Packet #39479002 Success

POSITION_APP packet from VA3FYF (da8a) to !ffffffff

49
Total Receptions
5
Unique Gateways
2
Hop Count
28
Payload Bytes
Packet Information
Database ID: 39479002
Mesh Packet ID: 0x93d59f1b
Used for correlation across gateways
Timestamp: 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC
From Node: VA3FYF (da8a)
To Node: !ffffffff (ffff)
Success: Processed
Protocol: POSITION_APP
Port: 3
Gateway: neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐)
Channel: ShortFast
RSSI: -93 dBm
SNR: -1.5 dBm
Hop Info: 2/3 hops
Start: 3, Limit: 1
Relay Node: 5b
Last byte of the last hop that relayed this packet
Payload Data
Protocol: POSITION_APP
Size: 28 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Decoded Data:
Latitude:43.555226°
Longitude:-80.255386°
Altitude:355 m
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:28 bytes
Gateway:!a2e1bcbc
Channel:ShortFast
Payload Type:POSITION_APP
Hop Count:2 / 3
Privacy Summary
Exposure Level:
Broadcast
Privacy Features:
✓ Direct LoRa transmission (not via MQTT)
✓ Custom channel: ShortFast
+ 2 more...
Exposure Risks:
⚠ Visible to all nodes on channel
⚠ Packet visible to MQTT subscribers
+ 2 more...
MQTT ServiceEnvelope Fields

MQTT ServiceEnvelope contains the MeshPacket plus routing metadata

FieldValue
gateway_id !a2e1bcbc
Node ID format
channel_id ShortFast
packet MeshPacket (28 bytes)
Contains the actual mesh network packet
MeshPacket Fields

Core mesh packet with routing and payload information

FieldValueType
from 1730730634
Source node ID
uint32
to 4294967295 (Broadcast)
Visible to all nodes
uint32
decoded.portnum 3
POSITION_APP
enum
decoded.payload_length 28 bytes size
hop_limit 1
Remaining hops allowed
uint32
hop_start 3
Initial hop limit
uint32
hops_taken 2
Calculated: hop_start - hop_limit
derived
rx_rssi -93.0 dBm
Signal strength at gateway
int32
rx_snr -1.50 dB
Signal quality at gateway
float
rx_time 1778915190
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 91
Relay node ID
uint32
tx_after Not set uint32
timestamp 1778915190.7652428
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)
  • ✓ Custom channel: ShortFast
  • ✓ Gateway node ID tracked
  • ✓ Reduced position precision: ~1500.0m accuracy
Exposure Risks:
  • ⚠ Visible to all nodes on channel
  • ⚠ Packet visible to MQTT subscribers
  • ⚠ Multi-hop path visible (2 hops)
  • ⚠ RF signal metrics exposed (location inference possible)
MQTT-Specific Fields
Gateway ID: !a2e1bcbc
Position Precision: 14 bits (~1500.0m accuracy)
Position precision meters: 1500.0
Signal Metrics: RSSI: -93.0 dBm
SNR: -1.50 dB
Complete Payload Analysis

Detailed breakdown of all payload fields and decoded data

Payload Metadata:
Protocol:POSITION_APP
Size:28 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Complete Payload Data (JSON):
{ "latitude": 43.5552256, "longitude": -80.2553856, "altitude": 355, "sats_in_view": null, "precision_bits": 14 }
Complete Protobuf Decode (JSON)
{ "service_envelope": { "gateway_id": "!a2e1bcbc", "channel_id": "ShortFast", "packet": "MeshPacket (see mesh_packet below)" }, "mesh_packet": { "from": 1730730634, "to": 4294967295, "id": 2480250651, "rx_time": 1778915190, "rx_snr": -1.5, "rx_rssi": -93, "hop_limit": 1, "hop_start": 3, "via_mqtt": false, "want_ack": false, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "pki_encrypted": false, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 91, "tx_after": 0, "decoded": { "portnum": 3, "payload": "0d0000f6191500002ad018e302258317086a28017800800100b8010e", "want_response": null, "dest": null, "source": null, "request_id": null, "reply_id": null, "emoji": null, "parsed_payload": { "latitude_i": 435552256, "longitude_i": -802553856, "altitude": 355, "time": 1778915203, "location_source": "LOC_MANUAL", "ground_speed": 0, "ground_track": 0, "precision_bits": 14, "type": "protobuf", "portnum": "POSITION_APP", "message_class": "Position" } } } }
Raw Packet Data (28 bytes)
0d0000f6191500002ad018e302258317086a28017800800100b8010e
Hex Analysis:
Size:28 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
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) Primary 0.000s
Reference
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC Current
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.407s
Before
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b LongFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.376s
Before
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b LongFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.354s
Before
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b LongFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.329s
Before
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b LongFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.306s
Before
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b LongFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.295s
Before
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b LongFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.271s
Before
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b LongFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.250s
Before
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b LongFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.227s
Before
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b LongFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.214s
Before
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b LongFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.202s
Before
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b LongFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.190s
Before
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b MediumFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.174s
Before
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b MediumFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.158s
Before
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b MediumFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.144s
Before
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b MediumFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.129s
Before
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b MediumFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.115s
Before
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b MediumFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.102s
Before
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b MediumFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.087s
Before
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b MediumFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.070s
Before
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b MediumFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.054s
Before
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b MediumFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.042s
Before
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b MediumFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.029s
Before
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) -0.015s
Before
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) +0.015s
After
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) +0.027s
After
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) +0.041s
After
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) +0.054s
After
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) +0.069s
After
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) +0.090s
After
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) +0.104s
After
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) +0.116s
After
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortFast 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) +0.129s
After
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) +0.144s
After
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) +0.159s
After
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) +0.174s
After
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) +0.196s
After
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) +0.214s
After
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) +0.232s
After
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 07:06:30 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) +0.248s
After
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 07:06:31 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) +0.260s
After
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 07:06:31 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) +0.272s
After
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 07:06:31 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) +0.286s
After
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b ShortTurbo 2026-05-16 07:06:31 UTC View
neoSG2 https://canadaverse.org/ (🎐) +0.300s
After
-93.0 dBm -1.50 dB 2 5b LongFast 2026-05-16 07:06:31 UTC View
Meshtastic 7c50 (7c50) +0.316s
After
-119.0 dBm -12.75 dB 2 5b LongFast 2026-05-16 07:06:31 UTC View
VE3WNP-12 (WNP) +1.756s
After
-74.0 dBm 5.50 dB 3 68 WNPr LongFast 2026-05-16 07:06:32 UTC View
Seri Base d120 (SRB) +1.960s
After
-29.0 dBm 6.50 dB 3 64 SRS LongFast 2026-05-16 07:06:32 UTC View
Eco-Monkey LLP (mnky) +2.021s
After
-95.0 dBm -7.50 dB 3 64 SRS LongFast 2026-05-16 07:06:32 UTC View
49

Total Receptions

5

Unique Gateways