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APRS igate – Statistics for 2026-02:
Comment:	javAPRSIgate www.coarc.on.ca
Last status:	javAPRSIGate
Location:	44°01.48' N 79°21.00' W - locator FN04HA85AW - show map 18.8 km North bearing 339° from Markham, Ontario, Canada [?] 22.2 km Northwest bearing 309° from Pickering, Ontario, Canada 36.5 km North bearing 8° from Toronto, Ontario, Canada 55.4 km Northeast bearing 26° from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Last position:	2026-02-25 01:46:12 UTC (10m24s ago) 2026-02-24 20:46:12 EST local time at Markham, Canada [?]
Device:	Peter Loveall, AE5PL: jAPRSIgate (software)
Last path:	VA3BAL-5>APJI23 via TCPIP*,qAC,VA3BAL-JS
Positions stored:	1
Other SSIDs:	VA3BAL-12 VA3BAL-10 VA3BAL-4
Stations heard directly:	55 on radio path – show map
Last heard a station directly:	2026-02-24 21:21:45 UTC (4h34m ago)
Normal receiver range estimate:	130 km (Updated: 2026-02-24 19:57:00 UTC)
Position packets heard directly:	4401 on radio path
Position packets sent to APRS-IS:	8744 – 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.