Station info for CHKWLA – aprs.fi

APRS igate – Statistics for 2026-02:
Comment:	Desert Center CA, W6DRA WIDE1/2 Digipeater & IGate
Last beacon:	CHKWLA ID:W6DRA-1, WIDE1/2, Desert Center, CA Contact:KF6BM
Location:	33°39.26' N 115°27.33' W - locator DM23GP57IA - show map 46.4 km North bearing 7° from Niland, Imperial County, California, United States [?] 58.3 km East bearing 81° from Mecca, Riverside County, California, United States 111.4 km North bearing 1° from Mexicali, Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico 129.0 km Northwest bearing 323° from Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona, United States
Last position:	2026-02-01 21:07:42 UTC (5m53s ago) 2026-02-01 13:07:42 PST local time at Niland, United States [?]
Altitude:	808 m
Last telemetry:	2026-02-01 21:08:37 UTC (4m58s ago) – show telemetry Vin: 13.950 Volt, Rx1h: 260 Pkt, Dg1h: 50 Pkt, Eff1h: 38 Pcnt, A5: 0 None O1 O2 O3 O4 I1 I2 I3 I4
Device:	Microsat: WX3in1 Plus 2.0
Last path:	CHKWLA>APMI06 via TCPIP*,qAS,W6DRA
Positions stored:	1
Stations heard directly:	7 on radio path – show map
Last heard a station directly:	2026-02-01 21:11:59 UTC (1m36s ago)
Normal receiver range estimate:	200 km (Updated: 2026-01-31 23:22:01 UTC)
Position packets heard directly:	319 on radio path
Position packets sent to APRS-IS:	432 – show map

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.