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APRS igate – Statistics for 2026-02:
Comment:	Grimshaw IGate and Packet BBS VA6SHS
Last beacon:	VA6SHS LinBPQ Node -1 BBS -4 Chat
Location:	56°11.09' N 117°37.11' W - locator DO16EE54SI - show map 990.1 m West bearing 279° from Grimshaw, Alberta, Canada [?] 21.8 km West bearing 251° from Peace River, Alberta, Canada 135.3 km Northeast bearing 33° from Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada
Last position:	2026-02-20 00:43:02 UTC (3h20m ago) 2026-02-19 17:43:02 MST local time at Grimshaw, Canada [?]
Device:	John Wiseman, G8BPQ: BPQ32 (software, Windows)
Last path:	VA6SHS>APBPQ1 via TCPIP*,qAC,T2VAN
Positions stored:	563
Items and objects originated:	145.49- 146.79- 146.82-
Other SSIDs:	VA6SHS-11
Stations heard directly:	2 on radio path – show map
Last heard a station directly:	2026-02-20 03:18:03 UTC (45m35s ago)
Normal receiver range estimate:	20 km (Updated: 2025-12-20 21:00:28 UTC)
Position packets heard directly:	314 on radio path
Position packets sent to APRS-IS:	314 – 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.