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Callsign: MDFE5
MMSI number: 235050118
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Fishing (30)
Location: 56°00.75' N 2°59.98' W - locator IO86MA03BA - show map
5.4 km Northwest bearing 337° from Cockenzie, Scotland, United Kingdom [?]
6.0 km North bearing 349° from Prestonpans, Scotland, United Kingdom
14.0 km Northeast bearing 61° from Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
80.0 km East bearing 78° from Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-06-02 00:19:36 UTC (58d 11m ago)
2025-06-02 01:19:36 BST local time at Cockenzie, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 44° – heading 80°
Speed: 5 km/h
Dimensions: draught 0.0 m
Last path: MDFE5>ais via IC8FGU
Positions stored: 852
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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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