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AIS vessel BILLIE RUTH - show graphs
Callsign: WDL4425
MMSI number: 368131290
IMO number: 300846
Navigational status: Moored (5)
Vessel class: (57)
Destination: US^0VCJ>0TPT (ETA ***00 24:60)
Location: 41°40.05' N 87°26.55' W - locator EN61GQ60VE - show map
2.0 miles North bearing 18° from East Chicago, Lake County, Indiana, United States [?]
2.8 miles East bearing 108° from Whiting, Lake County, Indiana, United States
16.5 miles Southeast bearing 140° from Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
45.7 miles East bearing 98° from Aurora, Kane County, Illinois, United States
Last position: 2025-01-17 15:17:57 EST (2d 8h17m ago)
2025-01-17 14:17:57 CST local time at East Chicago, United States [?]
Course: 218° – heading 218°
Speed: 7 MPH
Dimensions: length 130 m width 18 m draught 2.8 m
Last path: WDL4425>ais via WD9EPF
Positions stored: 6938
Stations near current position of BILLIE RUTH - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
COLOMA WARNER365.4 yards 42°2025-01-12 18:03:38 REBECCA LYNN0.5 miles 222°2025-01-18 18:57:10
WALTER E. BLESSEY JR0.8 miles 225°2025-01-12 16:57:31 LAURA BLESSEY TODD1.1 miles 225°2025-01-19 10:41:10
LEE W2.3 miles 221°2025-01-19 08:03:57 KC9SIZ-93.6 miles 263°2025-01-18 19:26:41
FRED A BUSSE6.0 miles 292°2025-01-14 13:39:52 AIDEN WILLIAM6.0 miles 297°2025-01-17 15:02:41
MAGGIE RAE6.0 miles 299°2025-01-18 06:19:02 CALUMET6.0 miles 301°2025-01-19 23:34:27
NIKI S6.0 miles 297°2025-01-03 16:22:00 AVA RENEE6.1 miles 304°2025-01-15 14:23:08
GWYNETH ANNE6.1 miles 304°2025-01-19 23:33:22 CARMALEE ROSE6.1 miles 304°2025-01-19 23:34:27
KANSAS6.2 miles 303°2025-01-16 16:49:32 TERRY D6.2 miles 295°2025-01-19 11:28:11
JOHN MARSHALL6.2 miles 295°2025-01-09 23:03:49 ARIZONA6.3 miles 305°2025-01-11 14:37:27
INDIANA6.4 miles 308°2025-01-19 23:34:27 ILLINOIS6.4 miles 308°2025-01-19 23:34:27
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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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