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AIS vessel BILLIE RUTH - show graphs
Callsign: WDL4425
MMSI number: 368131290
IMO number: 300846
Navigational status: Reserved (12)
Vessel class: (57)
Destination: US^0610>0VCJ (ETA ***00 24:60)
Location: 41°38.80' N 87°28.54' W - locator EN61GP25WE - show map
1.2 miles Northwest bearing 296° from East Chicago, Lake County, Indiana, United States [?]
2.5 miles Southeast bearing 157° from Whiting, Lake County, Indiana, United States
16.7 miles Southeast bearing 147° from Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
44.2 miles East bearing 100° from Aurora, Kane County, Illinois, United States
Last position: 2024-11-27 21:06:25 EST (2d 4h7m ago)
2024-11-27 20:06:25 CST local time at East Chicago, United States [?]
Course: 314° – heading 270°
Speed: 0 MPH
Dimensions: length 221 m width 18 m draught 2.8 m
Last path: WDL4425>ais via WD9EPF
Positions stored: 6368
Stations near current position of BILLIE RUTH - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
COLOMA WARNER1.5 miles 52°2024-11-25 16:44:22 LAURA BLESSEY TODD1.5 miles 52°2024-11-24 18:58:08
KC9SIZ-92.1 miles 260°2024-11-27 19:37:59 KB9AFJ-94.5 miles 316°2024-11-04 13:23:20
CHICAGO S EMERALD LA4.5 miles 291°2024-11-24 07:53:30 MACEY LAUREN4.6 miles 300°2024-11-30 01:12:30
STEPHAN M ASHER4.6 miles 290°2024-11-20 09:50:06 KC9EFZ-105.0 miles 186°2024-11-26 17:18:09
NIKI S5.0 miles 309°2024-11-20 12:04:43 K9RCZ-15.3 miles 220°2024-11-29 20:21:38
TERRY D5.3 miles 318°2024-11-29 17:50:07 REBECCA LYNN5.6 miles 318°2024-11-30 01:13:00
CG293655.6 miles 334°2024-11-17 12:20:36 JOHN MARSHALL5.6 miles 316°2024-11-29 10:47:29
AIDEN WILLIAM5.6 miles 316°2024-11-27 19:57:29 NATHAN S5.6 miles 316°2024-11-14 11:50:12
WENDELLA LTD5.7 miles 267°2024-11-01 04:11:51 W9JOM-105.8 miles 177°2024-11-30 01:11:37
W9JOM5.8 miles 177°2024-11-29 09:39:22 PRENTISS BROWN5.8 miles 283°2024-11-23 21:47:40
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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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