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AIS vessel KESTREL - show graphs
Callsign: KESTREL
MMSI number: 503013980
IMO number: 477880
Navigational status: Restricted manoeuvrability (3)
Vessel class: Pilot (50)
Destination: (ETA ***00 00:00)
Location: 34°26.85' S 150°55.57' E - locator QF55LN12DO - show map
4.0 km Southeast bearing 131° from Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia [?]
6.3 km Southeast bearing 154° from Fairy Meadow, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
9.3 km South bearing 165° from Corrimal, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
69.4 km South bearing 202° from Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Last position: 2025-02-11 16:37:32 UTC (1h42m ago)
2025-02-12 03:37:32 AEDT local time at Wollongong, Australia [?]
Course: 032.6° – heading 511°
Speed: 36 km/h
Dimensions: length 17 m width 5 m draught 0.0 m
Last path: KESTREL>ais via vk2him
Positions stored: 472
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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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