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AIS vessel HITCHHIKER - show graphs
Callsign: SM42
MMSI number: 503098130
IMO number: 587427
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Sailing (36)
Location: 37°57.62' S 144°58.86' E - locator QF22LA79RM - show map
3.3 km Southwest bearing 219° from Hampton, Bayside, Victoria, Australia [?]
4.9 km Southwest bearing 238° from Hampton East, Bayside, Victoria, Australia
16.3 km South bearing 175° from Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
58.1 km East bearing 69° from Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Last position: 2025-02-02 00:42:13 UTC (9d 15h48m ago)
2025-02-02 11:42:13 AEDT local time at Hampton, Australia [?]
Course: 179° – heading 183°
Speed: 14 km/h
Dimensions: length 12 m width 4 m draught 0.0 m
Last path: SM42>ais via PALASKAS-AIS
Positions stored: 3475
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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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