Callsign:	MERC2
MMSI number:	232020455
IMO number:	196204
Navigational status:	Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class:	High Speed Catamaran (40)
Destination:	GREAT YARMOUTH
Location:	50°45.85' N 1°22.99' W - locator IO90HS43AJ - show map 4.2 km West bearing 276° from Gurnard, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom [?] 10.7 km South bearing 173° from Hythe, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom 120.5 km Southwest bearing 227° from London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom 122.6 km Southwest bearing 228° from City of London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Last position:	2025-02-10 16:51:55 UTC (2d 9h32m ago) 2025-02-10 16:51:55 GMT local time at Gurnard, United Kingdom [?]
Course:	249° – heading 511°
Speed:	34 km/h
Dimensions:	length 13 m width 4 m draught 1.0 m
Last path:	MERC2>ais via G7RUH
Positions stored:	2015

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.