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APRS station W3NKS-5 - show graphs
Location: 39°42.74' N 77°46.77' W - locator FM19CR60LX - show map
5.9 km Northwest bearing 299° from Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, Washington County, Maryland, United States [?]
9.3 km Northwest bearing 327° from Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, United States
110.5 km Northwest bearing 295° from Baltimore, City of Baltimore, Maryland, United States
111.0 km Northwest bearing 325° from Washington, D. C., Washington, D.C., United States
Last position: 2025-06-12 13:55:30 UTC (5d 13h2m ago)
2025-06-12 09:55:30 EDT local time at Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, United States [?]
Altitude: 132 m
Course: 317°
Speed: 0 km/h
Device: Open Source: APRSdroid (app, Android)
Last path: W3NKS-5>APDR16 via TCPIP*,qAC,T2QUEBEC
Positions stored: 4698
Other SSIDs: W3NKS-9 W3NKS W3NKS-7 W3NKS-15
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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.
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