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AIS vessel RIDGEE DIDGE - show graphs
Callsign: VLQ2450
MMSI number: 503684200
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Sailing (36)
Location: 20°27.41' S 149°03.22' E - locator QG49MN60KI - show map
59.7 km East bearing 105° from Red Hill, Whitsunday, Queensland, Australia [?]
78.2 km North bearing 360° from Walkerston, Mackay, Queensland, Australia
78.3 km North bearing 351° from Mackay, Mackay, Queensland, Australia
97.4 km Southeast bearing 121° from Bowen, Whitsunday, Queensland, Australia
Last position: 2025-07-27 01:03:28 UTC (22d 3h2m ago)
2025-07-27 11:03:28 AEST local time at Red Hill, Australia [?]
Course: 218° – heading 511°
Speed: 9 km/h
Dimensions: length 11 m width 6 m draught 0.0 m
Last path: VLQ2450>ais via VK4NB
Positions stored: 5788
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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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