Callsign:	DC4973
MMSI number:	211516050
IMO number:	192
Navigational status:	Undefined/default (15)
Vessel class:	(0)
Location:	51°37.01' N 7°19.46' E - locator JO31PO88WA - show map 7.4 km North bearing 4° from Castrop-Rauxel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany [?] 10.5 km Northeast bearing 45° from Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 28.2 km Northeast bearing 49° from Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 80.3 km North bearing 19° from Köln (Koeln), Regierungsbezirk Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Last position:	2025-02-18 20:08:38 UTC (1m15s ago) 2025-02-18 21:08:38 CET local time at Castrop-Rauxel, Germany [?]
Course:	338.399994° – heading 511°
Speed:	0 km/h
Dimensions:	length 19 m width 6 m draught 0.0 m
Last path:	DC4973>ais via do1dbs
Positions stored:	39958

This page shows real-time information collected from the Automatic Position Reporting System Internet network (APRS-IS). APRS is used by amateur (ham) radio operators to transmit real-time position information, weather data, telemetry and messages over the radio. A vehicle equipped with a GPS receiver, a VHF transmitter or HF transceiver and a small computer device called a tracker transmits it's location, speed and course in a small data packet, which is then received by a nearby iGate receiving site which forwards the packet on the Internet. Systems connected to the Internet can send information on the APRS-IS without a radio transmitter, or collect and display information transmitted anywhere in the world.