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AIS vessel DEFENDER 1 - show graphs
Callsign: 338491355
MMSI number: 338491355
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Towing (31)
Location: 26°04.76' N 97°13.19' W - locator EL16JB39PB - show map
0.8 miles Northwest bearing 301° from Port Isabel, Cameron County, Texas, United States [?]
2.1 miles East bearing 91° from Laguna Heights, Cameron County, Texas, United States
22.0 miles Northeast bearing 52° from Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico
66.0 miles East bearing 90° from Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Last position: 2024-05-28 13:16:50 EDT (22d 18h46m ago)
2024-05-28 12:16:50 CDT local time at Port Isabel, United States [?]
Course: 199°
Speed: 6 MPH
Dimensions: length 8 m width 3 m draught 0.0 m
Last path: 338491355>ais via N5JLR
Positions stored: 66
Stations near current position of DEFENDER 1 - show more
callsign distance last heard - EDT      callsign distance last heard - EDT
CAPT WALLACE B0.8 miles 143°2024-06-19 16:30:14 MOM DAD0.9 miles 146°2024-06-04 15:32:47
SACRED HEART1.3 miles 166°2024-06-19 19:37:34 CECIL1.3 miles 167°2024-06-19 19:45:35
SEADRIFT1.3 miles 164°2024-06-19 19:48:35 JACKY LYN1.3 miles 165°2024-06-19 19:48:35
CAROL ANN GOLDING1.4 miles 165°2024-06-19 19:41:35 RANDY MARTIN1.4 miles 166°2024-06-19 19:42:35
ASPEN1.4 miles 165°2024-06-19 19:44:35 AVE MARIA1.4 miles 165°2024-06-19 19:48:35
MEGAN ELIZABETH1.6 miles 165°2024-06-19 19:44:35 OVERLASH1.7 miles 87°2024-06-08 19:25:10
MADERA CRUZ2.6 miles 153°2024-05-21 18:07:58 GO AMERICA2.7 miles 128°2024-06-07 20:11:44
ISABELLA3.3 miles 94°2024-06-02 16:25:18 BLACK FIN3.3 miles 65°2024-06-17 12:18:25
CG261323.3 miles 98°2024-06-17 14:47:40 CG360033.3 miles 98°2024-06-19 09:42:40
CG331373.3 miles 98°2024-06-03 09:37:47 PIPE LAYER3.4 miles 93°2024-06-17 06:39:53
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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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