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APRS station RCTAIL - show graphs
Location: 38°45.88' N 77°14.66' W - locator FM18JS03QM - show map
1.4 miles Southwest bearing 246° from West Springfield, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States [?]
2.5 miles Southeast bearing 143° from Burke, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States
14.4 miles Southwest bearing 231° from Washington, D. C., Washington, D.C., United States
49.7 miles Southwest bearing 223° from Baltimore, City of Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Last position: 2024-10-16 14:44:48 EDT (4h38m ago)
2024-10-16 14:44:48 EDT local time at West Springfield, United States [?]
Course: 304°
Speed: 0 MPH
Device: Byonics: TinyTrak3 (tracker)
Last path: RCTAIL>APT311 via MCM-14,WIDE1*,WIDE2-2,qAS,K7BC-6 (good)
Positions stored: 440
Stations near current position of RCTAIL - show more
callsign distance last heard - EDT      callsign distance last heard - EDT
K7BC15.2 yards 90°2024-10-16 19:22:07 K7BC-615.2 yards 90°2024-10-16 19:19:06
LEAD15.2 yards 90°2024-10-16 14:16:15 RCNCO15.2 yards 90°2024-10-16 14:59:13
RCPACE19.4 yards 0°2024-10-16 14:09:02 REAR-1024.7 yards 38°2024-10-16 16:19:06
LEAD-524.7 yards 38°2024-10-16 14:33:50 LEAD-1075.0 yards 123°2024-10-16 16:39:30
KD4MM-91.6 miles 51°2024-10-16 12:36:21 NA5B1.6 miles 84°2024-10-09 02:19:55
W2DOG-Y1.6 miles 178°2024-10-09 13:39:12 KS4E-51.8 miles 339°2024-10-16 19:16:55
N4TVC-71.9 miles 344°2024-10-08 06:39:50 N4TVC-121.9 miles 344°2024-10-08 06:43:57
K7BC-102.1 miles 70°2024-10-16 18:42:42 FW71122.1 miles 159°2024-10-16 19:20:59
EW02372.2 miles 343°2024-10-16 19:17:48 W4GER-72.6 miles 226°2024-10-10 22:06:16
W4GER2.8 miles 222°2024-10-16 19:14:50 WJ4VA-92.8 miles 71°2024-10-04 11:52:59
Stations which heard RCTAIL directly on radio –
callsign pkts first heard - EDT last heard longest (tx => rx) longest at - EDT
K7BC-6 1 2024-10-16 14:41:58 2024-10-16 14:41:58 FM18JS > FM18JS 15.2 yards 90° 2024-10-16 14:41:58
MCM-14 1 2024-10-16 14:44:48 2024-10-16 14:44:48 FM18JS > FM18LV 12.8 miles 47° 2024-10-16 14:44:48

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.
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