Comment:	Christian Essen
Location:	51°28.31' N 7°07.05' E - locator JO31NL43CF - show map 5.2 km Southwest bearing 230° from Bochum-Hordel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany [?] 7.4 km East bearing 71° from Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 61.0 km North bearing 11° from Köln (Koeln), Regierungsbezirk Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Last position:	2025-07-17 15:09:29 UTC (20d 2h57m ago) 2025-07-17 17:09:29 CEST local time at Bochum-Hordel, Germany [?]
Altitude:	74 m
Course:	343°
Speed:	0 km/h
Last path:	DL2MKA-8>API52 via DSTAR*,qAR,DB0HBO-B
Positions stored:	702
Other SSIDs:	DL2MKA-B DL2MKA-7 DL2MKA DL2MKA-N DL2MKA

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.