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APRS digipeater – Statistics for 2025-10:
Comment:	W3 www.tarc.org.au IRLP6444 Townsville
Last beacon:	UIDIGI 1.9
Location:	19°20.63' S 146°46.85' E - locator QH30JP37QL - show map 9.0 km South bearing 197° from Townsville, Townsville, Queensland, Australia [?] 22.1 km South bearing 199° from Magnetic Island, Townsville, Queensland, Australia 97.8 km Northeast bearing 34° from Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Last position:	2025-10-21 20:59:02 UTC (2h58m ago) 2025-10-22 06:59:02 AEST local time at Townsville, Australia [?]
Device:	IW3FQG: UIdigi (digi)
Last path:	VK4RAT-3>APNU19 via VK4RHR-3,VK4RBW-3,WIDE2*,qAO,VK4BW
Positions stored:	17
Stations heard directly:	9 on radio path – show map
Last heard a station directly:	2025-10-21 20:21:45 UTC (3h36m ago)
Normal receiver range estimate:	80 km (Updated: 2019-04-25 21:25:19 UTC)
Position packets heard directly:	1230 on radio path

callsign		pkts	first heard - UTC	last heard	longest	(tx => rx)	longest at - UTC

Only position packets which were originated by the station are shown here. The range statistics show some extra long hops, because some digipeaters do not correctly add themselves to the digipeater path. Please check the raw packets.

callsign		pkts	first heard - UTC	last heard	longest	(rx => tx)	longest at - UTC

Only stations from which a position packet has been heard are shown here. The range statistics show some extra long hops, because some digipeaters do not correctly add themselves to the digipeater path. Please check the raw packets.

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