honey pot Richmond, WCVE Tower, Virginia, 146.88, W4RAT Repeater

WCVE Tower - W4RAT

Richmond, VA
Repeater ID: 51-6184

Downlink: 146.88000
Uplink: 146.28000
Offset: -0.600 MHz
Uplink Tone: 74.4
Downlink Tone: 74.4
System Fusion Enabled
DG-ID:
County: Chesterfield
Grid: FM17em
Call: W4RAT
Use: OPEN
Op Status: ON-AIR On-Air
Coverage: Wide area coverage. 45 mi radius.
Sponsor: Richmond Amateur Telecommunications Society (RATS)
Features: Emergency power equipped - UPS + generator
FM: Yes; analog capable: 25.0 kHz (wideband)
Notes: Repeater accepts both FM and C4FM input, analog-only output.
Nets: RATS: Monday at 20:00 (EDT)
RATS: Wednesday at 20:00 (EDT)
Coordination: SERA-VA
Last updated: 2025-04-30
Last reviewed: 2025-04-30
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30 km
30 mi
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Date Information Updated
2021-02-04 17:47:21 Requester claimed self as trustee, listed repeater contact info, removed IRLP, changed nearest city, updated Nets. Also converted sponsor and affiliate HTML to links.
2021-01-29 16:28:31 Added.
2021-01-29 16:26:42 US-460 coverage added.
2021-01-29 16:26:42 US-60 coverage added.
2021-01-29 16:26:42 I-95 coverage added.
2021-01-29 16:26:42 I-64 coverage added.
2021-01-29 16:26:42 I-295 coverage added.
2021-01-29 16:26:42 I-85 coverage added.
2021-01-29 16:26:42 US-301 coverage added.

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