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Callsign: VKN8862
MMSI number: 503030730
IMO number: 707182
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Sailing (36)
Location: 43°14.46' S 147°42.84' E - locator QE36US52QD - show map
38.4 km Southeast bearing 153° from Sandford, Clarence, Tasmania, Australia [?]
40.8 km Southeast bearing 153° from Lauderdale, Clarence, Tasmania, Australia
44.4 km Southeast bearing 132° from Kingston, Kingborough, Tasmania, Australia
50.9 km Southeast bearing 142° from Hobart, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Last position: 2025-02-19 00:37:05 UTC (2d 15h25m ago)
2025-02-19 11:37:05 AEDT local time at Sandford, Australia [?]
Course: 251° – heading 511°
Speed: 4 km/h
Dimensions: length 14 m width 4 m draught 0.0 m
Last path: VKN8862>ais via VK7HPC
Positions stored: 3271
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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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