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Callsign: PN657Q
MMSI number: 503231500
IMO number: 279680
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Sailing (36)
Location: 20°10.96' S 148°41.71' E - locator QG49IT36JD - show map
25.2 km Northeast bearing 54° from Red Hill, Whitsunday, Queensland, Australia [?]
50.3 km East bearing 112° from Bowen, Whitsunday, Queensland, Australia
118.4 km Northwest bearing 336° from Mackay, Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Last position: 2025-06-24 23:30:38 UTC (30d 14h31m ago)
2025-06-25 09:30:38 AEST local time at Red Hill, Australia [?]
Course: 298° – heading 511°
Speed: 12 km/h
Dimensions: length 18 m width 8 m draught 0.0 m
Last path: PN657Q>ais via VK4NB
Positions stored: 161
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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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