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AIS vessel MERLIN - show graphs
Callsign: DA8248
MMSI number: 211169260
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (79)
Destination: BERCHING
Location: 50°23.30' N 7°36.34' E - locator JO30TJ23QF - show map
1.3 miles West bearing 286° from Urbar, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany [?]
2.7 miles North bearing 5° from Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
47.3 miles Southeast bearing 142° from Köln (Koeln), Regierungsbezirk Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
51.1 miles West bearing 292° from Frankfurt am Main, Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Last position: 2025-01-19 16:59:25 EST (7h4m ago)
2025-01-19 22:59:25 CET local time at Urbar, Germany [?]
Course: 144.400009° – heading 144°
Speed: 0 MPH
Dimensions: length 103 m width 9 m draught 2.5 m
Last path: DA8248>ais via DG8JT
Positions stored: 32678
Stations near current position of MERLIN - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
EDERSEE0.4 miles 295°2025-01-20 00:02:09 SAXONIA0.5 miles 57°2025-01-19 23:36:58
MS 1110.5 miles 59°2025-01-16 06:55:08 DEUTSCHES ECK0.5 miles 47°2025-01-19 19:45:38
WESTFALIA0.6 miles 302°2025-01-20 00:02:09 1108474280.6 miles 302°2025-01-16 21:05:52
KENYRO0.6 miles 297°2025-01-20 00:02:09 PONTON 230.6 miles 302°2025-01-19 13:17:50
KRAANVOGEL0.6 miles 302°2025-01-19 22:46:36 WILHELM0.7 miles 30°2025-01-18 17:24:45
STADT VALLENDAR0.7 miles 28°2025-01-19 16:44:19 AUGUSTA0.7 miles 140°2024-12-29 11:46:55
GERARD ALBERT0.8 miles 153°2025-01-20 00:02:09 DILSBERG0.8 miles 300°2025-01-19 23:47:02
PRIMO INITIO0.8 miles 305°2025-01-20 00:02:09 BADENIA0.8 miles 301°2025-01-19 23:57:07
DIVA ROMY1.3 miles 167°2025-01-20 00:02:09 RHEINFELS1.5 miles 189°2025-01-02 05:59:35
HILDEGARD VON BINGEN1.6 miles 189°2025-01-20 00:02:09 BS MAINZ1.6 miles 190°2025-01-20 00:02:09
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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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