL list. Checked 13 November 2026.

Laeveld Amateurradioklub ZS6LOW

Lowveld No website listed

• 145.675 MHz, −600 kHz Nelspruit · Voice · ZU9LMR

Checked 13 November 2026.

Lichtenburg Amateur Radio Klub ZS6LRK

Lichtenburg No website listed

Status unknown on the SARL list. Checked 13 November 2026.

Magalies Radio Amateur Klub ZS6MRK

Waverley, Pretoria zs6mrk.org.za

Meets on the third Saturday of the month at 14:00 at the clubhouse, corner Breyer Avenue and Mill Street, Waverley (not in December). Sunday 11:15 bulletin on 145.750, 438.750, 52.750, 7.115 and 14.250 MHz, repeated on Wednesday evenings. Contests, field days and yearly RAE classes.

• 52.750 MHz, −1.59 MHz Pretoria · Voice · ZU9IPH
• 145.750 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Pretoria · Voice · ZU9MSQ
• 438.275 MHz, −7.6 MHz Pretoria · D-Star · ZU9MRS
• 438.750 MHz, −7.6 MHz, 88.5 Hz Pretoria · Voice · ZU9MSP

Checked 13 November 2026.

Mooirivier Amateurradioklub ZS6MOI

Potchefstroom zs6moi.org.za

Monday 19:00 SARL bulletin on the 145.6125 repeater and Echolink ZU9MOI-R.

• 145.6125 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Potchefstroom · Voice · ZU9MOI

Website not updated since 2024; details may be out of date. Checked 13 November 2026.

Mpisi Amateur Radio Club (Vryheid) ZS6MPS

Vryheid No website listed

• 145.775 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Vryheid · Voice · ZU9VRY
• 438.750 MHz, −7.6 MHz, 88.5 Hz Vryheid · Voice · ZU9MPS

Checked 13 November 2026.

Noordwes Amateurradioklub ZS6RWT

Klerksdorp zs6rwt.co.za

Runs a club weather station in Klerksdorp; club history from 1947.

• 145.575 MHz, −600 kHz Klerksdorp · Voice · ZU9LQO
• 438.375 MHz, −7.6 MHz Klerksdorp · DMR · ZU9LQP

Website not updated since 2012; details may be out of date. Checked 13 November 2026.

OTL Radioklub ZS6OTL

No website listed

• 145.6625 MHz, −600 kHz Dullstroom · Voice · ZU9ORQ
• 145.750 MHz, −600 kHz Ermelo · Voice · ZU9PNE

Checked 13 November 2026.

Potchefstroom Amateur Radio Club ZS6POT

Potchefstroom zs6pot.co.za

Tuesday 19:00 club bulletin on the 145.7375 repeater, on 70 cm and 40 m, and on Echolink ZS6POT-R. DMR repeater on BrandMeister.

• 145.7375 MHz Potchefstroom · Voice
• 438.350 MHz, −7.6 MHz Potchefstroom · DMR · ZS6POT
• 438.750 MHz Potchefstroom · Voice

Checked 13 November 2026.

Pretoria Amateur Radio Club ZS6PTA

Pretoria parc.org.za

Sunday bulletins from 08:15 and the club bulletin at 08:45 on the 145.725 repeater, relayed on 7.066 MHz, repeated on Monday at 19:45, with an on-air swop shop. Watts newsletter, RAE support, boot sales in Shere, foxhunting, contests and APRS.

• 145.725 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Pretoria · Voice · ZU9OSE
• 438.250 MHz, −7.6 MHz CSIR · DMR
• 438.725 MHz, −7.6 MHz, 88.5 Hz Pretoria · Voice · ZU9PEU
• 438.825 MHz, −7.6 MHz, 88.5 Hz Pretoria · Voice · ZU9NSD
• 439.025 MHz, −7.6 MHz, 88.5 Hz Pretoria · Voice · ZU9NSF

Checked 13 November 2026.

Pretoria Contest Club ZS6Z

No website listed

Status unknown on the SARL list. Checked 13 November 2026.

Rustenburg Amateurradioclub ZS6RTB

Rustenburg No website listed

Web address parked (November 2026). Checked 13 November 2026.

SA Institute of Electrical Engineers Museum ZS6IEE

No website listed

Checked 13 November 2026.

SABC Amateur Radio Club ZS6RTV

zs6rtv.co.za

Runs a UHF repeater; members in South Africa and abroad.

