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AIS vessel SPARTAN - show graphs
Callsign: WDF5483
MMSI number: 367463740
IMO number: 47461
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Tug (52)
Destination: LUDINGTON
Location: 42°17.84' N 87°43.00' W - locator EN62DH41AI - show map
6.1 miles East bearing 78° from Lake Bluff, Lake County, Illinois, United States [?]
8.2 miles Northeast bearing 35° from Highwood, Lake County, Illinois, United States
31.1 miles North bearing 354° from Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
52.1 miles South bearing 169° from Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
Last position: 2025-01-14 13:41:23 EST (11d 15h ago)
2025-01-14 12:41:23 CST local time at Lake Bluff, United States [?]
Course: 355° – heading 353°
Speed: 9 MPH
Dimensions: length 33 m width 10 m draught 4.3 m
Last path: WDF5483>ais via Snhnry
Positions stored: 78485
Stations near current position of SPARTAN - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
STEWART J CORT4.2 miles 113°2025-01-14 00:16:09 JOHN J. BOLAND5.8 miles 97°2025-01-03 00:36:02
PAUL R TREGURTHA5.9 miles 106°2025-01-18 22:41:47 EW15586.0 miles 250°2025-01-26 04:30:18
AMERICAN CENTURY6.0 miles 63°2025-01-10 10:21:00 FW26616.4 miles 255°2025-01-26 04:38:36
DW87776.5 miles 251°2025-01-26 04:40:28 Ke9brw6.6 miles 260°2025-01-19 20:10:09
GW06046.9 miles 229°2025-01-26 04:30:55 GL OSTRANDER7.0 miles 83°2025-01-02 01:38:21
UNDAUNTED7.1 miles 135°2025-01-04 22:49:55 BRADSHAW MCKEE7.3 miles 131°2025-01-16 23:05:30
KD9TVT-58.0 miles 236°2025-01-14 12:55:49 NS9RC-58.2 miles 224°2025-01-26 04:34:48
WALTER J MCCARTHY8.5 miles 58°2025-01-08 04:40:51 ANGLIAN LADY8.6 miles 172°2025-01-25 19:55:57
KD9TPM-98.7 miles 292°2025-01-12 14:38:52 W9APB9.0 miles 249°2025-01-04 22:03:40
W9APB-79.0 miles 249°2025-01-09 14:23:38 W9APB-19.0 miles 249°2025-01-04 22:49:20
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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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