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AIS vessel BIG-BEN - show graphs
Callsign: FM8236
MMSI number: 226017640
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: (99)
Destination: FROUARD
Location: 49°42.07' N 6°33.93' E - locator JN39GQ78UH - show map
8.9 miles Southwest bearing 237° from Mertesdorf, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany [?]
9.6 miles Southwest bearing 225° from Kenn, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
75.1 miles South bearing 199° from Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
79.4 miles West bearing 251° from Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
Last position: 2024-05-01 02:39:12 EDT (21d 21h21m ago)
2024-05-01 08:39:12 CEST local time at Mertesdorf, Germany [?]
Course: 257° – heading 511°
Speed: 7 MPH
Dimensions: length 110 m width 10 m draught 2.8 m
Last path: FM8236>ais via DD8PL
Positions stored: 12105
Stations near current position of BIG-BEN - show more
callsign distance last heard - EDT      callsign distance last heard - EDT
KEYIF506.4 yards 61°2024-05-09 05:28:10 LORE0.4 miles 273°2024-05-22 23:49:40
REGULUS0.6 miles 56°2024-05-16 12:29:58 GAMBLER0.9 miles 298°2024-05-22 00:40:46
RHENUS THIONVILLE1&21.0 miles 55°2024-05-22 23:55:12 ELAN1.0 miles 52°2024-05-15 07:30:42
MARINE1.1 miles 56°2024-05-22 10:06:13 DONAU1.1 miles 55°2024-05-22 23:58:44
ISIS1.1 miles 299°2024-05-22 18:47:38 MOBITRANS I1.2 miles 57°2024-05-20 15:09:39
ELEGANT LADY1.3 miles 58°2024-05-22 23:51:10 MARINA1.5 miles 58°2024-05-23 00:00:15
L'ARC- EN- CIEL1.6 miles 56°2024-05-01 04:26:31 EVANTIA1.6 miles 58°2024-05-22 23:57:44
ICARIA1.6 miles 59°2024-05-22 23:59:15 SPLENDID1.8 miles 59°2024-05-22 15:55:35
KERSTIN2.3 miles 60°2024-05-22 15:47:31 TAMARIS2.4 miles 60°2024-05-22 23:58:14
SANKTA MARIA 22.8 miles 286°2024-05-22 03:50:41 TRIER2.9 miles 54°2024-05-22 23:57:13
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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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