Comment:	GAK - NORTHFIELD HELLO ISS
Mic-E message:	In service
Location:	42°05.76' N 87°46.95' W - locator EN62CC63CA - show map 437.1 m South bearing 198° from Northfield, Cook County, Illinois, United States [?] 2.9 km North bearing 9° from Glenview, Cook County, Illinois, United States 29.4 km North bearing 338° from Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States 105.3 km South bearing 174° from Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
Last position:	2025-12-25 23:16:40 UTC (5d 18h33m ago) 2025-12-25 17:16:40 CST local time at Northfield, United States [?]
Altitude:	198 m
Course:	118°
Speed:	0 km/h
Device:	Yaesu: FTM-400DR (rig)
Last path:	W9GAK-9>T2PU7V via NS9RC,WIDE1*,WIDE2-1,qAO,WA9SGF-2
Positions stored:	2
Other SSIDs:	W9GAK-10 W9GAK-6

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.

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.