Packet #39399908 Success

POSITION_APP packet from neotracker (ntrc) to !ffffffff

48
Total Receptions
4
Unique Gateways
1
Hop Count
36
Payload Bytes
Packet Information
Database ID: 39399908
Mesh Packet ID: 0x54aa57a0
Used for correlation across gateways
Timestamp: 2026-05-16 02:18:39 UTC
From Node: neotracker (ntrc)
To Node: !ffffffff (ffff)
Success: Processed
Protocol: POSITION_APP
Port: 3
Gateway: VE3WNP-11 (TGWN)
Channel: LongFast
RSSI: -115 dBm
SNR: -5.5 dBm
Hop Info: 1/7 hops
Start: 7, Limit: 6
Relay Node: 3d
Last byte of the last hop that relayed this packet
Payload Data
Protocol: POSITION_APP
Size: 36 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Decoded Data:
Latitude:43.427993°
Longitude:-80.316528°
Altitude:314 m
Satellites:16
Precision:32 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:!da548450
Channel:LongFast
Payload Type:POSITION_APP
Hop Count:1 / 7
Privacy Summary
Exposure Level:
Broadcast
Privacy Features:
✓ Direct LoRa transmission (not via MQTT)
✓ Gateway node ID tracked
Exposure Risks:
⚠ Visible to all nodes on channel
⚠ Default channel - no encryption
+ 4 more...
MQTT ServiceEnvelope Fields

MQTT ServiceEnvelope contains the MeshPacket plus routing metadata

FieldValue
gateway_id !da548450
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 1878604709
Source node ID 		uint32
to 4294967295 (Broadcast)
Visible to all nodes 		uint32
decoded.portnum 3
POSITION_APP 		enum
decoded.payload_length 36 bytes size
hop_limit 6
Remaining hops allowed 		uint32
hop_start 7
Initial hop limit 		uint32
hops_taken 1
Calculated: hop_start - hop_limit 		derived
rx_rssi -115.0 dBm
Signal strength at gateway 		int32
rx_snr -5.50 dB
Signal quality at gateway 		float
rx_time 1778897917
Receive timestamp 		fixed32
via_mqtt False
Direct LoRa transmission 		bool
want_ack False
No ACK requested 		bool
priority Not set enum
delayed Not set enum
channel Not set uint32
pki_encrypted False
Standard encryption 		bool
next_hop Not set uint32
relay_node 61
Relay node ID 		uint32
tx_after Not set uint32
timestamp 1778897919.7142951
Unix timestamp 		uint32
MQTT Privacy & Exposure Analysis

