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On 01 apr NAVTEX service from murmansk (68-46N 032-58E) will change B1 character from c (charlie) to k (kilo)

Barentsz Sea · HYDROARC 17/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-03-23 10:48Z

This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.

Source and dates
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA XX 17/12 220536Z MAR 12.. Issued 2012-03-22 19:03Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered
Barentsz Sea. The parsed report position is 68.767, 32.967. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2012-03-22 19:03Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XX 17/12 220536Z MAR 12.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Barentsz Sea
position
68.767, 32.967
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARCTIC.
BARENTS SEA.
NAVTEX.
1. ON 01 APR NAVTEX SERVICE FROM MURMANSK (68-46N 032-58E)
   WILL CHANGE B1 CHARACTER FROM C (CHARLIE) TO K (KILO).
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 02 APR.

Reading this warning

NAVTEX
An automated medium-frequency radio service that sends coastal warnings as text to a small printer or screen on board.
Position (degrees and minutes)
How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices

4 within 180 nm since 2012 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Month of issue in the collected archive

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 23:54Z; source collection times vary.

Nav aids

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