Packet #17787763 Success

POSITION_APP packet from TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) to kwarc.org c908 (KWC)

47
Total Receptions
3
Unique Gateways
0
Hop Count
36
Payload Bytes
Packet Information
Database ID: 17787763
Mesh Packet ID: 0x2540eac4
Used for correlation across gateways
Timestamp: 2026-03-27 09:12:19 UTC
From Node: TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK)
To Node: kwarc.org c908 (KWC)
Success: Processed
Protocol: POSITION_APP
Port: 3
Gateway: TACO WAVE L20/US/TO mt.gt e0a8 (TACO)
Channel: LongFast
RSSI: Unknown
SNR: Unknown
Hop Info: 0/3 hops
Start: 3, Limit: 3
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:58 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:!433ae0a8
Channel:LongFast
Payload Type:POSITION_APP
Hop Count:Unknown / 3
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 !433ae0a8
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 3812346120
Target node ID 		uint32
decoded.portnum 3
POSITION_APP 		enum
decoded.payload_length 36 bytes size
hop_limit 3
Remaining hops allowed 		uint32
hop_start 3
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 1774602651
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 1774602739.42718
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: !433ae0a8
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": 58, "sats_in_view": 7, "precision_bits": 14 }
Complete Protobuf Decode (JSON)
{ "service_envelope": { "gateway_id": "!433ae0a8", "channel_id": "LongFast", "packet": "MeshPacket (see mesh_packet below)" }, "mesh_packet": { "from": 1127899992, "to": 3812346120, "id": 625011396, "rx_time": 1774602651, "rx_snr": 0.0, "rx_rssi": 0, "hop_limit": 3, "hop_start": 3, "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": "0d00000a1a150000bad0183a25b349c669280258d9017800800198dec607980107b8010e", "want_response": null, "dest": null, "source": null, "request_id": null, "reply_id": null, "emoji": null, "parsed_payload": { "latitude_i": 436862976, "longitude_i": -793116672, "altitude": 58, "time": 1774602675, "location_source": "LOC_INTERNAL", "PDOP": 217, "ground_speed": 0, "ground_track": 15839000, "sats_in_view": 7, "precision_bits": 14, "type": "protobuf", "portnum": "POSITION_APP", "message_class": "Position" } } } }
Raw Packet Data (36 bytes)
0d00000a1a150000bad0183a25b349c669280258d9017800800198dec607980107b8010e
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
TACO WAVE L20/US/TO mt.gt e0a8 (TACO) Primary 0.000s
Reference 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK LongFast 2026-03-27 09:12:19 UTC Current
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -7.744s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK LongFast 2026-03-27 09:12:11 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -4.609s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK LongFast 2026-03-27 09:12:14 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -4.593s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK LongFast 2026-03-27 09:12:14 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -4.580s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK LongFast 2026-03-27 09:12:14 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -4.568s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK LongFast 2026-03-27 09:12:14 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -4.469s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK MediumFast 2026-03-27 09:12:14 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -4.327s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK MediumFast 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -4.316s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK MediumFast 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -4.237s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK MediumFast 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -4.172s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK LongFast 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -4.161s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK MediumFast 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -4.105s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK LongFast 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -4.071s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK MediumFast 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -4.037s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortFast 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -4.013s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK LongFast 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -3.977s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK LongFast 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -3.966s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortFast 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -3.944s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortFast 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -3.888s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortFast 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -3.863s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortFast 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -3.850s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK MediumFast 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -3.769s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK MediumFast 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -3.757s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK MediumFast 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -3.746s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortFast 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -3.713s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK LongFast 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -3.659s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortFast 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -3.646s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortFast 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -3.634s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK MediumFast 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -3.622s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -3.611s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortFast 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -3.589s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -3.577s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK LongFast 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -3.520s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortFast 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -3.483s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -3.470s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK MediumFast 2026-03-27 09:12:15 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -3.399s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 09:12:16 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -3.382s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 09:12:16 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -3.371s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK LongFast 2026-03-27 09:12:16 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -3.324s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 09:12:16 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -3.298s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortFast 2026-03-27 09:12:16 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -3.273s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 09:12:16 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -3.068s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 09:12:16 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -2.916s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 09:12:16 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -2.905s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 09:12:16 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -2.678s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 09:12:16 UTC View
LAMBSAUCE L20/US/ON/wood mt.gt 5234 (LAMB) -1.154s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 58 TINK LongFast 2026-03-27 09:12:18 UTC View
47

Total Receptions

3

Unique Gateways