Packet #17754389 Success

POSITION_APP packet from TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) to !da5480d8

47
Total Receptions
3
Unique Gateways
0
Hop Count
36
Payload Bytes
Packet Information
Database ID: 17754389
Mesh Packet ID: 0x3feb3eb8
Used for correlation across gateways
Timestamp: 2026-03-27 07:33:25 UTC
From Node: TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK)
To Node: !da5480d8 (80d8)
Success: Processed
Protocol: POSITION_APP
Port: 3
Gateway: TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK)
Channel: LongFast
RSSI: Unknown
SNR: Unknown
Hop Info: 0/4 hops
Start: 4, Limit: 4
Relay Node: 58 TINK
Last byte of the last hop that relayed this packet - Candidate source node(s) based on 0-hop direct receptions
Payload Data
Protocol: POSITION_APP
Size: 36 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Decoded Data:
Latitude:43.686298°
Longitude:-79.311667°
Altitude:60 m
Satellites:7
Precision:14 bits
Raw Packet Analysis
Complete field breakdown and MQTT privacy/exposure analysis
Packet Structure
MQTT Packet Flow:
ServiceEnvelope (MQTT layer) → MeshPacket (Mesh layer) → Decoded Payload (Application data)
Total Size:36 bytes
Gateway:!433a6358
Channel:LongFast
Payload Type:POSITION_APP
Hop Count:Unknown / 4
Privacy Summary
Exposure Level:
Direct Message
Privacy Features:
✓ Direct LoRa transmission (not via MQTT)
✓ Targeted to specific node
+ 3 more...
Exposure Risks:
⚠ Default channel - no encryption
⚠ Packet visible to MQTT subscribers
MQTT ServiceEnvelope Fields

MQTT ServiceEnvelope contains the MeshPacket plus routing metadata

FieldValue
gateway_id !433a6358
Node ID format
channel_id LongFast
Default public channel
packet MeshPacket (36 bytes)
Contains the actual mesh network packet
MeshPacket Fields

Core mesh packet with routing and payload information

FieldValueType
from 1127899992
Source node ID 		uint32
to 3662971096
Target node ID 		uint32
decoded.portnum 3
POSITION_APP 		enum
decoded.payload_length 36 bytes size
hop_limit 4
Remaining hops allowed 		uint32
hop_start 4
Initial hop limit 		uint32
hops_taken 0
Calculated: hop_start - hop_limit 		derived
rx_rssi Not set int32
rx_snr Not set float
rx_time 1774596777
Receive timestamp 		fixed32
via_mqtt False
Direct LoRa transmission 		bool
want_ack False
No ACK requested 		bool
priority 70
Packet priority level 		enum
delayed Not set enum
channel Not set uint32
pki_encrypted False
Standard encryption 		bool
next_hop Not set uint32
relay_node 88
Relay node ID 		uint32
tx_after Not set uint32
timestamp 1774596805.9405503
Unix timestamp 		uint32
MQTT Privacy & Exposure Analysis

Analysis of privacy features and exposure risks when packet is shared via MQTT

Exposure Level: Direct Message
Privacy Features:
  • ✓ Direct LoRa transmission (not via MQTT)
  • ✓ Targeted to specific node
  • ✓ Gateway node ID tracked
  • ✓ Reduced position precision: ~1500.0m accuracy
  • ✓ Zero-hop: direct from source to MQTT gateway
Exposure Risks:
  • ⚠ Default channel - no encryption
  • ⚠ Packet visible to MQTT subscribers
MQTT-Specific Fields
Gateway ID: !433a6358
Position Precision: 14 bits (~1500.0m accuracy)
Position precision meters: 1500.0
Zero Hop Policy: Enabled
Direct gateway connection
Complete Payload Analysis

