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APRS igate – Statistics for 2025-09:
Comment:	SWVA METCOMM
Location:	36°47.72' N 81°41.62' W - locator EM96DT60SV - show map 1.1 km West bearing 251° from Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia, United States [?] 6.9 km East bearing 86° from Glade Spring, Washington County, Virginia, United States 79.6 km Northeast bearing 48° from Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, United States 82.1 km East bearing 70° from Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States
Last position:	2025-09-26 06:28:48 UTC (2m31s ago) 2025-09-26 02:28:48 EDT local time at Chilhowie, United States [?]
Device:	PY5BK: Bravo Tracker (tracker)
Last path:	W4DWN>APBK15 via TCPIP*,qAC,FIFTH
Positions stored:	17
Other SSIDs:	W4DWN-7 W4DWN-N W4DWN-Y W4DWN-9 W4DWN-5 W4DWN-15
Stations heard directly:	1 on radio path – show map
Last heard a station directly:	2025-09-21 03:03:38 UTC (5d 3h27m ago)
Normal receiver range estimate:	40 km (Updated: 2023-10-31 00:32:24 UTC)
Position packets heard directly:	17 on radio path
Position packets sent to APRS-IS:	17 – show map

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.

This page shows real-time information collected from the Automatic Position Reporting System Internet network (APRS-IS). APRS is used by amateur (ham) radio operators to transmit real-time position information, weather data, telemetry and messages over the radio. A vehicle equipped with a GPS receiver, a VHF transmitter or HF transceiver and a small computer device called a tracker transmits it's location, speed and course in a small data packet, which is then received by a nearby iGate receiving site which forwards the packet on the Internet. Systems connected to the Internet can send information on the APRS-IS without a radio transmitter, or collect and display information transmitted anywhere in the world.