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APRS digipeater – Statistics for 2026-01:
Comment:	W2 RATS.NET Beaverdam VA
Location:	37°51.64' N 77°32.43' W - locator FM17FU56DN - show map 12.5 km Northwest bearing 335° from Ashland, Hanover County, Virginia, United States [?] 18.2 km Northwest bearing 305° from Hanover, Hanover County, Virginia, United States 123.0 km South bearing 201° from Washington, D. C., Washington, D.C., United States 158.1 km Northwest bearing 316° from Norfolk, City of Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Last position:	2026-01-13 11:18:44 UTC (16s ago) 2026-01-13 06:18:44 EST local time at Ashland, United States [?]
Device:	Argent Data Systems: OpenTracker (tracker)
Last path:	W4RAT-2>APOT30 via WIDE2-1,qAR,K4AVM-1
Positions stored:	54
Other SSIDs:	W4RAT-5 W4RAT
Stations heard directly:	65 on radio path – show map
Last heard a station directly:	2026-01-13 11:18:35 UTC (25s ago)
Normal receiver range estimate:	200 km (Updated: 2026-01-13 11:08:37 UTC)
Position packets heard directly:	3104 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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