Packet #17807152 Success

POSITION_APP packet from WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) to kwarc.org c908 (KWC)

45
Total Receptions
1
Unique Gateways
0
Hop Count
27
Payload Bytes
Packet Information
Database ID: 17807152
Mesh Packet ID: 0x74bcc6f0
Used for correlation across gateways
Timestamp: 2026-03-27 10:10:54 UTC
From Node: WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋)
To Node: kwarc.org c908 (KWC)
Success: Processed
Protocol: POSITION_APP
Port: 3
Gateway: WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋)
Channel: ShortFast
RSSI: Unknown
SNR: Unknown
Hop Info: 0/2 hops
Start: 2, Limit: 2
Relay Node: 4d 🔋
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: 27 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Decoded Data:
Latitude:51.124634°
Longitude:-114.235802°
Precision:15 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:27 bytes
Gateway:!fb13094d
Channel:ShortFast
Payload Type:POSITION_APP
Hop Count:Unknown / 2
Privacy Summary
Exposure Level:
Direct Message
Privacy Features:
✓ Direct LoRa transmission (not via MQTT)
✓ Targeted to specific node
+ 4 more...
Exposure Risks:
âš  Packet visible to MQTT subscribers
MQTT ServiceEnvelope Fields

MQTT ServiceEnvelope contains the MeshPacket plus routing metadata

FieldValue
gateway_id !fb13094d
Node ID format
channel_id ShortFast
packet MeshPacket (27 bytes)
Contains the actual mesh network packet
MeshPacket Fields

Core mesh packet with routing and payload information

FieldValueType
from 4212328781
Source node ID 		uint32
to 3812346120
Target node ID 		uint32
decoded.portnum 3
POSITION_APP 		enum
decoded.payload_length 27 bytes size
hop_limit 2
Remaining hops allowed 		uint32
hop_start 2
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 1774606239
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 77
Relay node ID 		uint32
tx_after Not set uint32
timestamp 1774606254.1830745
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
  • ✓ Custom channel: ShortFast
  • ✓ Gateway node ID tracked
  • ✓ Reduced position precision: ~729.0m accuracy
  • ✓ Zero-hop: direct from source to MQTT gateway
Exposure Risks:
  • âš  Packet visible to MQTT subscribers
MQTT-Specific Fields
Gateway ID: !fb13094d
Position Precision: 15 bits (~729.0m accuracy)
Position precision meters: 729.0
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:27 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Complete Payload Data (JSON):
{ "latitude": 51.1246336, "longitude": -114.2358016, "altitude": null, "sats_in_view": null, "precision_bits": 15 }
Complete Protobuf Decode (JSON)
{ "service_envelope": { "gateway_id": "!fb13094d", "channel_id": "ShortFast", "packet": "MeshPacket (see mesh_packet below)" }, "mesh_packet": { "from": 4212328781, "to": 3812346120, "id": 1958528752, "rx_time": 1774606239, "rx_snr": 0.0, "rx_rssi": 0, "hop_limit": 2, "hop_start": 2, "via_mqtt": false, "want_ack": false, "priority": 70, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "pki_encrypted": false, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 77, "tx_after": 0, "decoded": { "portnum": 3, "payload": "0d0000791e150000e9bb259f57c669280348007800800100b8010f", "want_response": null, "dest": null, "source": null, "request_id": null, "reply_id": null, "emoji": null, "parsed_payload": { "latitude_i": 511246336, "longitude_i": -1142358016, "time": 1774606239, "location_source": "LOC_EXTERNAL", "altitude_hae": 0, "ground_speed": 0, "ground_track": 0, "precision_bits": 15, "type": "protobuf", "portnum": "POSITION_APP", "message_class": "Position" } } } }
Raw Packet Data (27 bytes)
0d0000791e150000e9bb259f57c669280348007800800100b8010f
Hex Analysis:
Size:27 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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Gateway Time Offset RSSI SNR Hops Relay Channel Timestamp Actions
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) Primary 0.000s
Reference 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 ShortFast 2026-03-27 10:10:54 UTC Current
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -5.717s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 LongFast 2026-03-27 10:10:48 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.915s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 LongFast 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.904s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 LongFast 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.893s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 MediumFast 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.880s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 LongFast 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.868s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 LongFast 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.847s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 LongFast 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.792s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 LongFast 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.742s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 MediumFast 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.731s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 LongFast 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.704s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 MediumFast 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.681s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 ShortFast 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.669s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 LongFast 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.632s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 ShortFast 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.620s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 ShortFast 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.608s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 MediumFast 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.584s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 MediumFast 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.573s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 MediumFast 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.540s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.518s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.507s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 MediumFast 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.469s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.457s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 MediumFast 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.433s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 ShortFast 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.421s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 MediumFast 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.398s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 ShortFast 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.365s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 MediumFast 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.353s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 ShortFast 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.296s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 LongFast 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.259s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.247s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 ShortFast 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.223s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 MediumFast 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.201s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 10:10:52 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.179s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 ShortFast 2026-03-27 10:10:53 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.157s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 10:10:53 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.122s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 10:10:53 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.073s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 10:10:53 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -1.049s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 10:10:53 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -0.930s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 ShortFast 2026-03-27 10:10:53 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -0.917s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 10:10:53 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -0.892s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 LongFast 2026-03-27 10:10:53 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -0.799s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 ShortFast 2026-03-27 10:10:53 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -0.620s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 10:10:53 UTC View
WYK6 - MeshPocket (🔋) -0.399s
Before 		Unknown Unknown 0 4d 🔋 LongFast 2026-03-27 10:10:53 UTC View
45

Total Receptions

1

Unique Gateways