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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: MAINZ
Location: 50°14.90' N 7°38.72' E - locator JO30TF79KO - show map
413.6 yards Southwest bearing 242° from Spay, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany [?]
1.3 miles East bearing 95° from Osterspai, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
46.8 miles West bearing 282° from Frankfurt am Main, Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
56.3 miles Southeast bearing 147° from Köln (Koeln), Regierungsbezirk Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Last position: 2024-04-29 02:44:30 EDT (35d 6h42m ago)
2024-04-29 08:44:30 CEST local time at Spay, Germany [?]
Course: 236° – heading 236°
Speed: 5 MPH
Dimensions: length 103 m width 9 m draught 2.6 m
Last path: DA8248>ais via DG8JT
Positions stored: 31099
Stations near current position of MERLIN - show more
callsign distance last heard - EDT      callsign distance last heard - EDT
FIDELITAS5.3 yards 242°2024-05-29 03:46:28 SULOMARO12.2 yards 334°2024-06-02 12:49:24
OTELLO16.3 yards 215°2024-06-02 15:15:27 URSEL20.0 yards 13°2024-05-27 07:27:29
MARMARA23.0 yards 18°2024-05-29 08:28:35 TORTUGA25.1 yards 82°2024-05-26 15:40:28
SAALE26.8 yards 5°2024-05-13 01:14:01 CANDESSO26.9 yards 54°2024-05-12 12:28:28
ALLIANCE26.9 yards 7°2024-06-01 10:32:28 OSTRY26.9 yards 44°2024-05-30 12:16:57
TURAIS33.2 yards 18°2024-06-03 06:02:11 GRACIAS38.8 yards 41°2024-06-03 03:46:06
MARIE LOUISE40.0 yards 32°2024-05-30 13:42:35 IMPROVAL42.1 yards 30°2024-06-01 07:36:05
AMINA57.0 yards 238°2024-05-26 07:36:58 TRIANGLE71.5 yards 234°2024-06-03 03:20:55
KARLSRUHE71.8 yards 184°2024-05-14 09:28:20 EURASIA77.8 yards 244°2024-05-27 08:32:57
HEINRICH K83.6 yards 9°2024-05-09 08:57:51 DINTEL93.8 yards 50°2024-05-26 08:57:33
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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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