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Callsign: R4A
MMSI number: 000001001
IMO number: 303
Navigational status: Undefined/default (15)
Vessel class: (0)
Location: 38°07.43' N 14°42.20' E - locator JM78IC49JR - show map
3.2 km Southwest bearing 227° from Capo d'Orlando, Provincia di Messina, Sicily, Italy [?]
3.9 km Northeast bearing 31° from Torrenova, Provincia di Messina, Sicily, Italy
76.9 km Northwest bearing 334° from Catania, Provincia di Catania, Sicily, Italy
117.5 km East bearing 89° from Palermo, Provincia di Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Last position: 2025-08-01 13:10:21 UTC (2d 14h21m ago)
2025-08-01 15:10:21 CEST local time at Capo d'Orlando, Italy [?]
Course: 037.6° – heading 37°
Speed: 228 km/h
Dimensions: length 0 m width 0 m draught 0.0 m
Last path: R4A>ais via iz0fke-15
Positions stored: 28179
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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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