About Us

The Splitrock Amateur Radio Association (SARA) was formed in 1972 when a group of interested amateurs got together and built an amateur radio repeater from used commercial equipment.  It was located on a radio tower on the north end of Rockaway Township, near the Splitrock reservoir (hence the club name).  The call sign was initially WR2ADB.


The repeater was moved in 1976 to a site in Mount Freedom under the callsign WR2AKI, and underwent a major renovation.  The repeater was relocated again in October 1979 to the White Meadow Lake section of Rockway Township.  There it was sited on top of a water tank.  The callsign was changed to K2RF (Our Trustee) in 1982, when the FCC decided it would no longer renew any WR series callsigns.


The repeater underwent another major refurbishment in 1993.  This upgrade consisted of a new controller and a system of multiple redundant amplifiers, exciters, and receivers that could be switched by remote control.  In October 1994 a new site was found in Netcong, NJ on top of a 300 foot commercial radio tower.  This sites altitude of 1,400 feet above sea level increased the repeater's coverage substantially. 


In 2001 a modern commercial grade repeater was purchased and put into use.  In June 2001 the repeater was moved to its current location on top of a cellular phone tower in Roxbury, NJ.

2003 featured the installation of a Weather Receiver to broadcast severe weather alerts in our service area.

In late 2007 we are in the process of installing a remote receiver to cover Morristown.

In 2008 we will be upgrading our antenna with a Station Master II.