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Callsign: DC8506
MMSI number: 211696880
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: (99)
Location: 50°18.47' N 7°36.87' E - locator JO30TH33RU - show map
6.4 km North bearing 359° from Osterspai, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany [?]
6.9 km North bearing 339° from Spay, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
78.9 km West bearing 286° from Frankfurt am Main, Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
83.8 km Southeast bearing 146° from Köln (Koeln), Regierungsbezirk Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Last position: 2025-02-26 09:13:58 UTC (2d 31m ago)
2025-02-26 10:13:58 CET local time at Osterspai, Germany [?]
Course: 360° – heading 280°
Speed: 0 km/h
Dimensions: draught 1.0 m
Last path: DC8506>ais via DG8JT
Positions stored: 395
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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.
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