Packet #39401891 Success

POSITION_APP packet from !b29f6e90 to !ffffffff

46
Total Receptions
2
Unique Gateways
5
Hop Count
27
Payload Bytes
Packet Information
Database ID: 39401891
Mesh Packet ID: 0xdbf500fb
Used for correlation across gateways
Timestamp: 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC
From Node: !b29f6e90 (6e90)
To Node: !ffffffff (ffff)
Success: Processed
Protocol: POSITION_APP
Port: 3
Gateway: LAMBSAUCE L20/US/ON/wood mt.gt 5234 (LAMB)
Channel: LongFast
RSSI: Unknown
SNR: Unknown
Hop Info: 5/5 hops
Start: 5, Limit: 0
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: 27 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Decoded Data:
Latitude:43.626086°
Longitude:-79.504589°
Altitude:112 m
Precision:19 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:!849a5234
Channel:LongFast
Payload Type:POSITION_APP
Hop Count:5 / 5
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
+ 3 more...
MQTT ServiceEnvelope Fields

MQTT ServiceEnvelope contains the MeshPacket plus routing metadata

FieldValue
gateway_id !849a5234
Node ID format
channel_id LongFast
Default public channel
packet MeshPacket (27 bytes)
Contains the actual mesh network packet
MeshPacket Fields

Core mesh packet with routing and payload information

FieldValueType
from 2996792976
Source node ID
uint32
to 4294967295 (Broadcast)
Visible to all nodes
uint32
decoded.portnum 3
POSITION_APP
enum
decoded.payload_length 27 bytes size
hop_limit Not set uint32
hop_start 5
Initial hop limit
uint32
hops_taken 5
Calculated: hop_start - hop_limit
derived
rx_rssi Not set int32
rx_snr Not set float
rx_time 1778898384
Receive timestamp
fixed32
via_mqtt False
Direct LoRa transmission
bool
want_ack False
No ACK requested
bool
priority 64
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 1778898392.6327457
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 (5 hops)
MQTT-Specific Fields
Gateway ID: !849a5234
Position Precision: 19 bits (~45.0m accuracy)
Position precision meters: 45.0
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": 43.6260864, "longitude": -79.5045888, "altitude": 112, "sats_in_view": null, "precision_bits": 19 }
Complete Protobuf Decode (JSON)
{ "service_envelope": { "gateway_id": "!849a5234", "channel_id": "LongFast", "packet": "MeshPacket (see mesh_packet below)" }, "mesh_packet": { "from": 2996792976, "to": 4294967295, "id": 3690266875, "rx_time": 1778898384, "rx_snr": 0.0, "rx_rssi": 0, "hop_limit": 0, "hop_start": 5, "via_mqtt": false, "want_ack": false, "priority": 64, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "pki_encrypted": false, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 88, "tx_after": 0, "decoded": { "portnum": 3, "payload": "0d00d0001a1500909cd0187025ccd5076a28017800800100b80113", "want_response": null, "dest": null, "source": null, "request_id": null, "reply_id": null, "emoji": null, "parsed_payload": { "latitude_i": 436260864, "longitude_i": -795045888, "altitude": 112, "time": 1778898380, "location_source": "LOC_MANUAL", "ground_speed": 0, "ground_track": 0, "precision_bits": 19, "type": "protobuf", "portnum": "POSITION_APP", "message_class": "Position" } } } }
Raw Packet Data (27 bytes)
0d00d0001a1500909cd0187025ccd5076a28017800800100b80113
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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Map shows gateway locations that received this packet. Hop counts are displayed if available.
Gateway Time Offset RSSI SNR Hops Relay Channel Timestamp Actions
LAMBSAUCE L20/US/ON/wood mt.gt 5234 (LAMB) Primary 0.000s
Reference
Unknown Unknown 5 58 TINK LongFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC Current
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.585s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 LongFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.537s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 LongFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.520s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 LongFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.504s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 LongFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.492s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 LongFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.480s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 LongFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.469s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 LongFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.458s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 LongFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.441s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 LongFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.431s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 LongFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.420s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 LongFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.410s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 MediumFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.399s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 MediumFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.385s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 MediumFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.372s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 MediumFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.360s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 MediumFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.341s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 MediumFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.330s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 MediumFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.318s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 MediumFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.305s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 MediumFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.293s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 MediumFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.283s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 MediumFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.270s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 ShortFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.258s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 ShortFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.248s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 ShortFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.237s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 ShortFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.226s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 ShortFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.216s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 ShortFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.205s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 ShortFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.193s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 ShortFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.180s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 ShortFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.168s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 ShortFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.156s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 ShortFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.141s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.130s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.118s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.107s
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-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.096s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.085s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.075s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.063s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.052s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.042s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.022s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
TINKERBELL L20/USON mt.gt 6358 (TINK) -0.012s
Before
-117.0 dBm -8.25 dB 4 f1 LongFast 2026-05-16 02:26:32 UTC View
46

Total Receptions

2

Unique Gateways