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Callsign: PCAB
MMSI number: 244007000
IMO number: 236949
Navigational status: Under way (sailing) (8)
Vessel class: Sailing (36)
Destination: KIEL
Location: 53°40.99' N 6°19.84' E - locator JO33DQ93QX - show map
26.3 km Northwest bearing 296° from Borkum, Lower Saxony, Germany [?]
36.8 km North bearing 21° from Anjum, Gemeente Dongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
53.9 km North bearing 343° from Groningen, Gemeente Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
157.4 km Northeast bearing 41° from Alkmaar, Gemeente Alkmaar, North Holland, Netherlands
Last position: 2025-09-06 19:40:39 UTC (9d 10h45m ago)
2025-09-06 21:40:39 CEST local time at Borkum, Germany [?]
Course: 61° – heading 60°
Speed: 12 km/h
Dimensions: length 36 m width 6 m draught 2.8 m
Last path: PCAB>ais via pa2dx
Positions stored: 26989
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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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