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AIS vessel TARKA - show graphs
Callsign: MERC7
MMSI number: 235017577
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Pleasure (37)
Location: 50°42.35' N 1°59.01' W - locator IO90AQ19XJ - show map
1.0 miles Southeast bearing 136° from Poole, Borough of Poole, England, United Kingdom [?]
2.4 miles Southwest bearing 225° from Parkstone, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
58.2 miles Southeast bearing 153° from Bristol, City of Bristol, England, United Kingdom
74.5 miles Southeast bearing 135° from Cardiff, City and County of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Last position: 2024-05-06 10:29:11 EDT (16d 13h25m ago)
2024-05-06 15:29:11 BST local time at Poole, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 273° – heading 511°
Speed: 6 MPH
Dimensions: length 10 m width 2 m draught 0.0 m
Last path: MERC7>ais via GM7HHB
Positions stored: 490
Stations near current position of TARKA - show more
callsign distance last heard - EDT      callsign distance last heard - EDT
KINDRED SPIRIT119.6 yards 297°2024-05-17 12:49:01 RNLI LIFEBOAT 13-02147.0 yards 7°2024-05-21 13:27:11
SASKA171.4 yards 315°2024-05-21 14:36:58 ISABEL OF PORTSMOUTH200.1 yards 261°2024-05-11 11:45:43
VAILLANTE220.1 yards 270°2024-05-19 13:44:31 VENTO NOVO225.1 yards 273°2024-05-19 09:17:08
JANA360.4 yards 298°2024-05-22 18:39:12 SEAWEED III377.2 yards 71°2024-05-20 08:07:15
RNLI LIFEBOAT 16-19399.6 yards 315°2024-05-21 05:40:43 YANULA BLUE402.8 yards 309°2024-05-11 05:37:16
KALAMAZOO409.3 yards 342°2024-05-19 13:16:55 SUMMER NIGHTS412.5 yards 304°2024-05-22 17:43:12
ROUGH RYDER416.4 yards 285°2024-05-16 06:30:32 BONITA444.0 yards 311°2024-04-24 05:36:26
ROCCO446.9 yards 311°2024-05-22 16:28:41 RNLI LIFEBOAT B-840451.0 yards 336°2024-05-19 10:53:09
MOOGIE453.7 yards 314°2024-05-22 18:45:12 SHAKTI453.9 yards 310°2024-05-22 15:38:40
NAB469.8 yards 280°2024-05-22 07:39:12 RNLI LIFEBOAT D-780496.5 yards 276°2024-05-19 12:44:11
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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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