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

Exposure Level: Broadcast
Privacy Features:
  • ✓ Direct LoRa transmission (not via MQTT)
  • ✓ Gateway node ID tracked
Exposure Risks:
  • ⚠ Visible to all nodes on channel
  • ⚠ Default channel - no encryption
  • ⚠ Packet visible to MQTT subscribers
  • ⚠ Full GPS precision shared
  • ⚠ Multi-hop path visible (1 hops)
  • ⚠ RF signal metrics exposed (location inference possible)
MQTT-Specific Fields
Gateway ID: !da548450
Position Precision: 32 bits (~1.0m accuracy)
Position precision meters: 1.0
Signal Metrics: RSSI: -115.0 dBm
SNR: -5.50 dB
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": 43.4279933, "longitude": -80.3165283, "altitude": 314, "sats_in_view": 16, "precision_bits": 32 }
Complete Protobuf Decode (JSON)
{ "service_envelope": { "gateway_id": "!da548450", "channel_id": "LongFast", "packet": "MeshPacket (see mesh_packet below)" }, "mesh_packet": { "from": 1878604709, "to": 4294967295, "id": 1420449696, "rx_time": 1778897917, "rx_snr": -5.5, "rx_rssi": -115, "hop_limit": 6, "hop_start": 7, "via_mqtt": false, "want_ack": false, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "pki_encrypted": false, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 61, "tx_after": 0, "decoded": { "portnum": 3, "payload": "0dfd95e219159dab20d018ba022509d4076a2802587278008001b0b1e70e980110b80120", "want_response": null, "dest": null, "source": null, "request_id": null, "reply_id": null, "emoji": null, "parsed_payload": { "latitude_i": 434279933, "longitude_i": -803165283, "altitude": 314, "time": 1778897929, "location_source": "LOC_INTERNAL", "PDOP": 114, "ground_speed": 0, "ground_track": 31054000, "sats_in_view": 16, "precision_bits": 32, "type": "protobuf", "portnum": "POSITION_APP", "message_class": "Position" } } } }
Raw Packet Data (36 bytes)
0dfd95e219159dab20d018ba022509d4076a2802587278008001b0b1e70e980110b80120
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
VE3WNP-11 (TGWN) Primary 0.000s
Reference 		-115.0 dBm -5.50 dB 1 3d LongFast 2026-05-16 02:18:39 UTC Current
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -3.118s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc LongFast 2026-05-16 02:18:36 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -3.095s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc LongFast 2026-05-16 02:18:36 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -3.083s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc LongFast 2026-05-16 02:18:36 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -3.045s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc LongFast 2026-05-16 02:18:36 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -3.020s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc LongFast 2026-05-16 02:18:36 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.996s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc LongFast 2026-05-16 02:18:36 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.980s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc LongFast 2026-05-16 02:18:36 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.969s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc LongFast 2026-05-16 02:18:36 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.949s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc LongFast 2026-05-16 02:18:36 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.932s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc LongFast 2026-05-16 02:18:36 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.915s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc LongFast 2026-05-16 02:18:36 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.897s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc MediumFast 2026-05-16 02:18:36 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.879s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc MediumFast 2026-05-16 02:18:36 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.861s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc MediumFast 2026-05-16 02:18:36 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.844s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc MediumFast 2026-05-16 02:18:36 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.833s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc MediumFast 2026-05-16 02:18:36 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.823s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc MediumFast 2026-05-16 02:18:36 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.812s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc MediumFast 2026-05-16 02:18:36 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.802s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc MediumFast 2026-05-16 02:18:36 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.790s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc MediumFast 2026-05-16 02:18:36 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.778s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc MediumFast 2026-05-16 02:18:36 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.764s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc MediumFast 2026-05-16 02:18:36 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.746s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc ShortFast 2026-05-16 02:18:36 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.732s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc ShortFast 2026-05-16 02:18:36 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.721s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc ShortFast 2026-05-16 02:18:36 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.710s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc ShortFast 2026-05-16 02:18:37 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.699s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc ShortFast 2026-05-16 02:18:37 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.688s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc ShortFast 2026-05-16 02:18:37 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.677s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc ShortFast 2026-05-16 02:18:37 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.667s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc ShortFast 2026-05-16 02:18:37 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.656s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc ShortFast 2026-05-16 02:18:37 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.645s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc ShortFast 2026-05-16 02:18:37 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.635s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc ShortFast 2026-05-16 02:18:37 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.625s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 02:18:37 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.615s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 02:18:37 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.603s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 02:18:37 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.591s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 02:18:37 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.579s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 02:18:37 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.567s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 02:18:37 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.555s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 02:18:37 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.543s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 02:18:37 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.531s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 02:18:37 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.520s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 02:18:37 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.509s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 02:18:37 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -2.498s
Before 		-47.0 dBm 5.75 dB 0 a5 ntrc LongFast 2026-05-16 02:18:37 UTC View
Pietastic (PIE1) -0.522s
Before 		-55.0 dBm 6.00 dB 2 30 de30 LongFast 2026-05-16 02:18:39 UTC View
Tagtastic (ld01) -0.253s
Before 		-42.0 dBm 7.25 dB 2 30 LongFast 2026-05-16 02:18:39 UTC View
48

Total Receptions

4

Unique Gateways