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Station is ONLINE

Ballard, WA - Station #540

US
2015 Petty Officer 3rd Class (2015) 2016 Petty Officer 3rd Class (2016) 2018 Petty Officer 3rd Class (2018)
Latitude / Longitude: 47.67° / -122.39°
Elevation: 16 m
Operated By: KE7QNR
Equipment Description: Morad VHF-156 HD, Simrad AI80, Raspberry Pi / Kplex
     
  Vessels in Range

Current Status & Statistics

Status ONLINE Station is ONLINE
Availability 94.1% (2026 hours online / 2155 total hours)
Reception distance in nautical miles Average: 1.7 / Max: 15.9
Records received in 1 hour Distinct Vessels: 160 / Positions: 51350
Area Covered 984 km2

Period Statistics

Period Availability Reception Distance Area Covered
1 Month 92.1% 9 NM 802.3 km2
2 Months 95.9% 9 NM 773.5 km2
3 Months 94.1% 8 NM 745.2 km2
6 Months 95.1% 8 NM 745.8 km2
9 Months 92.2% 9 NM 774.8 km2

Ais Message Type Statistics

Message Type Count 
Total Ais Messages 1130.1
MSG 1,2,3 - Position report - Class A 809.3
MSG 5 – Ship’s Static and Voyage related data 28.1
MSG 4 – Base Station report 48.3
MSG 6,8 – Binary messages 15.1
MSG 9 – SAR Aircraft position report 0
MSG 12, 14 – Safety related message 0
MSG 18 – Class B position report 46.6
MSG 19 – Extended Class B report 0
MSG 24 – Class B Ship’s Static data 47.4
MSG 21 – Aids-to-Navigation report 107.9
MSG 27 – Position report for Long-range applications 0.1
Other AIS Messages (AIVD) 27.5
Other Non-AIS messages 0
Errors 0
Inconsistent positions 0