NW99 – APRS Digi/iGate

The VE7NWC APRS Digipeater and iGate is housed in the club radio room at Century House. It runs on a Kenwood four-channel commercial mobile radio paired with a Raspberry Pi and TNC-Pi HAT. The Raspberry Pi is connected to the internet via BCWARN, providing iGate services to the Tier 2 APRS-IS network.

The station operates on 144.990 MHz, an alternate low-power tracker frequency that keeps the primary 144.390 MHz channel clear for higher-power mobile, base, and digipeater traffic. Other 144.990 MHz digipeaters in the region are located at UBC, Mount Seymour, Vancouver General Hospital, and Cloverdale.

Frequency144.990 MHz
ModeFM Data
FunctionAPRS Digipeater / Low Power Simplex
PowerLow power
CallsignVE7NWC