W4RAT 146.88 Amateur Radio Repeater

This stream carries the W4RAT 146.88 repeater, located near Chesterfield Town Center in Chesterfield County, Virginia.  Audio is sourced from a Yaesu DR-2X repeater located in the RATS repeater rack, via Raspberry Pi with redundant Internet connections (cable + LTE), UPS battery backup and automatic diesel generator power.  This repeater is connected to the Yaesu WIRES-X network.  It carries local FM and C4FM amateur radio traffic within approximately a 30 mile radius of southwest Richmond, and distant C4FM traffic from other connected WIRES-X systems.  By default, it idles on the statewide WIRES-X Virginia Room.  This feed is operated by the Richmond Amateur Telecommunications Society (RATS), which owns the W4RAT repeater system.

There is a weekly net on the Virginia Room (21625) Saturday evenings at 8 PM local time.

Our antenna is a Commscope DB-224E positioned at 680 feet on a tower at the Virginia Public Media (VPM) studios on Sesame Street in southwest Richmond.  An estimated coverage map is provided below.

Due to firmware issues in Yaesu's DR-2X repeater systems, our ability to receive C4FM traffic over this feed occasionally stops working.  If you are hearing only "digital noise" or buzzing sounds over this feed, please let us know by using the "Report a Problem" button.