Detailed breakdown of all payload fields and decoded data

Payload Metadata:
Protocol:POSITION_APP
Size:36 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Complete Payload Data (JSON):
{ "latitude": 43.6862976, "longitude": -79.3116672, "altitude": 60, "sats_in_view": 7, "precision_bits": 14 }
Complete Protobuf Decode (JSON)
{ "service_envelope": { "gateway_id": "!433a6358", "channel_id": "LongFast", "packet": "MeshPacket (see mesh_packet below)" }, "mesh_packet": { "from": 1127899992, "to": 3662971096, "id": 1072381624, "rx_time": 1774596777, "rx_snr": 0.0, "rx_rssi": 0, "hop_limit": 4, "hop_start": 4, "via_mqtt": false, "want_ack": false, "priority": 70, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "pki_encrypted": false, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 88, "tx_after": 0, "decoded": { "portnum": 3, "payload": "0d00000a1a150000bad0183c25a932c669280258c50178008001e0eb9306980107b8010e", "want_response": null, "dest": null, "source": null, "request_id": null, "reply_id": null, "emoji": null, "parsed_payload": { "latitude_i": 436862976, "longitude_i": -793116672, "altitude": 60, "time": 1774596777, "location_source": "LOC_INTERNAL", "PDOP": 197, "ground_speed": 0, "ground_track": 12908000, "sats_in_view": 7, "precision_bits": 14, "type": "protobuf", "portnum": "POSITION_APP", "message_class": "Position" } } } }
Raw Packet Data (36 bytes)
0d00000a1a150000bad0183c25a932c669280258c50178008001e0eb9306980107b8010e
Hex Analysis:
Size:36 bytes
Format:Protobuf (Protocol Buffers)
Encoding:Binary with varint and length-delimited fields
This is the raw protobuf-encoded payload as received from MQTT. The structure follows the Meshtastic protobuf schema definitions.
All Receptions
All gateways that received this packet
Correlation: Using Mesh Packet ID
Reception Locations

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Map shows gateway locations that received this packet. Hop counts are displayed if available.
Gateway Time Offset RSSI SNR Hops Relay Channel Timestamp Actions
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) Primary 0.000s
Reference 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK LongFast 2026-03-27 07:33:25 UTC Current
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -13.289s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK LongFast 2026-03-27 07:33:12 UTC View
TACO WAVE L20/US/TO mt.gt e0a8 (TACO) -5.322s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK LongFast 2026-03-27 07:33:20 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.716s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:33:25 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.651s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK LongFast 2026-03-27 07:33:25 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.567s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:33:25 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.550s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK LongFast 2026-03-27 07:33:25 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.523s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK LongFast 2026-03-27 07:33:25 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.462s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:33:25 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.391s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:33:25 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.380s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK LongFast 2026-03-27 07:33:25 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.341s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK LongFast 2026-03-27 07:33:25 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.320s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:33:25 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.279s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:33:25 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.177s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK LongFast 2026-03-27 07:33:25 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.125s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:33:25 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.115s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK LongFast 2026-03-27 07:33:25 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.023s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:33:25 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.011s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:33:25 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) +0.063s
After 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK LongFast 2026-03-27 07:33:26 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) +0.117s
After 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:33:26 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) +0.164s
After 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:33:26 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) +0.219s
After 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:33:26 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) +0.229s
After 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK LongFast 2026-03-27 07:33:26 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) +0.269s
After 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:33:26 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) +0.303s
After 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:33:26 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) +0.326s
After 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:33:26 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) +0.348s
After 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:33:26 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) +0.400s
After 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:33:26 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) +0.422s
After 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:33:26 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) +0.433s
After 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:33:26 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) +0.465s
After 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:33:26 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) +0.500s
After 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:33:26 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) +0.545s
After 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:33:26 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) +0.667s
After 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:33:26 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) +0.692s
After 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:33:26 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) +0.715s
After 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:33:26 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) +0.757s
After 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:33:26 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) +0.799s
After 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:33:26 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) +0.831s
After 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:33:26 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) +0.920s
After 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:33:26 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) +0.993s
After 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:33:26 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) +1.100s
After 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:33:27 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) +1.233s
After 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:33:27 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) +1.256s
After 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK LongFast 2026-03-27 07:33:27 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) +1.403s
After 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:33:27 UTC View
LAMBSAUCE L20/US/ON/wood mt.gt 5234 (LAMB) +1.701s
After 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK LongFast 2026-03-27 07:33:27 UTC View
47

Total Receptions

3

Unique Gateways