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AIS vessel WALTER J MCCARTHY - show graphs
Callsign: WXU3434
MMSI number: 366906610
IMO number: 514684
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: DULUTH CH 74
Location: 42°21.71' N 87°34.46' W - locator EN62FI16CU - show map
13.8 miles East bearing 90° from Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, United States [?]
13.9 miles East bearing 79° from North Chicago, Lake County, Illinois, United States
35.6 miles North bearing 6° from Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
49.7 miles South bearing 160° from Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
Last position: 2025-01-08 04:40:51 EST (18d 20h20m ago)
2025-01-08 03:40:51 CST local time at Waukegan, United States [?]
Course: 355° – heading 354°
Speed: 7 MPH
Dimensions: length 305 m width 32 m draught 8.4 m
Last path: WXU3434>ais via Snhnry
Positions stored: 103634
Stations near current position of WALTER J MCCARTHY - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
AMERICAN CENTURY2.6 miles 227°2025-01-10 10:21:00 GL OSTRANDER3.6 miles 186°2025-01-02 01:38:21
JOHN J. BOLAND5.4 miles 197°2025-01-03 00:36:02 PAUL R TREGURTHA6.3 miles 194°2025-01-18 22:41:47
STEWART J CORT7.0 miles 209°2025-01-14 00:16:09 ALGOMA INTREPID8.3 miles 57°2025-01-12 20:04:30
SPARTAN8.5 miles 239°2025-01-14 13:41:23 BRADSHAW MCKEE9.5 miles 191°2025-01-16 23:05:30
UNDAUNTED9.7 miles 193°2025-01-04 22:49:55 KB9YDK-N11.9 miles 13°2025-01-21 19:04:32
ANGLIAN LADY14.3 miles 205°2025-01-25 19:55:57 EW155814.5 miles 243°2025-01-27 01:00:34
FW266114.8 miles 246°2025-01-27 00:52:33 Ke9brw14.8 miles 248°2025-01-19 20:10:09
DW877714.9 miles 244°2025-01-27 01:00:24 GW181515.4 miles 293°2025-01-27 01:00:32
GW060415.4 miles 234°2025-01-27 01:00:58 KD9TPM-915.4 miles 265°2025-01-12 14:38:52
KB9GXK-715.6 miles 296°2024-12-30 23:54:03 KB9GXK15.7 miles 296°2025-01-27 01:00:36
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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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