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AIS vessel NORTHSTAR - show graphs
Callsign:
MMSI number: 338192212
IMO number: 619268
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Sailing (36)
Location: 42°04.19' N 87°33.50' W - locator EN62FB36AS - show map
11.3 km East bearing 74° from Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, United States [?]
13.3 km East bearing 98° from Kenilworth, Cook County, Illinois, United States
25.6 km North bearing 17° from Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
111.4 km South bearing 165° from Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
Last position: 2025-07-19 19:33:06 UTC (1d 1h9m ago)
2025-07-19 14:33:06 CDT local time at Evanston, United States [?]
Course: 52° – heading 151°
Speed: 10 km/h
Dimensions: length 12 m width 5 m draught 0.0 m
Last path: >ais via Snhnry
Positions stored: 154
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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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