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APRS station W9GIL-5 - show graphs
Comment: Catch me if you can...
Location: 42°05.68' N 87°58.27' W - locator EN62AC32LR - show map
3.7 km East bearing 71° from Rolling Meadows, Cook County, Illinois, United States [?]
5.5 km East bearing 108° from Palatine, Cook County, Illinois, United States
38.0 km Northwest bearing 316° from Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
105.1 km South bearing 183° from Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
Last position: 2025-06-22 14:40:08 UTC (6d 21h44m ago)
2025-06-22 09:40:08 CDT local time at Rolling Meadows, United States [?]
Altitude: 179 m
Course: 290°
Speed: 0 km/h
Device: Open Source: APRSdroid (app, Android)
Last path: W9GIL-5>APDR16 via TCPIP*,qAC,T2LEIPZIG
Positions stored: 646
Other SSIDs: W9GIL-2 W9GIL W9GIL-10 W9GIL-9 W9GIL-15 W9GIL-7 W9GIL-11 W9GIL-R W9GIL-FM W9GIL-4 W9GIL-8
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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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