Comment:	JL8WVH.HOT AIR BALLOON
Mic-E message:	In service
Location:	39°02.12' N 141°06.34' E - locator QM09NA28QL - show map 11.1 km South bearing 192° from Mizusawa, Iwate, Japan [?] 13.4 km North bearing 350° from Ichinoseki, Iwate, Japan 87.5 km North bearing 13° from Sendai-shi, Miyagi, Japan 114.8 km Southeast bearing 131° from Akita Shi, Akita, Japan
Last position:	2026-01-17 00:32:35 UTC (7d 11h37m ago) 2026-01-17 09:32:35 JST local time at Mizusawa, Japan [?]
Altitude:	884 m
Course:	25°
Speed:	26 km/h
Device:	Yaesu: FT1D (ht)
Last path:	JS1YOV-11>S9PRQ2 via WIDE1-1,qAR,JE7YYQ-10
Positions stored:	5489

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.