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AIS vessel HITCHHIKER - show graphs
Callsign: SM42
MMSI number: 503098130
IMO number: 463085
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Sailing (36)
Location: 37°57.73' S 144°58.93' E - locator QF22LA79UC - show map
2.1 miles Southwest bearing 215° from Hampton, Bayside, Victoria, Australia [?]
3.1 miles Southwest bearing 235° from Hampton East, Bayside, Victoria, Australia
10.3 miles South bearing 174° from Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
36.1 miles East bearing 69° from Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Last position: 2025-01-04 19:43:36 EST (22d 5h4m ago)
2025-01-05 11:43:36 AEDT local time at Hampton, Australia [?]
Course: 200° – heading 205°
Speed: 5 MPH
Dimensions: length 12 m width 4 m draught 0.0 m
Last path: SM42>ais via PALASKAS-AIS
Positions stored: 3472
Stations near current position of HITCHHIKER - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
RED DAWN229.3 yards 289°2025-01-19 01:10:35 MADEG251.3 yards 93°2025-01-23 16:52:10
VIXEN 1448.6 yards 347°2025-01-21 23:26:31 THUNDERSTRUCK0.3 miles 70°2025-01-02 21:02:36
FIKA0.3 miles 153°2025-01-26 23:54:36 RESCUE3020.3 miles 59°2025-01-24 22:41:17
P ZAZZ0.4 miles 26°2025-01-14 23:29:49 ARCHIE0.4 miles 247°2025-01-10 20:42:18
MAVERICK0.5 miles 303°2025-01-07 22:49:02 SKULLDUGGERY0.6 miles 294°2025-01-16 02:34:24
YEAH BABY0.6 miles 72°2025-01-05 01:23:20 CARPE DIEM0.7 miles 71°2025-01-19 01:54:35
DREAM0.7 miles 179°2025-01-10 20:04:18 FIFTY FIFTY0.9 miles 70°2025-01-04 02:06:36
MAR-LYN1.0 miles 3°2025-01-25 00:13:17 WICKED F401.0 miles 253°2025-01-10 23:52:18
FIRST LIGHT1.0 miles 203°2025-01-18 20:53:35 CIRCE1.1 miles 345°2025-01-25 23:18:16
COCOMARJE1.1 miles 234°2025-01-25 20:24:16 ALGY ROSE1.2 miles 241°2025-01-10 23:44:18
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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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