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AIS vessel MEERKATZE - show graphs
Callsign: DBFX
MMSI number: 218762000
IMO number: 9421245
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Law enforcement (55)
Destination: DECUX
Location: 54°19.85' N 7°34.12' E - locator JO34SH89FJ - show map
26.5 km Northwest bearing 309° from Helgoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany [?]
61.9 km Southwest bearing 235° from Nebel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
97.7 km North bearing 338° from Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony, Germany
109.2 km Northwest bearing 323° from Bremerhaven, Bremen, Germany
Last position: 2025-07-01 02:53:10 UTC (19d 18h24m ago)
2025-07-01 04:53:10 CEST local time at Helgoland, Germany [?]
Course: 291° – heading 288°
Speed: 17 km/h
Dimensions: length 72 m width 12 m draught 5.2 m
Last path: DBFX>ais via pa2dx
Positions stored: 21877
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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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