W4RAT 442.55 Amateur Radio Repeater

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	W4RAT 442.55 Amateur Radio Repeater FM service. Covers approx. 50 mi radius of SW Richmond, VA. Primary SKYWARN repeater for central Virginia. Weekly club net Wed nights 7 PM local.	Amateur Radio	0	HTML5 Web Player Static URL ($$) Advanced Web Player ($$)		Online

Feed Notes

This stream carries the W4RAT 442.55 repeater, located near Chesterfield Town Center in Chesterfield County, VA.  Audio is sourced from the external control interface on the repeater, via Raspberry Pi with redundant Internet connections (cable + LTE), UPS battery backup and automatic diesel generator power.  This repeater carries analog FM traffic within approximately a 50 mile radius.  This feed is operated by the Richmond Amateur Telecommunications Society (RATS), which owns the W4RAT repeater system.

This repeater is the primary Wakefield SKYWARN repeater for central Virginia.

The RATS weekly club net is held Wednesday nights at 7:00 PM.

Audio is pulled directly from the repeater's receiver.  You are hearing what the repeater hears.

Our antenna is a Commander 455-5N 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: