Message 28555 in APRS.WW
From: HP2DFA
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 26 14:22:00 Z
Newsgroups: APRS.WW
Subject: APRS STATISTIC CENTRAL AMERICA AUG16-23
Message-ID: <817_HP2DFA>
Path: N2MH4|N2MH|VE2PKT|VK4OT|VK7AX|HB9ON|PY2BIL|HP2DFA
R:260823/1427Z 35929@N2MH4.#SENC.NC.USA.NOAM LinBPQ6.0.24
R:260823/1427z @:N2MH.#NNJ.NJ.USA.NOAM [via AREDN Mesh] jnos 2.0p $:817_HP2DFA
R:260823/1426Z 16173@VE2PKT.#TRV.QC.CAN.NOAM LinBPQ6.0.25
R:260823/1425Z 2890@VK4OT.#NQ.QLD.AUS.AUNZ LinBPQ6.0.25
R:260823/1425Z 16244@VK7AX.#ULV.TAS.AUS.AUNZ LinBPQ6.0.24
R:260823/1425Z 16933@HB9ON.TI.CHE.EU LinBPQ6.0.25
R:260823/1424Z 53736@PY2BIL.SP.BRA.SOAM LinBPQ6.0.25
R:260823/1422Z 817@HP2DFA.#COL.PAN.CEAM BPQ6.0.24
During the last 7 days (August 16 to 23, 2026), packet activity in Central America’s APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System)
network reflected stable behavior and decentralized distribution across VHF frequencies (144,930 MHz in the southern region an
d shared frequencies in the north) and digital networks such as LoRa (433,775 MHz) Adapt configuration guide APRS Panama v1.
Since the frames are injected directly to the decentralized global server APRS-IS, the estimated consolidated traffic for the C
entral American region exceeded the 45,000 successfully analyzed packets.
Package Volume Estimated by Country (Last 7 Days)
Country Estimated Volume (7 days) Active Dominant Infrastructure
Costa Rica 22,000 - 28,000 Gateways and iGates packages of the Radio Club of Costa Rica (TI0RC) and urban nodes in the Central
Valley.
Guatemala 3,500 - 5,000 packages Mainly telemetry and weather information (WX) stations in Guatemala City.
El Salvador 2,000 - 3,500 fixed iGates packages and intermittent identification beacons in San Salvador.
Honduras and Nicaragua Under 1,000 packets Reduced traffic contingent on portable mobile activations or temporary experimental
stations.
Classification and Typology of the Cursed Packages
The traffic accumulated during the week was technically broken down into the following categories of radio data packets:
Position and Presence Packages (Beacons - 72 Geographical coordinates injected by fixed amateur radio stations and autonom
ous mobile trackers.
Weather Station Packages (WX - 16 Automatic data from local sensors that send regional weather reports to the internet via
radio frequency (such as the HP1CDW-13 node) aprs.fi – live APRS map.
Network and State Telemetry (Status - 9 Technical diagnostic packages on the voltage of battery systems and solar panels t
hat power mountain digipieters.
Direct Text Messaging (Messages - 3 Short frames of interactive interactive communication from station to station.
Performance and Efficiency of Routing
ators on the isthmus configured their equipment by strictly using the recommended routing paradigm (WIDE1-1, WIDE2-1 or WIDE2-2
) #0575 Guide for the correct configuration of WIDE routes in ..., which limited excessive jumps and avoided redundant RF loops
between Central American border nations.
Do you want us to extract from the APRS.fi database the distribution graph or number of specific frames of any Central American
indication during this last week?
73 de Omar HP2DFA from Colon Panama.
PMAIL: HP2DFA@HP2DFA.COL.PAN.CEAM
EMAIL: HP2DFA@GMAIL.COM
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