Station info for W4KEL-12 – aprs.fi

APRS igate – Statistics for 2026-01:
Comment:	Could we have fixed stations to beacon just every 45 minutes?
Location:	38°17.71' N 78°36.18' W - locator FM08QH70PU - show map 12.7 km South bearing 172° from Elkton, Rockingham County, Virginia, United States [?] 14.2 km West bearing 269° from Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia, United States 129.7 km Northwest bearing 310° from Richmond, City of Richmond, Virginia, United States 151.1 km Southwest bearing 230° from Germantown, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
Last position:	2026-01-03 12:11:45 UTC (7m24s ago) 2026-01-03 07:11:45 EST local time at Elkton, United States [?]
Last telemetry:	2026-01-03 12:06:45 UTC (12m24s ago) – show telemetry Avg 10m: 0.074 Rx Erlang, Avg 10m: 0.004 Tx Erlang, RxPkts: 75 count/10m, IGateDropRx: 5 count/10m, TxPkts: 4 count/10m
Device:	Kenneth W. Finnegan, W6KWF: Aprx (igate, Linux/Unix)
Last path:	W4KEL-12>APRX29 via TCPIP*,qAC,T2USANE
Positions stored:	2162
Other SSIDs:	W4KEL-7 W4KEL-2 W4KEL-9 W4KEL-4
Stations heard directly:	86 on radio path – show map
Last heard a station directly:	2026-01-03 12:19:01 UTC (8s ago)
Normal receiver range estimate:	160 km (Updated: 2026-01-03 10:31:36 UTC)
Position packets heard directly:	4099 on radio path
Position packets sent to APRS-IS:	42106 – 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.