Website mostly unchanged since 2020. Checked 13 November 2026.

Sandringham Scout Group ZS6SSG

Sandringham, Johannesburg zs6ssg.co.za

A scout group; its website has no radio content (November 2026). Checked 13 November 2026.

Sandton Amateur Radio Club ZS6STN

Sandton zs6stn.org.za

RAE training with mock exams and HF practicals, Power Hour tech talks, field days, SOTA and POTA, pico balloons, contests and satellites. Weekly Sunday bulletin; the 145.700 repeater is linked to the ZA-Net network.

• 145.5875 MHz, −600 kHz Observatory · D-Star · ZU9A
• 145.700 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Bryanston · Voice · ZU9STN
• 438.350 MHz, −7.6 MHz Bryanston · DMR · ZU9D
• 438.800 MHz, −7.6 MHz, 88.5 Hz Bryanston · Voice · ZU9NRC

Checked 13 November 2026.

Secunda Amateur Radio Club ZS6SRC

Secunda secradio.org.za

Meets on the second-last Saturday of the month (not in December). Tuesday club bulletin on the 70 cm repeater and Echolink ZS6SRC. High-altitude (BACAR) and pico balloon projects, Hamnet exercises, SOTA and APRS.

• 144.800 MHz Secunda · Digital · ZS0SRC
• 145.7125 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Secunda · Voice · ZU9OQF
• 438.950 MHz, −7.6 MHz Secunda · Voice · ZU9ARS

Checked 13 November 2026.

Southern Suburbs Amateur Radio Club ZS6SSC

No website listed

Checked 13 November 2026.

Soutpansberg Amateur Radio Club ZS6SPB

Soutpansberg No website listed

Checked 13 November 2026.

Vaal Triangle Amateur Radio Club ZS6VTB

Vaal Triangle No website listed

• 145.6375 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Vereeniging · Voice · ZU9MQQ
• 438.900 MHz, −7.5 MHz, 88.5 Hz Vereeniging · Voice · ZU9AAO

Checked 13 November 2026.

West Rand Amateur Radio Club ZS6WR

Weltevredenpark, Roodepoort zs6wr.co.za

Clubhouse in Weltevredenpark. Sunday 11:30 bulletin on the 145.625 repeater with an on-air swop shop. RAE courses (next in January 2027), flea markets four times a year, and contests.

• 144.800 MHz Weltevreden Park · APRS · ZS0HTN
• 145.625 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Wilro Park · Voice · ZU9MRR
• 439.000 MHz, −7.6 MHz, 88.5 Hz Mariepskop · Voice · ZU9GM
• 439.000 MHz, −7.6 MHz, 88.5 Hz Wilro Park · Voice · ZU9MRO
• 439.100 MHz, −7.6 MHz, 88.5 Hz Polokwane · Voice · ZU9PLR
• 439.150 MHz, −7.6 MHz, 88.5 Hz Polokwane · Voice · ZU9PLY

Checked 13 November 2026.

Wolkberg Amateurradioklub ZS6TWB

Polokwane zs6twb.wixsite.com/twb-limpopo

Weekday 07:00 sked and Sunday 07:30 bulletin on 2 m and 7.062 or 3.600 MHz. Runs repeaters and a 6 m beacon; says it is the oldest club in Limpopo.

• 50.044 MHz Wolksberg · beacon · ZS6TWB
• 145.600 MHz, −600 kHz Ysterberg · Voice · ZU9OV
• 145.650 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Alldays · Voice · ZU9AAB
• 145.700 MHz, −600 kHz Wolkberg · Voice · ZU9PW
• 438.700 MHz, −7.6 MHz Wolkberg · Voice · ZU9PWC

Checked 13 November 2026.

Amateur Radio Marshal Association ZSL1004

No website listed

Status unknown on the SARL list. Checked 13 November 2026.

Antique Wireless Association ZS0AWA

No website listed

Checked 13 November 2026.

Frostbite Falls ARC ZS0FF

No website listed

Checked 13 November 2026.

Hammies Amateur Radio Club ZS1ZU to ZS6ZU

No website listed

• 145.7125 MHz, −600 kHz, 88.5 Hz Radiokop · Voice · ZU9ZS

Six divisions, one in each call area. Checked 13 November 2026.

Roman Rock Radio Club ZS0RR

qrz.com/db/ZS0RR

QRZ page. Checked 13 November 2026.

The Cool CW Operators Club

No website listed

Checked 13 November 2026.