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AIS vessel VARIATIE - show graphs
Callsign: PF5448
MMSI number: 244013200
IMO number: 674610
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (79)
Location: 50°45.65' N 7°05.30' E - locator JO30NS02OO - show map
9.6 miles South bearing 179° from Eil, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany [?]
10.2 miles Southwest bearing 204° from Rösrath, Regierungsbezirk Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
13.4 miles Southeast bearing 153° from Köln (Koeln), Regierungsbezirk Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
83.0 miles Northwest bearing 303° from Frankfurt am Main, Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Last position: 2023-07-16 11:38:42 EDT (277d 11h12m ago)
2023-07-16 17:38:42 CEST local time at Eil, Germany [?]
Course: 128° – heading 126°
Speed: 6 MPH
Dimensions: length 85 m width 10 m draught 1.3 m
Last path: PF5448>ais via DG8JT
Positions stored: 20449
Stations near current position of VARIATIE - show more
callsign distance last heard - EDT      callsign distance last heard - EDT
ALFA GRANDE450.9 yards 137°2024-04-18 14:59:24 TRICKSTER499.5 yards 307°2024-04-18 22:47:57
DL1NB-90.6 miles 237°2024-04-05 07:31:41 PIZ DOLF0.9 miles 132°2024-04-18 22:47:57
CHRISTOPHORUS1.1 miles 310°2024-04-18 13:08:36 BONN1.2 miles 310°2024-04-18 08:06:13
EL-DM1FL1.3 miles 280°2024-04-18 22:47:57 CASSIUS1.3 miles 310°2024-04-18 08:36:26
P-DO1OW1.5 miles 186°2024-04-18 22:00:40 PS-DO1OW1.5 miles 186°2024-04-14 08:33:36
SPREEKRONE1.7 miles 308°2024-04-12 05:24:02 STROLCH1.7 miles 308°2024-04-15 09:56:52
DL4KAL1.7 miles 261°2024-03-22 10:07:54 HEISINGEN1.8 miles 308°2024-04-18 22:47:57
DL3KAV-101.8 miles 261°2024-04-18 17:45:22 FEUERLOESCHBOOT 11.8 miles 308°2024-04-18 17:35:36
FILIA RHENI2.0 miles 153°2024-04-18 22:47:57 DK5NCC-52.0 miles 24°2024-04-18 11:03:10
BEETHOVEN2.1 miles 154°2024-04-18 22:47:57 RHEINNIXE2.2 miles 154°2024-04-16 08:51:53
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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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